Monday, December 26, 2022

Estes Maxi-Brute Honest John (Kit #1269), Part 9, Spin Nozzles Units, Part 1


Score around the raised spin nozzles leaving about a 1/16" edge. Bend and crack off the sides.
Hang onto the larger scrap pieces. You might need them for patches on the fin edges. Anytime I've worked with vacu-form parts before, I've needed patch plastic.
Looking ahead - 
The instruction illustration shows a spin nozzles being glued in place. The drawing shows a flat edge border around all sides of the spin nozzle piece.

That's not how they end up after sanding in the bottom curve.
I taped some 220 grit sandpaper around the low nose cone piece. 
Go back and forth in a straight line (here going left to right, right to left) over the sandpaper.

The two side curves will be reduced first, the straight top and bottom edges are reached last.

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