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Old 10-19-2018, 09:10 PM
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After the sanding sealer, lots of sanding from medium to fine, 1st coat of gray, sanding most of it off, 2nd coat of gray, 400 grit smoothing out most of the printing artifacts, and first light coat of blue...starting to look like a fin can. I have been wanting to reproduce this rocket for a while, and thought about the Semroc Stellar Spartan, but that does not have the plastic fin can. I think this one will not match exactly, but will be a very close reasonable facsimilie. The hard part will be metallic stickers/decals.

So, I will be ordering some parts for this and the Vanguard Eagle to try to complete those kits from the 3D printed parts you provided and try to do them justice.

You were asking for additional ideas. NASA is launching an Orion Ascent Abort Test next year, l like to think of this as the Little Joe III. There are a few pictures on the NASA web. Not sure what the best size or scale would be for the Orion nose cone and tower, to be somewhat consistent with an 18mm or 24mm motor mount like the Estes Little Joe and Little Joe II kits. Maybe you can take a stab at it. The tower is much simpler, but has some exterior and interior nozzle details.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6HK9G7feXEk

https://www.nasa.gov/feature/nasa-m...unch-abort-test
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