Estes Super Alpha Dressed Up As An Alpha III

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rosko_racer

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Recently was inspired by my daughter's Alpha III she built at this year's Rockville Science Day, so started working on a Super Alpha and dressed it up like an Alpha III. The S.A. is not really a true upscale of the Alpha III since the NC is not the right shape and the BT is not the right upscale length. The fins also look "a liiiiiitle" off of the right shape, not by much. BUT I think she does look great. Used Kyrlon pumpkin orange and everything else are decals printed on inkjet with a coat of Krylon UV resistant clear #1305. I had upscaled the decals from an Alpha III decals sheet but because of the difference in the BT length for a true "upscale", the black area turned out to be shorter than it should have been... Here she is side-by-side with her little sister... Enjoy.

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