paulk
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Hi, I recently finished my first V-2, using the paint scheme from the White Sands #3 launch. Our club has an upcoming V-2 mass launch, so that was a great excuse to build one. I started with a Canadian Arrow kit. Wanting it to be as close to scale as I could with this kit, I took 4.75" off the body tube, and just a tad more than 0.5" off the outside edge of the fins. I worked off Peter Alway drawings for scaling. This gives me a 1:25 scale, 22" tall, 2.6" diameter bird. I put bevels on the fins, though I didn't do any further fin detail, I'll save that for my next one.
Wanting to try that new Apogee fix-it epoxy clay (realizing it is overkill for this build), I made epoxy fillets. I still had to do a bit of wood filler to get smooth fillets, I couldn't get the epoxy as smooth as I wanted. The original CA kit comes with 0.5 oz of nose clay, I put in 1.0 oz. I still need to do a swing test to see if this is enough. Weight without engine comes in at 6.9 oz. I'd really like to fly this with an AT D9 motor, to get a slower liftoff, but I'll try it on a D12-3 first, then maybe an AT E18. With the smaller fins, stability is a concern.
Paint is standard Krylon, I love that stuff. I used the paint scheme shown on www.postwarv2.com. This was a fairly straightforward masking job. Seemed downright easy after doing the Saturn 1B. Mr. Beggs has a real nice site for V-2 info. Decals are from excelsior, they went on great, as usual.
Well, enough talking, here are some pictures of the finished product.
Wanting to try that new Apogee fix-it epoxy clay (realizing it is overkill for this build), I made epoxy fillets. I still had to do a bit of wood filler to get smooth fillets, I couldn't get the epoxy as smooth as I wanted. The original CA kit comes with 0.5 oz of nose clay, I put in 1.0 oz. I still need to do a swing test to see if this is enough. Weight without engine comes in at 6.9 oz. I'd really like to fly this with an AT D9 motor, to get a slower liftoff, but I'll try it on a D12-3 first, then maybe an AT E18. With the smaller fins, stability is a concern.
Paint is standard Krylon, I love that stuff. I used the paint scheme shown on www.postwarv2.com. This was a fairly straightforward masking job. Seemed downright easy after doing the Saturn 1B. Mr. Beggs has a real nice site for V-2 info. Decals are from excelsior, they went on great, as usual.
Well, enough talking, here are some pictures of the finished product.