The rear of the vanes are 2" from the front tip of the fins.
Instead of using the wrap around guide, I got out my aluminum angle.
It's pretty easy to draw a pencil line, extending from the front leading edge tip of the fins.
I made a 2" mark on the angle and transferred that onto the body.
For position consistency,
I pencil marked an even wrap of masking tape.
The low end of the vane will be set just above the tape wrap. The picture shows a dry fit.
I tried using CA glue on the back of the vane to adhere it, but there wasn't enough surface contact for a good bond. I've got to use epoxy. It'll flow and fill some voids.
15 minute epoxy was spread on the underside of the vane using a Q-tip stick with the cotton end removed.
To even out the epoxy bead and prevent squeeze out beyond the edges -
I wiped off the sides with a folded paper towel. This evens out the bead over the entire length of the vane.
The even center bead result is shown on the right.
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