EXPjawa
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One more story about stuff I built over the Christmas/New Year break (I had three weeks off to use up my leftover vacation time). I built this one evening while bored, since I'd been meaning to for a while and had the parts needed on hand.
Der V-3 was interesting to me. When both my cousin & I were about 15, we went into a local hobby shop to buy rockets that used those big "D" engines (I'm pretty sure we'd both only built 18mm rockets to that point). I bought the AIM-54 Phoenix, he bought the V-3. We started building them that evening. I wanted my Phoenix to look scale-like, so I spent the time sanding all the fins in the relatively correct pattern, while Mike plunged ahead with the Der V-3. I'm pretty sure we had it painted that day. I remember cracking up over decals like "Der Fin Wiggler", etc. Anyway, the next day, my Phoenix was only half done, but the V-3 was ready for launch. And launch it we did - and never saw it again. Thus ended my cousin Mike's adventure of the Der V-3. I hope that my clone has a better fate than that, but we'll have to wait until spring to find out, I suppose...
Der V-3 was interesting to me. When both my cousin & I were about 15, we went into a local hobby shop to buy rockets that used those big "D" engines (I'm pretty sure we'd both only built 18mm rockets to that point). I bought the AIM-54 Phoenix, he bought the V-3. We started building them that evening. I wanted my Phoenix to look scale-like, so I spent the time sanding all the fins in the relatively correct pattern, while Mike plunged ahead with the Der V-3. I'm pretty sure we had it painted that day. I remember cracking up over decals like "Der Fin Wiggler", etc. Anyway, the next day, my Phoenix was only half done, but the V-3 was ready for launch. And launch it we did - and never saw it again. Thus ended my cousin Mike's adventure of the Der V-3. I hope that my clone has a better fate than that, but we'll have to wait until spring to find out, I suppose...
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