Estes 1/100 Little Joe II - Finally Completed!

[dbrent]

Well it took awhile and thanks to some good tips and advice from many of you, I finally completed my Estes 1/100th scale Apollo Little Joe II. Since I botched the paint on the original booster, I ended up taking JHarding's advice and scratch building the wraps and tunnel covers rather than trying to obtain another kit. I also opted for Excelsior's (Sandman's) far superior decal set, so I can't really say it's a stock build. I was fairly happy with the final result considering all the trials I had along the way.

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[Ltvscout]

Very cool!

[jharding58]

purdy. purdy rockit go woosh.

[ghrocketman]

An F24 ought to be just about rite for power.
Yes, I did see it is 1/100 scale, not 1/70 or 1/45 !

[mrhemi1971]

Nice Job! Got to get a good launch pic of that one!

[jeffyjeep]

Very nice! Are the fins built-up or solid? NOT being able to tell is a statement in itself.

[dbrent]

Very nice! Are the fins built-up or solid? NOT being able to tell is a statement in itself.

They're solid. Estes gives you a stick of tapered balsa and you cut them out from a pattern on the back of the kit panel. Everything but the wraps and decals are from the kit.