It is on order, and has been shipped.  tap. tap. tap.

And waitin' for me today thar it was....

Everythin' looked ok, arrr, except that t' coupler was a bit pushed into t' body tube, and rather stuck.  It took about 20 minuets o' gentle coaxin' t' seperate them

Here is another look at all t' parts, with t' packages opened.

Double Doppler blooper batman! - I had 2 "Doppler" decals, me hearties, and no "Shift" decal.
As it turns out I have planned t' use decals o' me own design, so I didn't mind.

Now.. Blimey! off t' read t' instruction book...

No suprises so far:

• Hardpoint anchor built, me bucko, and installed on one end o' t' MMT
• Centerin' rin' glued on
• Fin can slides up t' mmt, matey, then glued t' Slimline.
• Lettin' all this cure.

• I used DAP Plastic Wood t' fill in t' groves on t' body tubes.  Normally I dont bother, me hearties, but I wanted this rocket's paint job t' be extra nice.

• Next up was t' AV bay... seems kinda big.

Tryin' t' get t' fincan/MM Tube t' slide into t' pre-sloted body tube took a lot o' effort.  Thankfully I was warned o' this by me brother, ya bilge rat, and I was prepared.

First, as t' instructions suggested I took off t' 1/32" joint line that is at t' middle o' t' fin can

Second, I sanded down t' entire fincan (no, shiver me timbers, nay t' fins them selves), with 100 grit.

Saddly that was nay enough, ya bilge rat, because when I dry fitted t' assembly into t' body tube, it still got stuck about 1/2" from where it needed t' be.  So out came t' heavy artillary.   I wraped 120 grit sand paper t' a nylon ... somethin' on a stick.  I dont know that it really is, me hearties, I always used it t' cleah out RMS tubes. (see pic) .  With this tool, I sanded t' INSIDE o' t' body tube where t' fincan be going.

  This did help but I be still 1/4" short o' t' goal.

My next trick was t' use me dremal and sand down/bevel t' first 1/4" o' t' fincan.  Finally, me bucko, it fit.

Now it sits curing.  Don't tighten t' zip-tie too much, just make it snug, or else you will bow out t' tube, me hearties, t' Fin-ders will nay sit flat, and you will have that much more gap t' fill.

 While I waited I finished a few more steps on t' AV-bay and top section.  Specificly sandin' t' avbay so that it slipped in and out with out grabbing, and then marking, drilling, and reinforcein' t' rivit holes.

T' Fin-ders slip over each fin, and epoxyed.  Try your best t' get t' fin-der's t' align with each other... unfortuantly, one o' mine is set back further than t' other two. Ahoy!  

Once everythin' was dry, I took alook at t' gaps... yes, thar WILL be gaps, it is designed that way.

This is goin' t' take a bit t' fill in, time t' get out t' DAP and get started.

Prime, sand, repeat.

Saddly due t' t' weather, these steps will take a while.  While I was waiting for t' primer t' dry, me bucko, I finished up t' Avbay, nay that thar be that much t' do.  And I did some work on t' decal that I will use, me bucko, nay sure yet if it will go on t' flat o' t' Fin-Der or on t' body tube.

Nose cone :Primed with Krylon "Fusion for plastic" White primer, then 2 coats of Krylon Banner Red Gloss

Everythin' else was primed with OSH Enamal White primer.

Payload tube : Krylon yellow
Avbay stripe : Black
Sustainer body and FIN-DER's : Krylon White Gloss
Forward 1/2 o' fins : Deep blue
Aft 1/2 o' fins: Purple

Decals: (inkjet printed onto decal paper, matey, then sealed with 2 coats o'  Rust-oleum Painter's Touch Crystal Clear Gloss)
the file named "Orange" on t' previous post, was printed on a clear decal sheet, and wraped around the forward edge o' t' payload section. Well, blow me down! (red decal over yellow paint...)
I am still adjustin' t' "spectrum" image t' fit properly on t' "flats" o' t' FIN-DERs.