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Do you remember my first post in this thread?
Well, the temperature finally dropped a bit but the humidity drop is down to a much more reasonable point. No paint blushing! I wanted yellow paint and my local Ace Hardware had Rustolium paint on sale. I’m impressed with it. I filled and sanded as well as primed and painted with the cone on the lathe. Everyone should have a lathe. So TADA! The rocket body gets painted next.
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Looking good, Gord !
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To go along with my COVID lockdown projects I have finished my three engine cluster Sprint and finally finished my upscale Colonial Viper.
The Sprint uses the big yellow nose cone. Gord The yardstick is for scale size. BIGG!! I still have a few more in the que. Wish I could go to NARAM alas, my car is too old and replacements are hard to come by.
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How about renting a car to go to NARAM ?
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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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I’ve thought of that but… Have you seen what the cost of rental cars is? Plus availability and the cost of the hotel. Finally at 73 years old I don’t think I could drive for seven or eight house. My butt is sore just thinking about it. I have a feeling the cost would be very high.
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Hi Gordon, are you still doing custom turnings? I have some 1x6x18 inch balsa planks that might want to turn into something. It would be a glue-up obviously. Haven’t figured out an idea yet.
BTW I’m currently building your 24mm Nike-Hercules kit. Cheers! |
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Be sure to post pics of the build. Yes, I am still turning cones! More than I thought I would. I have lots of balsa but it’s not cheap any more. A 4” nose cone 12” long uses $27.00 worth, (my cost),of wood!
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Yes, the Nike-Hercules build is slow going, but that is typical for me anyway. I was looking ahead to a couple scale projects, a 4 inch Pershing 1a and/or Astrobee 1500. The Pershing is straightforward, but I haven’t figured the scale details for something like the Astrobee. I already have your balsa BT-80 version of the Pershing. Hoping to have that one built by next spring. |
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