luke strawwalker
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(snip) we all had to start somewhere.
Agree completely... OL JR
(snip) we all had to start somewhere.
Sometimes I think there is a thin line between craftsmanship and OCD.
The best finish on a model is one that YOU, the builder/owner, are happy with.
my sons, my daughter and i are learning from all of you. and amazingly we are all getting better with our techniques. with that said the most important thing that i can say is do you remember the days of no video games or computers. when TV consisted of 3 channels. game night at home with family, friends and neighbors. if you do you will understand how rewarding it is as a parent to be able to sit down with the kids and spend time with them and teach and learn from them. our rockets have many flaws, paint runs and bad repairs, but we made them and we did it together.
. . . What I can't stand is people who criticize the work of others, yet they show nothing of their own. I go a little overboard on finishing my rockets because I guess I enjoy making em look "pretty" more than anything else. What bothers me here sometimes are folks that do mediocre work at best, but ACT like they know all. The folks that say "you're doing it the wrong way" when your stuff looks better than theirs. The best finish on a model is one that YOU, the builder/owner, are happy with. The best way to achieve the finish you are happy with is the one that you use.
my sons, my daughter and i are learning from all of you. and amazingly we are all getting better with our techniques. with that said the most important thing that i can say is do you remember the days of no video games or computers. when TV consisted of 3 channels. game night at home with family, friends and neighbors. if you do you will understand how rewarding it is as a parent to be able to sit down with the kids and spend time with them and teach and learn from them. our rockets have many flaws, paint runs and bad repairs, but we made them and we did it together.
I can appreciate anyone who builds a Mercury Redstone or Saturn 1B tower.
It makes no difference if it's not perfect. They took on the challenge and saw it through -
my sons, my daughter and i are learning from all of you. and amazingly we are all getting better wit
h our techniques. with that said the most important thing that i can say is do you remember the days of no video games or computers. when TV consisted of 3 channels. game night at home with family, friends and neighbors. if you do you will understand how rewarding it is as a parent to be able to sit down with the kids and spend time with them and teach and learn from them. our rockets have many flaws, paint runs and bad repairs, but we made them and we did it together.
Alright, here goes. I feel that the fit and finish of a rocket is a good indicator of the character of the individual building it.
I disagree with this statement.
I think the fit and finish of a rocket is a good indicator of the sum total of a person's ability, knowledge and interest in that fit and finish of that particular rocket. I think any other assumptions are premature and fall into the trap of over-generalization. My rockets when complete have all sorts of various finishes on them. Everything from E2X models which have no paint on them other than the pre-colored parts, to full up models that I've spent several days on that are almost too nice to fly.
I think it is distasteful to judge someone's character based on one tiny facet of their life.
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LOL! Yup-I've had a few where I didn't know if they were coming back home with me. They DO have to have primer as it's just too hard to get any kinda finish on a raw bird once it's built. "Grey birds": A) anything over a mile and/or B) anything over Mach. I guess once I do paint them, they'll officially be Scottish!I do know one significant difference between the guy who spends 30 minutes on the finish of his rocket vs. the guy who spends 30 hours on it.
The guy spending 30 minutes cries a lot less when his rocket goes Wile E. Coyote or Dorothy Gale.
And why do we always refer to the completion of a project as it being “Finished”?
Why not Swedenished or Norwegianished?. . .But I digress.
guess once I do paint them, they'll officially be Scottish!
Here's some paint for youLOL! Yup-I've had a few where I didn't know if they were coming back home with me. They DO have to have primer as it's just too hard to get any kinda finish on a raw bird once it's built. "Grey birds": A) anything over a mile and/or B) anything over Mach. I guess once I do paint them, they'll officially be Scottish!
I recommend either the McGregor hunting, or Black Watch tartans
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