In this step we begin assembly of the antenna dish. I am going to make a slight "improvement" to the kit here. The original kit design (as can be seen in the instruction illustration above) simply sandwiches the antenna dowel between two cardstock pieces. I am going to do that also, but then I want to add some small balsa "filler" pieces to give the assembly a more solid appearance.
I just cut a balsa piece that would match the open space between the two cardstock pieces and then cut a gap where the antenna dowel lays in between.
Here is the completed assembly, ready for primer. If you do this it's obviously important to make sure that the angle of your filler piece matches the front angle of the fin that this attaches to. We will return to this step later and finish attaching the antenna dowel and dish piece and then attach the whole thing to the rocket. Next Up is starting on step 18 which attaches the cardstock endcaps to the ends of the warp drive tubes.
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