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Estes Echo Build
Not much excitement here, just another simple older Estes kit. The Echo rocket would reminds me of Mickey Mouse with the fin shape. I started this build yesterday, 4 coats of Sig sealer followed by simple construction. Today I shot purple Krylon paint and hopefully tomorrow apply the decals. These LPR kits do not require much......White glue, Balsa Sealer and paint. I tried to get close up pictures of the fins. I am always impressed with the dope based sealers.
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Nice job, the fins look smooth as silk.
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Yes sir, brush it on and let it dry for 20-30, sand and repeat 3-4 times until smooth as plastic. I normally have the balsa sealed and ready to build in less than 2 hours.
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Do put pins (T-pins or Push Pins) in the root edge of the fin and hold those as you brush the sealer on?
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I do, I either use pins or thin music wire. Got that idea from an old Estes or Centuri newsletter.
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Nice! Fins look great. I flew my Echo last year during my lone gunman launches at B6-4 Field when the world was in limbo. I've only flown it on A8-3s so far. I really need to take it to the corn to see what a C6-5 flight looks like.
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Here she is all done.
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Wow, that is a Catalog Photo Quality rocket!
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Quote:
He has a whole catalog's worth of catalog quality rockets. Search for his build threads and see if you can pick out what era (or even what year) he got into rocketry.
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Sigs
Sigs is a phominal builder!
You can spend 8 hours a day for more than a year reading and watching his builds.
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