All this talk about Vikings (elsewhere) got me looking the Viking 3 over again. I was hoping that the thrust ring would allow me to just go with another centering ring and make the whole thing 18mm powered. I tried to fit a motor tube, engine block and engine hook through the thrust ring to turn it into a forward ring, but the Kevlar that I'd tied to it kept the motor tube from fitting. Tonight I brought the Vike to work and sliced away the Kevlar. (Quite a trick considering the distance it was up in the tube and the tight space of a BT-50. ) I eventually succeeded, so when I get home this morning I'll be trying the dry fit again. If that works, it's on to paint.

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Build floor: Centuri Mini Dactyl Estes - Low Boom SST Semroc - Marauder, Shrike, SST Shuttle

In paint: Canaroc Starfighter Scorpion Estes F-22 Air Superiority Fighter, Multi-Roc, Solar Sailer II, Xarconian Cruiser Semroc Cyber III

Ready to fly: Estes - Solar Sailer II Semroc - Earmark, Groonie Der V 1/2

While I prefer white glue for gluing in thrust rings, in a pinch yellow glue can be "persuaded" to not "grab" so quickly for such applications by sitting the bottle of it in a pan of warm water to make the glue less viscous.

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I hate when that happens, last time it occurred I was able to "dig" it out, wrap some sandpaper around a dowel and clean things up enough to push in a loose fit ring. Always liked those FSI rockets.