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11-10-2018, 04:19 PM
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Using Titebond red label I've done the initial mounting and alignment of the fins. After that dries, I'll apply VERY SUBTLE fillets with epoxy.
TBC
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11-10-2018, 08:40 PM
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How Little Joe got his name...
I found this bit of trivia in the book “This New Ocean, the History of Project Mercury”
The book is available on the NASA website in html form: http://history.nasa.gov/SP-4201/toc.htm Quote:
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11-10-2018, 10:35 PM
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Last steps for the evening:
I apply subtle fillets of epoxy to strengthen the fin/BT joints. I then assemble the (8) styrene nozzles into the base plate. Lastly I mount and fillet the (2) launch lugs. "The Vixen" has presented me a shot of 18 year old Laphroaig! Good night. TBC
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11-11-2018, 09:23 AM
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Laphroaig 18 is almost as good as Lagavulin 16. Both wonderfully smoky and smooth.
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11-11-2018, 12:52 PM
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Not to change the subject, you mentioned Mr. Faget ( Mr. Maxime Faget) worked at the Wallops Island facility and was responsible for a lot of the safety measures used in the manned space projects. While at Wallops Island I received a MLAS (Max Launch Aport System) sweatshirt that had on the back "What Would Max Do?" The shirt made sense when I found out who he was was explained to me. Look him up. His job for NASA was for the safety of the astronauts .
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11-11-2018, 02:22 PM
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Sounds yummy! I’ll ask “The Vixen” get me a bottle for Christmas. TBC
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11-11-2018, 03:33 PM
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Lagavulin 16 is my absolute favorite "semi affordable" Scotch.
In Michigan it is about $103.00/750ml. Worth every penny. I buy 1 bottle a year. I have had far better Scotches, but were many times the price. Glenlivet and Glenfiddich 25yr and 30 yr are incredible, but the $350+/ bottle is scary. Macallan released a 60yr. this year...it is outrageous. $1.1 MILLION per bottle. Not in my lifetime....
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11-11-2018, 07:34 PM
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The LJ is now in gray primer!
TBC
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#49
11-11-2018, 09:13 PM
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Looking good.
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11-21-2018, 02:14 PM
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YAY! I made it back home from CT before the air travel tanked for the holiday!
I shot the LJI with white primer before I left home over a week ago and I'm dissatisfied with the seams of the reducer. I'll fill the gaps with diluted Elmers wood filler. TBC
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