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Midnight Express Instruction Sheet: FK-INS-FRE01
Figure 4
5. NOTE:
Practice this step
WITHOUT
glue first. Apply a glue film
to the glue tab and form the Nose Cone by bringing the other
edge over the glue tab as shown in
Figure 5.
Hold the Nose
Cone to the proper shape between your fingers or, place the point
of a sharp pencil into the Nose Cone and hole with your thumb
(as shown on the left side of Figure 5). Hold until the glue is set.
The finished cone is shown in Figure 5, bottom-right.
NOTE:
It is
normal to see a small gap or hole at the top of the Nose Cone.
Figure 5
6.
Using a straight edge and razor knife, cut out a Fin from the
provided pattern sheet.
LIGHTLY
score each of the fold lines,
from the printed size, using your knife and straight edge as shown
in
Figure 6,
on the right. You should have 9 score lines (2 for
each tab and one long one along the center of the Fin.
NOTE:
Do
NOT
cut all the way through the material. Just enough to enable
easy folding along these lines. After scoring, gently fold at each
score line as show on the right of Figure 6. Repeat for the
remaining two fins.
Figure 6
7.
Apply a bead of glue on all 4 tabs (gray areas) and form the fin,
compressing it between your fingers to hold its shape as the glue
sets, as shown in
Figure 7. NOTE:
Make sure that the edges of
the fin are flat and flush, as shown on the right of Figure 7.
Repeat for the remaining two fins.
Figure 7
8. Cut
out
the
Launch Lug
and begin curling it as you did with the
Body Tube and Nose Cone. After curling, roll the Launch Lug
tightly upon itself to help it retain its shape. Referring to
Figure 8,
apply a bead of glue along the glue tab and roll the launch lug
over a 1/8” length wood dowel. Press and hold until the glue has
set. Remove the wood dowel as soon as possible to prevent it
from being glued inside the Launch Lug.
NOTE:
The Launch Lug
will be larger in diameter than the dowel. Make sure that, as you
wrap the lug around the dowel, that you do so very loosely.
Figure 8
9.
Getting back to the Body Tube, remove the Body Tube from the
tube you placed it in from Step 3. You will notice that the Body
Tube will retain its shape. Referring to
Figure 9,
insert engine
casings into the Body Tube (4 casings will fill the entire Body
Tube and will result in the best construction). Run a bead of glue
along the full length of the glue tab and smooth it out to cover the
whole glue tab.
NOTE:
Be very careful
NOT
to get any glue on
the engine casings!
Figure 9
10. Carefully line up the edge of the Body Tube along the glue tab
and press into place, on a smooth flat surface. Referring to
Figure 10,
roll the Body Tube on the flat surface until the seam is
on the underside, held in place with your fingers and the engine
