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Estes Nike Smoke
The kit arrived today, I will cover the build here
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Cool! Rex should be getting one soon, too. I want one, but I don't want the first one...
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ooo nice, wonder if I'm in for another boat fiasco*...
rex *long story that I'll relate in person...but for now let it rest. |
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The Parts, nothing extraordinary should be a fast build...
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Fin assembly is fast, instructions recommend CA, I used Model Masters CA it is plastic friendly and fairly slow cure for a thin CA.
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I don't know, those fins look pretty extraordinary to me!
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Looks pretty nice! I need a new Nike Smoke to replace my old Centuri model that's heavily worn from too many flights. Those fins look pretty easy to do, isn't it?
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Those through the wall fins should (hopefully) allow for painting of the fins before attaching to the body tube, giving some really nice clean paint separation. Of course, you gotta be able to paint the body tube separately as well, but it would SEEM that would be possible, too. Do you see any potential show-stoppers in that regards? I too have a pretty well flight-worn Centuri Nike-Smoke that probably really needs to head to the retirement shelf. Earl
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No show stoppers so its Yes to rest, one of the centering rings is notched to maintain proper alignment and support for the body tube when the fins are inserted. The fit for the two pieces that make up a fin is very nice almost perfect no flashing or trimming required to assemble, the material seems to be ABS plastic not styrene tough but may have some paint adhesion issues, I guess I will find this out soon… |
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