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Old 07-26-2017, 12:57 AM
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Originally Posted by LeeR
I'm on the road, so I cannot view my copy of TAOSMR, but I agree that I think it's mostly applicable today. It might be hard to get something like a specific nose cone to use, but I've got so many older kits and parts it does not really affect me. I'm also a woodworker with a lathe so I can turn about any custom part I need.

Peter,
Thanks for signing my copy so many years back! I also remember what a fun evening I had when I drove out to Ann Arbor to meet you, and we talked rockets until very late in the evening (early morning?). My copy is pristine. I never write in books, so it's not full of scribbling. If needed, I'll make a copy of a page to write notes, and of course, cut out patterns! If my copy could help, I'd be glad to scan it. Also, I'll never forget holding your Saturn I that's on the cover of the book. Fantastic model!

MarkB,

I couldn't laugh, but I can commiserate re: Dullcote, I have an Orbital Transport that I put custom green decals on, and it developed a brownish, streaky haze over most surfaces within about 2 years. I'm in the process of refinishing it. I just flew it twice last month, but it deserves to look pretty. That Dullcote experience lead me to Krylon UV-Resistant Acrylic Clear. I use both Gloss and Matte formulations. No discoloration in the 4+ years I've used it.

Regarding old paints, the old Krylon Interior-Exterior spray paint that disappeared in the early 2000s is available from internet distributors like Zoro. It has been rebranded Krylon Acryli-Qwik, and is apparently a synthetic lacquer and has properties like the old stuff. (If you've seen build threads by scigs30 here, it is his go-to paint. I just used cans of the old formulation I bought around 20 years ago. Most cans work fine. Beautiful, smooth paint jobs. A few cans I had were not cleared, and paint dried down inside the hole at the top of the can, and nothing could clear it. Not bad, most paint I have is tossed if I don't use it after a couple years.
Speaking of PDF scans of books, below are links to two such scanned books, which show how good they look—and how easy it is to “re-create them” as 'physical,' printed books at will (I have actual original copies of these two online-scanned books, which I was able to compare with the online PDFs). Depending on what Peter would like to do (this is "his baby, his decision," of course), "The Art of Scale Model Rocketry" could be reprinted either as a POD published book (from which he would make money--I'd gladly buy multiple copies of it) or online as a PDF, like the two books below. They are as follows:

“Nuclear Reactors for Space Power” by William R. Corliss
http://www.osti.gov/includes/openne...ace%20Power.pdf

“SNAP Nuclear Space Reactors” by William R. Corliss
http://www.osti.gov/includes/openne...%20Reactors.pdf

I hope this material will be useful.
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