Awesome fins and trannys guys!!!
It's great to see some unique designs. It seems that 80% of rockets are just 3-4 FNC, and that just does nothing for me most of the time, with few exceptions.
Throw in some transitions however and it has my attention!
Back to back transitions, or some of the stuff you folks have posted in this thread, now that really gets my juices flowin'!
I've been playing with paper parts a lot lately, and really enjoying it.
Sure, I've done a few TLP kits with the paper hat and tail cone, and a few scratchbuilds with tail cones, and one with a transition, but my current project has me making a lot of these paper parts, and now even oblique cones for boosters.
Anyhow, something I thought I could add to this transition mayhem, is that recently I began lightly sanding the paper parts before shaping them or doing anything. I tried this assuming it would make the CA penetrate in a much more consistent manner, and it has worked perfectly.
I hate it when I make a decent paper part, then, when I coat it with CA, I still have dry spots, squigglies and/or runs.
On the next transitions I'm about to cut out tonight, I am going to gently sand the paper before I even cut the parts out. That should make them perfect, as they were great yesterday and today, but I sanded them after cutting them out, and it was awkward to hold the paper and sand it without damaging it.
I want to see how the finishing epoxy soaks into the paper when it is prepared in this fashion too, versus when it is not gently scuffed.
It is apparent and well known that they, the cardstock manufacturers, spray coatings on the paper, to keep it bright and protected.
I don't know why I did not think to scuff the surface on both sides earlier, but it does make life so much easier, and makes me love paper parts that much more.
I'm in Paper Part Heaven now!!!:clap::clap::clap::clap::clap: