Thursday, January 19, 2023

Estes BOSS Kit #7316, Build, Part 12, Upper Window Gluing




The marking guide was rolled around the tube and the circles marked with a pencil.




The paint was carefully scraped off inside the marked circles. The glue will stick better to a rough bare tube. 

Before gluing on the windows, 
form the disks into a curve to fit the body tube. Press the sides around a 1/4" dowel or the back of a X-Acto knife handle.

It's hard to see in the picture but there is a curve in the right side picture.


After the first window is glued on, lay a strip of tape down the tube to align the bottoms of the remaining dots.



Repeat on the other side.

3 comments:

  1. Interesting. Why not decals for these?

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    1. Hi Neil,
      Good point! They were probably going for a simple raised detail.

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    2. Yeah, probably. Like the OOP Estes SLV.

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