Wow, how life, work and weather gets in the way of building, anyway I did find sometime to finally work on my Saturn. After the old formula Krylon white, I shot a coat of Testors Gloss white then spent about 3 hours masking for Testors Gloss Black. After I masked for black, the weather changed and I did not get around to painting for 2 weeks, at least the masking tape did not ruin anything. I decided to go with Testors spray paint so it would make touch ups much easier using Testors small bottle enamels. Luckily after removing the masking tape, I only had a couple of small areas that needed touch up. I will be using the original decals and should have this rocket done tomorrow or Saturday. So far she weighs 9oz, just shy of the 9.9 ounces advertised on the box. I really worked hard at keeping the weight down so I could fly with a D motor. You can see the D motor adapter that came with the kit. I also assembled the clear fins using dope as an adhesive. So far the best part of this build is to see such an old kit come to life using all parts that came in the kit except the rubber shock cord. You cant see from the pictures but there are some minor imperfections because of the old parts, but I can live with that. I am not using any reference material for finishing this kit, just following the plans and the pictures on the box. I will be posting finished pictures in the next day or so.

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