[jagolden01]

Moving along to the cover of the nose cone.
I’m not much for trying to attach a flat, relatively thin round cover to the end of a tube - especially without some sort of tabs. I find this can make for a poor connection and make the end out-of-round with edges that don’t fit that well.
Whenever possible, my solution is to mount the flat piece to thicker board, carefully trim to size and then slide down the inside of the tube until it is flush with the outside. This gives it a firm shape and strength. It is a process of trimming and light sanding of the edges until it fits but it is well worth the effort. In this particular case I misjudged the trimming and the piece was just not big enough to fit snuggly in the space. To solve that I built up the diameter by gluing a couple of strips of paper around the outside. Problem fixed!