Friday, December 5, 2025

Estes USS Enterprise #1275, Part 26, Ooops!

A comment by Naoto Kimura:
"Hrm... the probe end (i.e. the dowel) looks a tad long to me. 
I don't recall it projecting as far out when I built the model."

I thought the dowel seemed a bit long. Naoto is right!
I don't know why I cut the dowel long. I tend to follow dimensions in the instructions.


Measuring from the position of the plywood bulkhead - 
The dowel should have been 5 1/8" long. At the front the pencil mark shows that length.



The extra dowel length was cut off.
The front 1/2" was tapered but not to a needle point.

The first layer of the glue dot on the tip has been applied.

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