| To build the tail section, I used a drawing from manual TM-9-1325-200 from 1966. I decided to use 0.3 mm plastic card, which is overscale but sturdier. Work was started with the open 'box' of 2.2 x 2.2 mm with a length of 2.6 mm. I chamfered the corners to provide a glue surface for the four indentical fins, that I cut from a piece of 4.8 x 2.6 mm plastic card. Tamiya Ultra Thin was used to glue the fins provisionally to the box, so I could work on the alignment. After I was satisfied with the fin alignment I overcoated the joints with thin super glue.
A bit of sanding was needed to remove glue remains and sharp edges. Lastly I test-fitted the tail on the bomb tail, and noted that the attachment points had to be cut a bit. I used a fresh scalpel blade to exert minimal force on the vulnerable construction. And then I had a very sweet and very tiny box tail. I glued it on a piece of 0.15 mm card for casting, the card being equal in thickess to a JLC saw that would be used to remove it from the casting block.
I detailed the bomb body with 0.2 mm lead wire, to represent what looks like welds on the real thing. But I wasn't happy with the result.
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