10-05-2019, 06:03 PM
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frustrated aero
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Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Duncan, OK
Posts: 834
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I used Testor's orange tube glue to glue the fins to the body. I thought about Tenax (or Plastruct "Plastic Weld") like I used on the 1/45 model per the recommendations on the TRF thread, but decided I wanted a gap-filling glue since I was gluing the fins on top of the corrugated wrap. I did take a pin and poke holes through the wrap and body tube hoping to make glue "rivets" like when I glue balsa fins with wood glue. After drying the fins seem like they are attached really well, and the fairings should provide more reinforcement.
Taking a tip from the 1/45 model, I decided to add the long and short tunnels to the model. I had some scrap styrene that was just under 0.2 inch wide and 0.068 thick which was almost perfect. I cut a 5.04 inch piece and a 1.96 inch piece. The long piece is glued alongside the seam in wrap, just like the 1/45th kit. The other piece goes 180 degrees from that. I made a template for placing the parts with CAD and will attach the drawing pdf later.
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