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An LPR Seven-Model Binge-Build !
Last October, I embarked on a project that consisted of pulling a number of kits out of my build pile and doing a simultaneous build on them, performing each step in tandem.
I have reached a point now, where all the models are in the painting and finishing processes, each taking a different amount of time due to masking and detailing, so I can no longer do them entirely side-by-side. It’s been a very fun process. The entirety of the project is documented on my model rocketry blog, starting with this post: https://castlerocketeer.blogspot.co...inge-build.html This is by no means a blow-by-blow build thread, rather a series of progress descriptions. Enjoy!
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Ahhh! A possible way to get through my build backlog!! Let's see...if I start off with 298 concurrent builds it will take me..... Oh, well; maybe I better NOT think about that too much!
Good techniques displayed in your blog! Earl
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Earl, your concurrent build of 298 kits would give me hope that my 184 would be pretty simple. Actually, since I have duplicates of some kits, it’s only around 131.
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Man, you guys need to get crackin'!
Let's see... if you randomly pulled out half a dozen of the kits from the stack every six months and did a binge build on them, why, you could get them easily knocked out in 15 years or so !! That would be a heckuva fleet of boids !
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I could easily build 200 kits in a fairly short time, even complex kits. However, I couldn't fill, sand, fill, sand, seal, primer, sand, primer, sand, primer, base coat, tape, top coat, decal, and clear coat 200 models in the next 50 years.
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I always tend to build in batches. While you wait for the glue to dry on the motor mount for one, you can be gluing the fins on another, etc. etc. They tend to pile up out in the garage for painting but if I am putting on the old work clothes and painting gloves it is just as easy to paint one than it is to paint five or six.
Having about six going in build at one time is my limit for keeping track of what parts go with what rocket. I keep a bunch of old cool whip tubs handy to keep the parts sorted out. |
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I usually build 3-4 at a time if I'm not building any R/C aircraft.
If I'm building R/C aircraft, that's only one at a time as those builds are always more labor intensive than ANY rocket kit, including anything Skill Level 5 or HPR. Rockets are a joke to build compared to any R/C kit.
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R/C takes up a lot more room too. I only have .40 size aircraft, mostly fun-fly/sport, but I built a Kadet Sr. (box of sticks, no ARF crap for me!) that I modified to be a tail dragger, added flaps, bomb....uh candy bay (but used for VHSC camcorder way before GoPro) etc. I had a .61 on it. The wing by itself was huge on the bench. I'm not familiar with your pattern planes, but I imagine they are about the same size. IIRC, the Sr. has about a 6.5 ft wingspan and probably about a 5-5.5 ft fuse length. Yours are probably the opposite with fuse longer than span.
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I fly mostly "Vintage" Ballistic (non turnaround) pattern planes Such as the Phoenix 7, Curare, and Tiporare. They have spans about the same as the fuse length. 65" to 70".
Vintage OS .61 ABC RF, VF, or FSR engines with tuned pipes, coreless digital servos, retracts, flaps, Big in-flight mixture control carbs, Perry (Varsane) oscillating fuel pumps. FAST 100mph+ flight speeds. Far more expensive than most all rocket projects below L3, but cost per 15min flight less than a single D rocket engine. Quite large, they take up a lot of space. They are easier to build than most trainers. Fibreglass fuselages, foam core sheeted wings and stabs. They go right where you point them with zero bad flight tendencies. Crashes non existent if Pilot does his/her job. The last built-up rib wing I built was a Great Planes Ultimate in the early 2000's. What a nuisance to build. I'm firmly in the foam-core camp for wings. For EVERYTHING R/C. I also have 1/11 scale F-4 Phantom and F-15 Eagle jets. Those are fun.
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When in doubt, WHACK the GAS and DITCH the brake !!! Yes, there is such a thing as NORMAL, if you have to ask what is "NORMAL" , you probably aren't ! Failure may not be an OPTION, but it is ALWAYS a POSSIBILITY. ALL systems are GO for MAYHEM, CHAOS, and HAVOC ! |
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Here is the first of the binge-build models to be fully completed:
BAR Fleet #136 NIKE-X Source: Estes Industries Kit # 7259 Type: Scale-like sport model Stages: Single Engine Type: 18mm Recovery: Parachute Length: 59.4cm (23.4 in.) Diameter: 33.65mm (1.325 in.) Weight Empty: 56g (1.970oz.) Nose Cone: Tangent ogive Fin Types: Clipped delta, delta Number of Fins: 3 sets of 4 Color Scheme: White, black, red Date Completed: December 16, 2021 The second photo is of my old fleet NIKE-X, built in 1978. It was modified into a two-stager with a 24mm booster. Awesome flights on a D12-0 / B4-6 motor combination.
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