In the top picture you can see the new lug position closer to the vanes. The paint has been scraped off.
Below that you can almost see the previous lug gluing spot.
I did some light sanding and spot sprayed the old area with filler/primer. The vanes and lower body were masked off from overspray.
Here's the model before the first gloss white coats.
I haven't glued on the big disk yet - I thought it would be difficult to get good spray coverage with it in the way.
The engine tubes are white from previous white sprayings.
It's not shown here - the notched fin (outside edge) was masked to keep the paint off for the glue later on.
The upper centering rings were also masked off.
Looked over the PDF instructions and did notice that the fin marking guide doesn't show the launch lug position. The builder must "decode" what's implied in the rear view image in the "Attach Disc Fin" step and the illustration of the "Attach Launch Lug" step (the closer spacing of the fin marking lines where the launch lug and standoff are glued -- which imply the position is between the vane marking lines). The bottom view in the following "Install Engine Mount" step provides an additional "clue". I can see this being a potential "gotcha" if you're not being careful.
ReplyDeleteHi Naoto,
DeleteAnd that's why it "got" me! The instructions weren't very clear.