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Old 04-27-2019, 04:23 PM
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It's hard to believe it's almost May! Today in N. Illinois it's alternating between rain and snow. You guys up in Wisconsin must be getting clobbered! I could have stayed in Burlington, NC. It was 85+ degrees and my rental car was a convertible.

Because I can't decide which adhesive to use to attach the vacu-formed wraps to the build, I've shifted gears on the SV build and I've assembled and improved the engine mount/stuffer tube.

The engine mount/stuffer tube I've build according to the directions except as with every 1:100 scale I've ever built I've made these changes to the shock cord mounts:

Using the largest die of my leather punch I make (2) holes 180 degrees apart near the OD of the top centering ring. I then cut (2) pieces of 1/8" birch dowel to 1" long, tie a length of braided 100# Kevlar to each with a square knot, run the Kevlar through the holes, and then epoxy the dowels to the underside of the top CR.

I'll cut the Kevlar cords to length when I mount the assembly into the BT-101.

TBC
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