My Fleet of Scratch-Builds --LOTS OF PICTURES--

[[POW]Eagle159]

1. 2-stage--50'' tall, Bt-60
2. 9'' tall booster--Twin chute recovery(in white tubes)
3. another look-24mm booster to a 18mm sustainer.
TRF Thread= http://www.rocketryforum.com/showthr...-build-Details

4.my Saturn V where she sits--nose weight for SU E20s
5. Scratch silver bullet, Bt-80, 49'' tall 24mm mount

[[POW]Eagle159]

1.Scratch with no name...
2.6 fins 2 tubes--NEVER seen before
3.look at the twin 18mm mounts and center 24mm.
4. My puppy dog--Kaiser, a Bishon poodle

[Aksrockets]

1.Scratch with no name...
2.6 fins 2 tubes--NEVER seen before
3.look at the twin 18mm mounts and center 24mm.
4. My puppy dog--Kaiser, a Bishon poodle

What size of engine mount does #4 have?

[[POW]Eagle159]

1. scratch, no name, maybe big red one?
2. look at the fins/ tubes/ dowels
3. scratch with card board fins!
4. Red October....24mm mount

[sodmeister]

You`ve been holding out on us man

Plenty of nice work there for sure ,Saturn Vs are always nice in any collection.

I like those bi-planes ,you build those ?


Paul T

[[POW]Eagle159]

1. scratch- asteroid lander bash type
2. fins are strong!
3. tallest rocket in the fleet-62'', Bt-55 24mm C11s nice ride!
4.duel ring fin scratcher, C6-3s are nice! no spin at all
5.Close up of ring, its plastic wrapped around 2 fins-lots of support too..
Im going to get a onboard vid soon of it!

[[POW]Eagle159]

You`ve been holding out on us man

Plenty of nice work there for sure ,Saturn Vs are always nice in any collection.

I like those bi-planes ,you build those ?


Paul T

OOooo yes I LOVE PLANES!
There is the WW1s you see... the British Se5 and Sopwith Camel and German Rumpler C5 in the middle.

[gdjsky01]

1. scratch, no name, maybe big red one?

Four Polester

[[POW]Eagle159]

1. QCC Explorer-all stock, NICE rocket
2. my first large scratch build GIGANTICA- D12-5s---first Ds use ever
3. Scratcher with booster pods, C11-3s boosters, D12-5 center.
4. My dad says its ''fin city''--only 14 fins Bt-80 and Bt-60
5. how they connect--dowels in straws 1''
Shes in primer right now I dont know bout a color scheme...

[sodmeister]

OOooo yes I LOVE PLANES!
There is the WW1s you see... the British Se5 and Sopwith Camel and German Rumpler C5 in the middle.

Love planes myself ,done about a hundred in 1/48 some 1/72 mostly jets and some a few props WWII .That`s where I learned how to airbrush ,great fun !

Love old WWI planes ,but all that rigging can be a real bugger



Paul T

[[POW]Eagle159]

1. The big Saturn V!
2. only took a week to build!--almost nonstop
3. tower view!--she flew twice so far.
4.all the 'larger' rockets together
5. They look pretty nice!

[[POW]Eagle159]

Love planes myself ,done about a hundred in 1/48 some 1/72 mostly jets and some a few props WWII .That`s where I learned how to airbrush ,great fun !

Love old WWI planes ,but all that rigging can be a real bugger



Paul T

Yeah, I have 30 plastic models and 30 balsa and tissue airplanes--took 5 years to do!
I got an airbrush for Christmas-Great fun!

[sodmeister]

Yeah, I have 30 plastic models and 30 balsa and tissue airplanes--took 5 years to do!
I got an airbrush for Christmas-Great fun!

Nice looking Sat V ,I finished mine last summer ,did a little mini build here somewhere.

I found after a little practice and experimentation ,airbrushing became pretty easy ,and when it comes to scale plastic models ,it makes all the difference in the world.

Have fun !

Paul T

[[POW]Eagle159]

1. Little Estes....Silly little estes- the missile in the middle got me started in rockets! she has 6 flights.
2.I don't know what this little one is.... small min. diameter. Maybe Centuri something?
3.little 18mm scratch builds--left one is my FIRST scratch build, Only ONE year ago!
4. more scratchers--the gold one is my first cluster!
5. MORE scratchers! bash of a Aim-9, Tubey too, Airplane rocket, and Avenger-named after my first lost rocket.

[[POW]Eagle159]

1. more scratches!!!
2. 2-stage- Bee Gone!--all done with sharpie!
3. Last of my FLEET!!!--RPG, Unk Dav, for my uncle, and fireball.
4. close up of Fire ball--smoke bomb on the nose cone--smokes on the way up! Orange Blur Green White smoke!--(4th of July smoke bombs)

[[POW]Eagle159]

1. All of the Fleet!
2. side shot...
3. other side shot...
4. My hobbies,too many!


Thanks for everyone looking!!!
that sums it up for the day--ALL MY ROCKETS!!!

[sodmeister]

Sheesh ,I thought I had a lot of rockets.Very nice collection ,a real good "mixed bag" of stuff and your scratch stuff is well done

Take care


Paul T

[[POW]Eagle159]

Sheesh ,I thought I had a lot of rockets.Very nice collection ,a real good "mixed bag" of stuff and your scratch stuff is well done

Take care


Paul T

Thank you!

I try to do one of every thing I think of....And it all has worked so far!

[JStarStar]

Holy smokies, lucky you live down in sunny Florida so you can get those babies off the ground nearly year round.

That is a massive collection of some awesome looking rockets.

[[POW]Eagle159]

Got the S.S.L.E. Eagle painted!

1. Rocket stack on the pad
2. 3-24mm engines, boosters have C11-3s, core has D12-5
3. boosters fall off in flight!
4. each booster has it's own chute and fins
5. The main with out boosters

She sure does have enough fins, 14 total!

Here's a full write up....
http://rocketryforum.com/showthread.php?t=32515

[modeltrains]

Man, that is quite a collection!
Cool.

[SteveA]

1.Scratch with no name...

Valhalla

Huh? Huh? It sings! Like...Provo's Privy!

The SSLE Eagle is awesome!

[dlazarus6660]

Impressive!

[garmtn]

All I can tell u is, there's nothing like building it from "scratch"! I've enclosed a pic of my latest creation, "Astron Starlight," which came out in 1967-1972. Original paint scheme too, w/transparent paint. Do a search for "Free" model rocket plans; send for parts, or make them, and get started! That's how u learn. If unsure, build a few kits first. Maybe a level 2-3. I'm also a "scroller", anacronym for scroll-sawer. "Google" scroll-saw. Found it invalueable cutting out rocket parts from plywood.

[blackbrandt]

What size of engine mount does #4 have?

202mm!

[[POW]Eagle159]

Another one!
Heres my latest creation out of 4 1'' in. diameter tubes....

The rocket is 3 feet tall and is around 10 oz, fully loaded.
It can hold up to 6 smoke bombs, that are lit right before launch, they are 1'' in. diameter.
The smoke bombs smoke for around 7-10 seconds.
the inside tube is like 26mm so i just wrap a bit of tape to secure the engine.
The first flight was with a C11-3, which gave it a 150' high flight. D12 will be better.
Ejection gases go through holes in the sides of the tubes to the top of the rocket.
This is the second smoke bomb rocket made.
Its good because it doesn't even get warm, and with 3 or more of them the rocket disappears!

[[POW]Eagle159]

Latest Build!!! Thread below

http://www.rocketryforum.com/showthr...722#post342722

My 2-Staged, Clustered SAM rocket!

[[POW]Eagle159]

MORE, More, more!!! The 2-Staged, Clustered SAM rocket is done and painted, next flight will be the 4th or 5th of July.... cant wait!

[[POW]Eagle159]

The first picture is just the upper stage... Pictures of my most complicated and largest rockets together!

[cwbullet]

Nice fleet.