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Tuesday, August 20, 2024

Enerjet by Aerotech, Astrobee D Build, Part 17, Fin Leading Edge Sticker Fold


With the backing still in place,
Cut the round ends. 
Look from the back, it's easier to see the roundness of the cut.   

Before peeling off the backing, 
Wash your hands, wipe down the fins. Any dust or speck will show up as a bubble when the sticker is pressed into place. 
Try not to touch the sticky side any more than you have to.
Here's the sticker spread out over the leading edge of the fin.
Only the fold peak is touching the leading edge.

On the left is the sticker up to the root edge corner,
On the right is the sticker laying over the outside end of the leading edge.

Be sure the tick marks are centered at the top and bottom.

With the leading edge fold touching only the fin leading edge, 

Start with a small pinch, just at the top. After working down the edge, widen the pressure and stick down the sides.





Here's the fin roll over wrap in place.

On the left is the tip of the leading edge,
On the right is the outside edge.
That black ink will be lightly scraped off.

As careful as I could be - 
I still didn't get a smooth overall transfer of the trim piece. Good, but not a perfect tight fold roll over the leading edge.

2 comments:

  1. Boy that does not look like fun, although otherwise it seems like a very nice kit.

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    1. Hi Neil,
      I was careful and had problems, more on that later.
      I don't think these leading edge wraps are necessary. You can barely see them as they are paper thin.

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