Geez, this place was hopping on Wednesday, then I make a post first thing Thursday and it dries to a trickle. Makes me feel like Badluck Threadkill... I built...
... That's interesting because kits usually look bigger and more impressive in the catalog or the kit-card than they do in real life. X-24 Bugs often fly...
Well, if we need to talk about current projects to generate traffic: I have three classics built and in the early stages of finishing. * One is a clone of the...
... No. You'll recall we discussed that, tho'. And I did look at it, but the fin shape is just different enough from the Alpha's that when the Freebird's are...
... I like the current nose cone. So you just un-play around with it little mister. Gather up all that balsa dust you just sanded off and glue it right back...
... LOL Yes, I understand. But the new cedar NC will take those car tires a little better than the balsa. Doug Needing to write off $15 worth of polyester...
I just picked up the seventh editon of The Handbook of Model Rocketry today. Haven't had a chance to read it. Wire frame drawings (of apparently Quest) model...
... <I have three classics built and in the early stages of finishing. * One is a clone of the Centuri Starfire, their equivalent of the "Drifter." I used...
Carl and crew have been up to something: http://www.semroc.com/Store/scripts/NoseCones.asp Unfortunately, pictures are lacking just now... but let the "Semroc ...
"Carl and crew have been up to something: http://www.semroc.com/Store/scripts/NoseCones.asp" The only SLS mount I can see is to put a "9" tube in a 115 tube. I...
... Cool! The cone pics appear to be online now. Thanks for all the great stuff you're making available to us, Carl and family! Now, about those motors... ;-)...
... I think these are older pre-1972 Centuri Mini-Max and Enerjet sized tubes and/or FSI sized tubes. I used to use FSI tubes to clone Centuri Mini-Max kits...
"I think these are older pre-1972 Centuri Mini-Max and Enerjet sized tubes and/or FSI sized tubes. I used to use FSI tubes to clone Centuri Mini-Max kits since...
... That's a good question. As you know, Carl's been doing 175% (1.75X) upscales of some Centuri designs (SLS Javelin)... ... ...And the 085 tube is something...
... See what happens when I go out of town? Maybe you'll appreciate me now instead of always taking me for granted. And would an occasional phone call kill...
Check this eBay auction (I used tinyurl.com to shorten it): http://tinyurl.com/6jxs7 Including postage to where I live in Michigan, this comes out to $4.87 per...
Yeah, I caught that. I opted to send him a nice simple little e-mail: "Your item description is misleading. D motors do not retail for $7.99 each, and C motors...
Talking about vintage model rockets, I'm just about finished with my FSI Black Brant II scale kit I'll be entering in NHRC's Gulf Coast Regional meet at JSC...
... Forgot all about that. That's my way of saying that I don't have the patience to do the finishing job that the rockets deserve. I'm kind of lazy when it...
... <wallyum@h...> ... bring ... Bill, And what would that be, pray tell ? A Lercari Engineering "Big John Thomas" kit 8<) (Obviously a little Monty Python ...
... rock!") ... Jay, Thanks! As ex-Tripoli and NAR member Bob Hegwood once said to now UROC 8) and former Dayton area MIVARS member Fred Wil- liams at a Dayton...
