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Yeap same problem as 1301, 0% UV inhibitor meaning it Yellows very quickly.

If You must use a Krylon Clear coat be sure to use one of the UV resistant clear (Krylon 1301 Crystal Clear contains 0% UV inhibitors) Krylon 1305 UV Gloss Clear and 1309 UV Matt clear work...

I did:
It's all Scrap stuff I had laying around the basement. If You'd Like to make one I'll see if I can Upload either a pdf of the parts List and drawing.

Like Marc:
I use my tube Annihilator for precision cutting all tubes of Cardboard, phenolic and plastic tubes (WITH AN INTERNAL MANDREL). Particularly ture with Polycarbonate or Polyethylene...

Just about any tool seller will have Self-adhesive very thin Rules in various lengths, widths and base material. I use a .0075" thick steel rule on my wooden work bench front lip for quick...

Outstanding Work! What a Great looking Model.

Rough up the outside surface and Yellow gluing a paper shroud around the plastic tube is one way to go. the attach as usual. It really does work.

Or IMHO a better solution is to rough up your...

Turely Jeff:
But Really it was a lot more fun flying the ping-pong ball off the nose of the Micro Sentinel. got much better altitude as well about 100ft. Landing the Ball "Far" from the spot...

Narhams likes to plan and announce ahead "Fun Contest" monthly launch themes. Over the winter we had a couple planned. Styrofoam SnowBall loft Spot landing and later Ping-pong ball loft - spot...

Just a couple flight pics of the MH-ZVPL & FHPL during fun flying last November & december. Along with a shot of a telescoping mylar windscreen.
Hope these help spark your interest.

Well here it is May already....Wow time sure flys when your having fun LOL!!!

Back in January a couple Club members and I put on an in-depth Piston launcher study-Discussion, as used in NAR...

I'll Second Sodmister on using Thickened white glue with a dotter or toothpick applicator for large diameter rivets. Works will be is very labor intensive.

Straight pin heads an also be an...

I use Tube Marking fixtures as shown below.

If your worried about differences of a Pencil line width or less then don't use Paper to wrap the bodytube. Paper stretches each time it's rolled.
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In a Word:
NO Problem!

Mike TG:
I concur with Jim on Lightly sanding the wing tips to get them to just meet. I did this with my own 3's-a-Charm. I won't worry much about a glider being a tad tight. Micro-Maxx-II...

Why are you worried about putting 3 motors in-line?
I've been flying in-line clusters for decades without problem. They Look pretty Kool at liftoff as well. I'm not crazy about clustering...

There is a trick:
Sorry I forgot to include it: very simple process.
Spray 3 heavy coat of primer over the entire model letting each coat tack about 5 minuites between coats. after the...

You may run across some OLD stock braided kevlar fishing line at some out of the way sporting goods but because kevlar lines ware-out rod eyelets at such a high rate, most fishing line manufactures...

Forget the darn fillers!
Just use cheapy Primer to completely fill the body tube spirals. Saves a LOAD of hand work, and only costs a buck or two more then having to use "Whatever" filler you...

Second Sandmans post Polystyrene is great stuff for turning Parts, can then be hollowed out as well.
Love using delrin for making FAI type model Nose, boattail and single wrap fibreglass body...

I have quite a few models that fly regularely built in the late 70's and early 80's that were built with Plain old Elmers White glue. Many mid-80-90's built with elmers carpenters yellow glue that...

I've been using 50 to 90lb braided or Twisted Kevlar as the shockcords in all my micro models since there introductions in 1999. Used to use a lot of 50lb but have found I perfer the slightly...

As Luke Mentioned plain old Plumbers White Teflon sealing tape is Flameproof, and makes a light weight PERMANENT replacement for both Streamer and Wadding.
About the only "Trick" to using White...

Generally speaking Mushtang:
Our LPR model rockets are 15 to 50 feet away from Viewing while getting ready for flight. From that distance most any model will look just great. If it is built to...

Sure!
I made a 24" lazy susan for the bottom of my 36" x 36" x84" Paint booth. I've Painted up to 6 foot long BT-80 & BT-101's in it often.
Only Photo I have is below. the lazy suzan is two...

Only Good Water recovery is a Frozen Water recovery:)

Best advice I can offer is to follow Ol Jr's suggestion since you've already installed at least one wrap with spray77. tightly tape the entire width of the seem and let it stand a day or two.
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Nicely done!
Any Micro is a Great Micro LOL

Many of us still at least round the leading and tailing edges on sport flying models leaving true airfoiling for actual competition models. There is no doubt we teach rounding these areas for better...

Krylon Fusion is a paint for Plastic substrates. If used on Cardboard it has a tendency not to adhere well. that couple be why your testors purple enamel crazed your finish.

Best to sand...