12-19-2011, 02:03 AM
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Originally Posted by Leo
I'm sure Logix meant the fins to be cut from the balsa sheet in this manner:
The body tube lengths are neither metric nor inches. As with many other items of the lab kit the parts weren't the best of quality. I will measure several of the tubes I have for the very exact size 
However when cloning the kit I would opt for 12" length. |
Yes, that's how I cut out the fins for mine. The body tubes did have rather coarse finishes, with prominent (but not "canyon-like") spirals. Thank you for measuring them! (They might have "loose tolerances," like the body tubes of the MPC Miniroc kits--the body tube of JAL3's Taurus-1 measured 7-39/64" in length instead of an even 8".) Also:
How can we print the decal scans at 100% size (the images are BMP files)? Do they work like PDFs (where they'll print at 100% size if "no scaling" is selected), or do the BMPs require something different to print at 100% size? If we can do that, those black-and-white decals can be printed on self-adhesive label paper, as were the originals. |