Approval · part of 4. The redline round trip
4(a). Hand the drawings over, and wait for the redline
Required Often forgotten
Paper or digital, your counselor's choice of format. They return a redlined version telling you to add, remove or change a feature, a material, a bill-of-materials quantity or similar. You cannot start 4(b) until it comes back.
Notes and warnings
Warning. This is a round trip through your counselor and it sits in the middle of the chain, with requirements 5 and 6 waiting behind it. You cannot do 4(b) until the redlined drawings come back. Hand them over as soon as both drawings are finished, and ask when to expect them.
Where this step comes from
- Drafting Merit Badge Requirements (Merit Badge Hub, last modified 2025-09-19), Requirement 4(a) · States that the drawings come from requirements 2 and 3, and that the counselor returns a redlined version. The step that makes this a round trip rather than a task.