Steampunk Protostar, Part 30 - A Smoke Vent For a Space Rocket!

Questions on a typical doctor's office Patient Medical History form:

Q:   Are you a smoker?
A:  "Only when I'm on fire!"

Q: How Long?
A:  "Until somebody puts me out!"

Because the Protostar is purportedly a steam-driven vehicle, it requires all of the provisions for the operation of a fire burning steam engine:  air intakes and a 'smokestack'.

This part of the build covers the latter.

For the smoke vent, I am going fairly simple here with a section of 1/4 inch launch lug cut at an angle and affixed to the lower mid part of the body tube.  Of course it will include some of the usual Victorian era embellishments and details.

To start off, a piece of masking tape is wrapped around a 1/4 inch dowel, and the launch lug is slid on so that it is securely held.

A little work with a razor saw produces the steeply angled end.

Wrapping a sheet of sandpaper around the model's nose cone base helps to shape-sand the gluing end of the lug so that it will conform to the curvature of a future mounting plate.

A bit of CWF and some sandpaper are applied to hide the spiral seams.

Next, a wrap of 'riveted' Avery paper is applied around the end of the stack as a decorative detail...

 ...and a little bit of black paint completes the "smoke stack":

 

 

Next post:  A Smokestack mounting plate.