TRF Logo

hcmbanjo said:

Hoo boy, that's a clean mask!

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Thank you Chris. It's not photographed just on it's good side either. The seperation lines are good all the way around!

The last piece of the rocket, the exhaust nozzle, was made using the transition tool found at www.payloadbay.com

Two were made of card stock, one slightly shorter in length so it could nest in the other. This increased the overall stiffness of the nozzles after being soaked with thin CA and bonded together.

All the seams around and between the two nozzles were filled and sanded, primerd and given a coat of white gloss paint.

Thin strips of masking are applied to the nozzle.

Hmmm... by the rules it has to have flown, with pics posted by the end of today... Might wanna hit the fast forward button... Then again you still have several hours of tease time left.

I'm willing to bet good money its been flown and photographed

(You know how to keep a rocket geek in suspense? ... I'll tell you later )

RGInCanada said:

I'm willing to bet good money its been flown and photographed

(You know how to keep a rocket geek in suspense? ... I'll tell you later )

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You mean "I'll post pics later".

-Kevin

Exhaust nozzle gets a squirt of yellow paint.

Masking removed from nozzle.

....yeah, and? AND!!!!??? (this is worse than a Freia advent calender.....)

Before and after.

Due to drought conditions the launch has been scrubbed. No joy.

That's one beautifully built rocket. Good work!

Very nice execution of the logo!

Wow. Nice build.

Bonus points for putting it on a purple background, seeing as how purple is my favorite color!

Makes up for that Wizard of Oz reference earlier.

-Kevin

Supporting cast of colors. :grin:

bradycros said:

Supporting cast of colors. :grin:

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You did a beautiful job building this; I only wish your weather had cooperated and allowed you to fly it.

-Kevin

Well what can you say ,another fine example of your work and eye for detail.......damn good work "T" !!:handshake:

May your new creation fly straight and true when the weather decides to play ball.I look forward to the flight report.

Take care chum !

Paul T

Beautiful. Excellent craftsmanship. Sorry about the non-launch.

Gorgeous paint and oh, how's your Krylon stock doing these days? Out performing the market? They should be getting in touch with you shortly. Something about an advertising contract. Testimonials are always convincing.

foamy said:

Beautiful. Excellent craftsmanship. Sorry about the non-launch.

Gorgeous paint and oh, how's your Krylon stock doing these days? Out performing the market? They should be getting in touch with you shortly. Something about an advertising contract. Testimonials are always convincing.

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Wally World didn't have the right shade of Krylon Red. I was forced to use that Rust-oleum bull squirt. :grin:

Thanks for the show.
I missed most of it,I figured I had PLENTY of time to catch up on your progress.
Going by your build thread history,I had a date set for 3 months from now to check in on this build.
Imagine my surprise to see its allready done.
HA HA HA HA HA
Some people.......:eyeroll:

EDIT...OH YA--By the way....Very Nice Job.

Yeah, some people...

Sharpend up your stick to take another poke at me, eh. GBADG :rofl:.

bradycros said:

Yeah, some people...

Sharpend up your stick to take another poke at me, eh. GBADG :rofl:.

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Depends on whos eyes you are looking thru.
I see it as a compliment.
Some people only see bad things.
Like, going out for a good dinner, who cares, it all turns to CRAP
.Ya-da,ya-da,ya-da

Scotty Dog said:

Some people.......:eyeroll:

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Buzz off.

Realistically, do you see your burn ban being lifted any time soon? Or do you think it's going to be this fall before you can fly any rockets?

-Kevin

troj said:

Realistically, do you see your burn ban being lifted any time soon? Or do you think it's going to be this fall before you can fly any rockets?

-Kevin

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I don't belive there is going to be any burning allowed in the foreseeable future. The area is really dried out and it will take more then just a couple'a rain showers to get things back to normal.

bradycros said:

I don't belive there is going to be any burning allowed in the foreseeable future. The area is really dried out and it will take more then just a couple'a rain showers to get things back to normal.

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Ugh. Sounds like you folks are getting what Kansas had about a year ago. Not good, not good at all.

-Kevin

Same thing in the Indy area. Maybe a half an inch rain in the last two months at my house and nearby launch park. Things are very crispy. I'm worried about irresponsible use of fireworks tonight. The county isn't "banning" personal fireworks due to a state law that forbids routine bans and is being over-interpreted by the fireworks lobby to include extreme weather situations.

Be safe, all!