Wednesday, January 22, 2025

Estes Black Star Voyager Build, Part 22, Forward Basswood Vanes



TIP: You'll have better luck and less mess applying the wood glue to the bottom length of the basswood vane - as opposed to laying a bead of glue down a pencil line on the body tube.







I set down a wrap of masking tape for a bottom alignment of the vanes.

While you could set the glued vane on the pencil line,
TIP: I set it on the side of the drawn line.





You can use an aluminum angle to be sure the strips are straight on the tube.




Wood glue fillets were applied.

I gave this section a shot of gloss white to make sure the fillets were smooth and without bubbles. 
Some small bubbles did show and some glue ridges needed sanding.

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