On the Shark, the raceway is cut to 6.25" long. On the Stiletto kit, the raceway tunnel was 7 3/4" long. I'll cut mine to 6.25" out of basswood.
The Shark instructions showed a long rectangle, rounded on both ends. The upper edges stay square.
You might find it easier to judge the end shape by viewing the underside as you sand. The picture on the right shows the underside.
After the side ends are shaped,
The tips are tapered.
On the right is the finished tunnel.
The way you do your tunnels is the same way I did mine on the Atlas rockets I built.
ReplyDeleteHi Bill,
DeleteThis method seems to be the way to go - I tried to match the line drawing profile in the instructions.
Hrm... interesting, yet another of the subtle differences between the Shark and Stiletto -- the ends of the raceway are a flat taper (i.e. as if "chopped" at an angle) as are the thruster details.
ReplyDeleteMust admit that I had to view scans of the instructions for the Shark before I'd figured out that the model did have the bands around the body tube that were featured on the Stilletto. It was just that these bands appear to be part of the sticker sheet. Being white strips on white body, they're not discernable on the decal placement image -- and the only hint of them is in the text about some sort of wrap being placed. Had to look carefully at the sticker sheet to finally notice where those wraps were coming from -- they're in the gap between the striped wrap and the stars-and-bars markings. Had to zoom in a bit to see the cut lines.