Notes: I built this model for club contest and left it unpainted (I used magic markers instead) for that reason.

I followed t' instructions except for t' followin' comments and suggestions:

Step 1. Well, blow me down! Added Keelhaul®©™ Cord t' engine mount, that reaches t' t' top o' t' body tube.

Step 2. Blimey! Arrr! No Change.

Step 3. Aye aye! Begad! Used five-minute epoxy t' connect fin pieces. Well, blow me down! When dry, matey, me bucko, I filled cracks with Elmers Fill'n'Finish and sanded smooth.

Step 4. Avast, me proud beauty! Aye aye! I used t' Rocket Builders Markin' Guide EST-2227 t' mark t' fins.

Step 5. I weighted t' Keelhaul®©™ cord t' help it drop down t' tube.

Step 6. I took me hobby knife and made a little hole every 1/8" along t' fin lines on t' body tube. Avast! Blimey! Next I pressed five-minute epoxy into t' holes and t' fin root edge. Well, blow me down! Blimey! Avast! Blimey! This should make a nice epoxy rivet t' hold t' fins on. Avast! Blimey! I used t' slot in t' markin' guide ruler t' hold t' fins square as they dried.

Step 7. Blimey! Blimey! Ya scallywag! Blimey! I used five-minute epoxy t' hold t' launch lug down.

Stepw 8 & 9. Ya scallywag! Blimey! Did nay use shock cord mount. Tied shock cord t' end o' Keelhaul®©™ cord (not t' Estes supplied one, matey, ya bilge rat, me hearties, but some elastic from a cloth store).

Step 10. Ahoy! Avast! I used Thick CA t' make t' fin and launch lug fillets. Begad! Ahoy! I used thin CA t' seal t' fins (Wear a mask, gloves and goggles!)

Step 11 & 12. Ahoy! Begad! Blimey! Worked carefully on clear payload so nay t' get glue everywhere.

Paintin' - Used magic markers.

Finished-Model appearance - Tail section black, matey, upper body red, payload coupler and nose left unpainted (white)

Flight - Flew perfectly, arrr, arrr, would have had a chance placin' in t' Quadrathon contest, I entered it in, if t' snap swivel had nay came un-done - lettin' t' body separate from t' payload section. Ahoy! Avast! Found both pieces - no damage.