Friday, March 27, 2026

Estes Mini Arcas, #2441, Part 4, Tail Cone Fix - Gotcha!



After forming too many shrouds printed from the scanned kit tail cone,
I thought I'd try the provided kit shroud.
GOTCHA: The kit shroud fit like my scanned cardstock ones did - 
It fits the BT-5 but was small on the BT-20 top end.






So - off to payloadbay.com and their transitions tool.


Four more were printed and cut out.

Notice the picture on the left - 
You can see some very subtle raised areas. With 400 grit, sand and round them down. This removes the high spots and makes a better fit at the base of the BT-20.






Four cardstock tail cones were formed with a clean dowel in the heel of my left hand. Check the last post picture.

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