Resin Cast V-2 instructions

Building this kit is a pretty easy task. I started with the resin cast parts first and sanded them flat and any resin excess off the parts. I also took a Dremel and ground down the inside diameter of the tail cone and nosecone to accommodate the centering rings.

Because these parts are resin cast by hand the walls can vary in how thick they can be. Even them out.

The centering rings are for a BT-80 and won’t fit the resin cast parts so I marked them and took a about 3/32 of an inch off one a sander. I kept doing this until they just fit. Any gaps you might have can be easily filled with epoxy and micro balloons.

Assembling the motor mount is done the usual way. The small ring just fits the base of the tail cone. You will need to open up the scale tail cone bell with a Dremel bit by bit testing the fit of your 24 mm motor tube.

I don’t have centering rings that are BT-80 and fit 24 mm motor tubes. However I have included and extra smaller centering ring that will fit the tube. You just need to center it over the opening of the larger ring and glue it with CA or Epoxy.

I glued the mount together with epoxy and fit inside the tail cone with more epoxy and micro balloons. The motor tube should be flush with the end of the tail cone. I included an engine clip and engine block should you want to use one.

I epoxied the centering ring to the nose cone as well.

First cut the excess off the fins with and Exacto knife and sand smooth to for the tail cone.

The fins are attached to the tail cone with CA. After that I used some 1/2 fiber glass tape and epoxy to secure them well. I then made a fillet over them with either Rocket Epoxy of any good slow cure epoxy and micro balloons. You can just CA them alone and put a epoxy fillet over them but the tape will be stronger.