X-Ray Upscale Build

Gary Byrum · Nov 10, 2013

qquake2k said:
I got these off Ebay for $1.50 apiece. I was going to suspend them in the payload section. I thought the legs would move when the sun hit them, but they just vibrate.

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You bought a solar cockroach when there are a gigabillion of them on the planet? I had been just a viewer on this thread until now. I really got to know why you went there. Gotta thing about killing or maybe, disorienting a cockroach?

qquake2k · Nov 11, 2013

Gary Byrum said:
You bought a solar cockroach when there are a gigabillion of them on the planet? I had been just a viewer on this thread until now. I really got to know why you went there. Gotta thing about killing or maybe, disorienting a cockroach?

I certainly have no great love for cockroaches, and wouldn't hesitate to kill them. But the cockroaches out here are tiny, and fortunately, my house is free of them. I know there are huge cockroaches back east, and someone probably sells them. But I prefer a non-living payload for the X-Ray, even though I did launch live cockroaches as a kid.

qquake2k · Nov 14, 2013

Got some new cockroaches.

Rich Holmes · Nov 14, 2013

Are they upscaled?

qquake2k · Nov 14, 2013

Yeah, I think they're the perfect size. The ruler is in centimeters.

JPVegh · Nov 14, 2013

Looks like a typical south Texas water bug in size and shape.

kelltym88 · Nov 14, 2013

Would they be considered "Roach-Ronuats" .... Doh!

qquake2k · Nov 14, 2013

JPVegh said:
Looks like a typical south Texas water bug in size and shape.

Glad I don't live in Texas!

kelltym88 said:
Would they be considered "Roach-Ronuats" .... Doh!

:eyeroll:

SacEsq · Nov 14, 2013

qquake2k said:
Using Titebond no run molding glue as usual, I got the external fillets done.

Looked for some Titebond Molding glue today without any luck. Where do you get it?

Gary Byrum · Nov 14, 2013

This is what you need as a passenger. Belly up in the pic, but real here on the east of the Missip.

qquake2k · Nov 14, 2013

SacEsq said:
Looked for some Titebond Molding glue today without any luck. Where do you get it?

I got it from Amazon last time.

https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_...=titebond+molding&rh=i:aps,k:titebond+molding

But McFeely's has it cheaper.

https://www.mcfeelys.com/product/TRIM-GLUE/Titebond-Molding-Glue

o1d_dude · Nov 14, 2013

Buy the 8 ounce size as you'll probably not use it all.

OTOH you never know when they'll stop making it.

Shelf life could be a problem.

Sent from my Galaxy S4 so that's why I misspell things...Forumrunner helps, too.

qquake2k · Nov 15, 2013

An 8 ounce probably lasts me a year or more.

qquake2k · Nov 15, 2013

Gary Byrum said:
This is what you need as a passenger. Belly up in the pic, but real here on the east of the Missip.

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Now that's just nasty! I thought you had to be closer to the Equator for bugs that big!

Rich Holmes · Nov 15, 2013

qquake2k said:
An 8 ounce probably lasts me a year or more.

Glue? Or cockroach?

qquake2k · Nov 29, 2013

qquake2k said:
Then it dawned on me, I didn't need to coat the whole thing with putty, just fill the voids. So I put another, shallower coat of putty on it. It looks like a mess to me. I don't have a good feeling about it.

Even after all that work with the putty, it still has voids in it. Oh well, this is as good as it's going to get. It'll look better once I get the black stripes on it.

Binder Design · Dec 17, 2013

qquake2k said:
Got some blue on the nose cone. This is "Brilliant Blue".

Nice job! I like your cone better than the sharper original design.

qquake2k · Dec 17, 2013

Binder Design said:
Nice job! I like your cone better than the sharper original design.

Why thank you! I must say, I'm very pleased with it.

qquake2k · Feb 28, 2015

I want to paint this with the same scheme as the original. So I need to paint some tapered black stripes on the transition. I printed out some guides to help me mask it, but I've run into a problem. Other than eyeballing it, is there a better way to center the two guides to each other?

qquake2k · Feb 28, 2015

I decided to just eyeball it and go for it.

qquake2k · Feb 28, 2015

It's certainly far from perfect. But it did turn out better than I expected. I'm happy with it.

T-Rex · Mar 1, 2015

Fine job, as usual, Captain!

qquake2k · Mar 9, 2015

Okay, let's get some stripes on this puppy! I wanted the black stripes centered over the fins. So I marked the center of one fin at the top with a length of aluminum angle. Using the stripes on the transition, I marked the locations of the stripes on the body tube. Drew lines with the angle, and masked them. Using a piece of paper wrapped around the body tube as a guide. I masked for the horizontal stripe.

qquake2k · Mar 9, 2015

This was one of my more tedious masking jobs. I was glad when I could start spraying paint.

qquake2k · Mar 9, 2015

As usual, the Tamiya tape gave me clean lines. Not sure what happened at some of the corners, and not sure I can fix it at this point. Or even want to try. I was able to clean off the black smudge with lighter fluid.

qquake2k · Mar 9, 2015

But overall, I'm very pleased with how it's turning out. Considering my past relationship with paint, this could have gone very badly. Tomorrow I'll paint one fin black, in keeping with the original paint theme.

Gary Byrum · Mar 9, 2015

Fine job Cap'n. Looks like an Xray to me.

qquake2k · Mar 9, 2015

It looks better from a distance. :tongue:

But thank you for the compliment!

qquake2k · Mar 12, 2015

I got a passenger, but he's too big for the payload section. Bummer.

qquake2k · Mar 12, 2015

I got a 5" long 1/4" bolt to use with the small stainless eye nut.

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