Any suggestions which model a modeler with average construction skills should build?
Any suggestions which model a modeler with average construction skills should build?
When all is said and done.......more will be said than done.
You might look at the Peter Alway kits sold at Balsa Machining Services. The Arcas is a BT-50, IIRC, and is $13. There is also the Astrobee 1500 which is more complex, but is a really nice piece of engineering with laser cut parts. Heck, order both and learn with the Arcas and then progress to the more difficult Astrobee.
I was the first NARTREK chairman back in the late '70s.
Chas
Chas Russell, MSgt
Retired AF Missile Technician
NAR 9790 Sr
ASP has a roster of pretty good-looking scale kits which should not be terrifically tough to knock off.
http://www.asp-rocketry.com/store/ca...m?Category=175
Semroc also has a nice lineup of scale kits ranging from relatively simple to the museum-quality Saturn 1B.
http://www.semroc.com/Store/scripts/...?idCategory=75
To follow up on Buzzard's post on the Peter Alway kits, his book "Rockets of the World" is literally the bible for scale model rocketeers and is a treasure trove of info on hundreds of rocket vehicles. It's utterly indispensable if you plan to build more than a couple scalers and it's tons of fun to read even if you don't. It's a bargain at $30 from NAR Technical Services.
https://blastzone.org/nar/narts/stor...=1080035015601
Last edited by JStarStar; 13th May 2012 at 10:06 PM.