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Old 08-19-2020, 11:47 PM
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I still have a decal, so this project is just waiting to be finished.
Hey, Bill, can you scan that decal (with a ruler in the picture, for our folks who need that)? Thank you, sir!
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Old 08-20-2020, 09:16 AM
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Excellent idea!
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Old 08-20-2020, 10:24 AM
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Funny. The body tube for the Custom Razor is also 9". Could have sworn the Tristar was shorter. Guess it makes sense.
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Old 08-20-2020, 08:07 PM
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A couple years back, I bought one of the re-liveried Custom Tristars (now relabeled as the rather abbreviated Galactic Patrol/Rescue/Taxi trio, at only 9.63" long each), but do you think I can find it today? How about a Nope Sandwich with extra Nope Sauce? (cf. my daughter's card game "Exploding Kittens")

So to build this spaceship backwards, I dug out a spare Custom Venture still MIP. The nose cone that the Tristar/Galactic models (and pretty much the whole Custom line) share is 2 9/16" long, and the body tube is 9" long. The kitcard says the rocket is 11.75" long. --Ish.

The Custom Tristar kitcard (I found some images online) says that rocket is 12.75" long. The swept fins extend about an inch aft of the BT-50 body tube.

So I'm *guessing* that the Tristar's BT-50 body tube is 9" long, as well. What, with that being kind of a standard length for Custom. Wait, I just found the instructions on AShasta-Sadie.com ( http://www.ashasta-sadie.com/ ), which lists the main body tube as BT-509. So, that's my SWAG.


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Jay, I think your correct. Many of Custom's rockets use a 9" BT-50 tube.
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Old 08-20-2020, 08:10 PM
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Funny. The body tube for the Custom Razor is also 9". Could have sworn the Tristar was shorter. Guess it makes sense.


Bill, it would seem that Custom uses a lot of the 9" BT-50 tube in their rockets.
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Old 08-20-2020, 09:32 PM
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FWIW, the tube of the sustainer of the Custom SAM-X is also 9".
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