Comrades:

A quick addendum to the MPC Nike-Smoke rescue. I ended up having to go back and respray the whole rocket. I ran out of Rustoleum Acrylic Matte so I bought some Rustoleum Enamel Matte Clear. It was neither matte nor clear and left the rocket shiny and slightly yellowed. Worse, it caused the metallic copper paint to orange peel. I was a little pistolero (Spanish for "gunfighter'). But I gamely sanded off the orange peel and resprayed.

While assembling the recovery system, I discovered that a slightly sanded BT-55 is a slip fit inside whatever size the MPC body tube is, so I added a Semroc BT-55 baffle and kevlar to a short section of BT-55 and badda-bing, no more wadding. Kind of over-kill for a rescue but . . . .

We're shooting for a launch tomorrow, wind permitting. It'll be ready.

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NAR 79743
NARTrek Silver
I miss being SAM 062

Awaiting First Launch: Too numerous to count
Finishing: Zooch Saturn V; Alway/Nau BioArcas; Estes Expedition; TLP Standard
Repair/Rescue: Cherokee-D (2); Centuri Nike-Smoke; MX-774
On the Bench: 2650;
Dream Stage: 1/39.37 R-7