24mm Hornet Clone Build

The Estes/Centuri hornet has long been one of my favorites. Alas my last stock hornet was sacrificed to the rocket gods that be. So I'm building a clone, and its going to be a 24mm opposed to the standard 18mm. I made up an adapter to use 18mm motors if I choose to on some days. Nose cone was one I had planned for another project, hence why it is painted already. I have everything laid out, 8+ hours of WWII documentaries playing, time to start building More pics to come as I go along.

BT is cut to length, fins are all cut out and sanded to shape (yes its going to have square edges you fin nazi's lol), and the motor mount is together with 2 fillets on each ring......

I'll be watching. Looks like a lot of nice Parts.

Got the fillets all done last night and 2 coats of sealer last night. Sanded the fins smoothish today and sprayed a coat of build primer on. Now I get to wait 48 hours sand it reprime and wait some more lol.

Its been a few days, I did make some progress last night, sanded the rocket all down and re-primed it. I will be laying down the yellow base coat shortly. I will post pics later on tonight.

I did manage to get the yellow base down. Now I need to wait till Friday to lay the black down on one fin and apply decals the day after. Lookin good so far

wagondriver42 said:

... (yes its going to have square edges you fin nazi's lol) .......

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Ach!@#% My kryptonite. I try to be open minded and fair. I realize this is a personal problem. I've gone all the way to the first finish coat on a rocket before the sandpaper comes out and the L/T edges get rounded. Ah well, your rocket, your rules. And for the record, my grandfather came to this country to get away from Mussolini and his fascist crap ! :wink:

Sam, I did honestly think about FOILing the fins this time but alas I didnt do it. I will give it a shot on my next build. Which will most likely be a red max, time will tell.

wagondriver42 said:

Sam, I did honestly think about FOILing the fins this time but alas I didnt do it. I will give it a shot on my next build. Which will most likely be a red max, time will tell.

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No worries, I'll get over it. Plenty of folks here, ace builders, go this route. At this scale, the aerodynamics aren't really an issue. It's me. I just sit there staring at those square edges and I start twitchin' and my hands get sweaty. :blush:

samb said:

No worries, I'll get over it. Plenty of folks here, ace builders, go this route. At this scale, the aerodynamics aren't really an issue. It's me. I just sit there staring at those square edges and I start twitchin' and my hands get sweaty. :blush:

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I have the same disease-is there a pill? ( I hate shots-'cept the kind in little glasses...)

Got the rocket all masked off and the black is laid down. I'll let it set up for the evening and get the decals I made up applied tomorrow. *the decal sheet has decals for 2 builds on it, this build, and another clone Im building that I didnt do a build log on. There is a discussion on the forum about the old Estes kit though......

So since I have been awake all stinking night and the black was dry i figured what the hey. So VIOLA! she is complete! Came out looking pretty nice if I do say so myself

Wow, rocket looks great! Great job

That turned out really nice. Love the hornet, hadn't seen that decal before.

Thanks gents, Sam the decals I made up, its one I found with a yahoo search, well actually 2, the Hornet, and the graphic of a hornet lol