‘Lava Lamp’ - 3” rocket w/ 38 mm motor mount

[lakeroadster]

That looks awesome. I wouldn’t know how to make that but if I did I would definitely do it.

Take a clear disposable plastic cup and fill it with clear epoxy. Then mix some orange epoxy and pull it into a syringe, then inject it into the clear epoxy to get the look you are after.

Once the epoxy is dry, chuck it into a wood lathe and turn it to the shape you're after.

A lot of woodturners use epoxy. It started as a way to fill in imperfections in wood... then it kind of took on a life of it's own.

Skip to 6:40 in this video to get an idea of what I'm referring to..

 

[James Owen]

Take a clear disposable plastic cup and fill it with clear epoxy. Then mix some orange epoxy and pull it into a syringe, then inject it into the clear epoxy to get the look you are after.

Once the epoxy is dry, chuck it into a wood lathe and turn it to the shape you're after.

A lot of woodturners use epoxy. It started as a way to fill in imperfections in wood... then it kind of took on a life of it's own.

Skip to 6:40 in this video to get an idea of what I'm referring to..

Cool. I’m not sure if I’ll use it on this rocket but I’ll definitely keep that in mind for future projects as well. I also don’t have access to a lathe so I might have to jerry rig it using a hand drill or a dremel or something

 

[James Owen]

update: the rocket has yet to fly, as the UROC march sport launch was cancelled due to mud. I think the next launch is april 15, so I'll try to launch it then.

 

[BABAR]

Not in my experience. I’m absolutely terrible at coming up with names, but I don’t struggle much with choosing colors or patterns at all.

I thought of “Orange Crush”, but that may be as tempting fate as “Suicide King” was

Jump to posts 40, 56 and 64 and 88 for the Reader‘s Digest version..
https://www.rocketryforum.com/threads/open-body-missile-build-for-my-level-2.24733/page-2
”Citrus Cloud Buster“ might work.

 

[BABAR]

update: the rocket has yet to fly, as the UROC march sport launch was cancelled due to mud. I think the next launch is april 15, so I'll try to launch it then.

Could call it “Tax Evader”