Estes Black Brant XII, Kit # 9723 Build, Part 20, Tunnels & Hatches

The upper body got the tunnel and hatches glued on after being painted off the model.

I used my aluminum angle to mark straight lines and scrape off the black paint inside the gluing area.

The angle was again used to make sure the tunnel was straight after gluing in place.  

Masking tape was wrapped for a position refernce when gluing the hatches in place.

Look close, you can see a scraped line at the side of the hatch. This is a border for scraping off the black paint. The scraped glue "box" is smaller than the actual hatch.

The hatches are glued on opposite each other.

 

Here's how the upper section looked when finished.