Model Aero Polaris XL
The assembled vertical pylon components were glued together using 3M77 spray adhesive (above left). The vertical pylon and motor nacelle (above right) after shaping and sanding. The elevator servo and pushrod, and the motor
wiring (below left) were installed in the pylon before the horizontal tail was glued in place. The completed vertical pylon and tail assembly (below right) glued to the wing.
the tip floats before attaching them to the wing. The nose block however, was sanded to final shape after being epoxied to the front of the fuselage.
With everything in place and final sand- ing completed, it was on to the graphics. My
kit came with the Coast Guard graphics package and for sure, it is quite an attrac- tive scheme. The graphics were printed self- adhesive vinyl and were very easy to apply. They came with transfer tape on the top sur- face which made getting them in the proper
position much easier. Once applied, I found heating the transfer tape with a hair dryer made pulling the transfer tape off much eas- ier. While not mentioned in the manual, I applied packing tape to the bottom front of the fuselage to help protect the foam.
The front fuselage bottom being glued in place with foam safe CA (above left). With the fuselage formers and fuselage bottom in place (above right),
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latex caulk was used around the inside corners of the fuselage to seal the joints against water.
MAY 2013
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