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the top over and glue that part of it. Trim any excess off the top part of the front window after
the glue dries.
2.
For the vac-formed parts, start with the cowling itself. After trimming it out of the sheet, lay
some sandpaper on your flat hard building surface. With even pressure, rub the cowling
around the sandpaper in a figure-8 pattern. When the plastic edges start to fall off, you are
there. Peel the edge off for a nicely trimmed part. You can use a bit of sandpaper to clean up
the edge even more if you need to. Trim out the holes for the motor shaft and the 2 holes
below the motor opening with an X-Acto blade as shown in the image below.
3.
Repeat the above process for the engine details. Since the details are not flat, you can’t sand
the edges like above, but you can use sandpaper on the back of the part to get there. This is a
lot easier than using an X-Acto blade to start with, especially if you slip and cut into the part.
We’ve all been there and done that, so take your time and try the sandpaper method, it
works!
4.
For really nice air inlets for cooling the motor, ESC, and battery, try the following; Trim the
front of the engine details as shown below. After you’ve trimmed this area loose, bend the
plastic back into the engines. You’ll need to trim some off the inside so it sits nicely against
the cowling as shown in the second image.
5.
Glue the engine details to the cowling in the positions shown on the top view of the plans with
plastic modelers cement. After it’s dry, trim out some holes in the cowling behind the engine
details. You can cut these before gluing the engine details on, but make sure you don’t cut
outside of where they will mount.