The original kit used matteboard fins. You have an option here for either 0.05" matteboard or 1/16" balsa.

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In the kit, you are given some square stock to cut to length for dowel attachments and other detail bits. They're all the same length, and all of the fins are 1/8" sheet, so I just added all of the detail pieces to the sheet for the laser to do the work. The ringfin pylons are similar, so I just added them in to simplify things.

Now, locating that nose cone...

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Now contains 82 patterns.

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Hi Craig;

Checking my kit, I can confirm that the square stock used to support the dowels is 1/8" basswood. Fins are all 1/16" thick; the strip stock provided to make the support pylons for the ring fin is 3/16" x 13/16" x 9" balsa.

Hope this helps;

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Hi Craig;

I'm traveling for the next week, so I'll have difficulty following your thread. But checking very quickly, I notice some errors/typos in your nose cone listing. For example, #1341 World Federation Star Probe - that nose is a PNC-50SP, not a PNC55-SP.

Also, the #1378 Firecat had a PNC-102 (Estes just used the Centuri nomenclature for this one), and the #1915 Harpoon used a PNC-50U.

Hope you're able to continue the good progress; I'll catch up when I get back.

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Based on John Brohm's observations, I got these patterns wrong. The shapes and sizes may be correct, but the thicknesses were a bit off.

Here's what I've done:

• The triangular fins have been moved over to a 1/16" balsa sheet.
• The ring pylons have been moved to a 3/16" balsa sheet.
• The probe support and remaining detail strips are now on a 2" x 2" x 1/8" basswood sheet.

The pylons have been measured to fit the gap between BT-50 and BT-80, with only fractional overage. This allows for a snug fit with minor sanding required.

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Thanks, John. I've made the corrections and they'll be available with the next update.

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No problem, Craig. For nose cones, this reference might also help:

http://www.rocketshoppe.com/info/Es...erence_10.1.pdf

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Five sheets, three patterns. Four of the five can be cut from a single 36" length of balsa.

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Updated with corrections. Now contains 83 patterns or pattern sets.

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