Earlier posts had the interior support tubes sanded down so the edges could touch.
More liquid plastic cement with finger pressure on both sides while the glue set up.
Here's how they actually look. The root edges are facing each other.
The front hull piece joint needed some CWF fill, the filler/primer and sanding.
On the right the front hull piece fits well over the BT-50 main tube. Do plenty of dry fits before gluing the wing in place.
GOTCHA: Those tips above the round center area do not have to touch! If they touch you might not get the angled "down" dihedral. Most of the gap between the tips will be covered by the Access Boom Detail vacu-form piece.
Check the decal drawings in the instructions. The outside edge of the wing should be below the centerline joint (pencil line) at the body tube.
Glad you didn’t give up. This is a big hep!!
ReplyDeleteYou could cut short strips from the scrap to use as gluing tabs along the joint - helps increase gluing area as well as serves to reinforce the joint (the gluing tab does not have to cover the entire length of the joint). It's something that's often mentioned in instructions for vacuform models, but may not have been mentioned in this Estes kit.
ReplyDeleteHi Naoto,
DeleteI've used reinforcement strips in the past, but for whatever reason I thought these would be stronger, not like the old two piece vacu-form Saturn V fins!