02-05-2021, 07:32 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2006
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Quote:
Originally Posted by jeffyjeep
Now for the fold over:
I apply Aleene's Super Tacky to all places where the armature touches the card stock and then.....
.....you might think there would be NO WAY that I could over-engineer the next part, but.....
.....now for some technique:
After folding over the obverse half of the fin card stock and before the Aleene's can grab, I arrange (4) wide strips of scrap balsa and clamp them down with clothespins so the fin will maintain it's shape while the glue dries.
TBC
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Performed a very similar technique last week (three pairs of balsa strips held with light duty clothespins) when gluing the fin skins on the Estes Little Joe I. Worked great and held both sides of the fin skin against the balsa core structure evenly all the way around.
I thought about getting and using the Aleeneās based on your past recommendations, but wound up using 30 minute epoxy. Doing the final trimming and sanding on the fins now.
Earl
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