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Step 3The nacelle struts
A base for the nacelle struts is made out of two 3mm thick polystyrene foam sheets 12,5cm x 50 cm. One by one these are put on a soft surface (e.g. a seat) and a bottle is rolled a bottle over it to give it a curvature. This is don for each one till it fits the curve of the back top side of the hull. Glue them on top of each other with contact glue, taking care to keep the curvature. The support is stuck in place with 12cm of double sided tape at each narrow end.
The struts themselves are made out of 6mm thick polystyrene foam sheets 12,5cm x 50 cm. One end is cut with an incline in such a way they are at the desired (right) angle when glued on the support (with contact glue). The connection is reinforced with some triangular shaped strips.
At the top end a perpendicular 3cm x 10cm x 6mm sheet rectangle is provisionary glued on the strut with a little contact glue (this is not the final joint yet).
With some double sided tape again both fully inflated nacelle is glued in place. Try to align them as good as possible, but I found I needed to partially loosen de provisionary glue joint to do the final alignment and glue everything in place.
The struts themselves are made out of 6mm thick polystyrene foam sheets 12,5cm x 50 cm. One end is cut with an incline in such a way they are at the desired (right) angle when glued on the support (with contact glue). The connection is reinforced with some triangular shaped strips.
At the top end a perpendicular 3cm x 10cm x 6mm sheet rectangle is provisionary glued on the strut with a little contact glue (this is not the final joint yet).
With some double sided tape again both fully inflated nacelle is glued in place. Try to align them as good as possible, but I found I needed to partially loosen de provisionary glue joint to do the final alignment and glue everything in place.
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