01-22-2011, 12:59 PM
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That 70's Rocketeer
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Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Bright, Indiana
Posts: 397
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Originally Posted by Bill
That two-piece vacuform cone was difficult to assemble. The instructions had you cutting tabs from scrap material to be glued into one half to support the seam when the two halves are glued together. My brother had one and we did not know about putty back then.
Bill
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I saw that when I reviewed the directions on YORP. I contemplated cutting the nose apart and seeing if I could reassemble it and improve the curve, but decided against it. I never used putty back in the day either, this was actually the first time I've tried it. The putty is about an 1/8th inch thick in some places. I did it in layers until I built it back up close to where it should be. I saw some uses of Squadron Green Putty here on YORF on plastic rocket parts and thought I'd give it a try. I'm satisfied with the results.
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