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Hidden Ballast
If your model’s nose is tail-heavy, you need to add ballast to the tail. Here is a novel way to hide the compensating ballast: recess the inner face of some triangle stock, then glue lead rod into the area. Use triangles to reinforce the fin attachment. Illustration by Jim Newman
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