dragon_rider10
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I know there's already one of these threads...but it's my first true MMX so I am proud of it.
I wanted to try to do something different with my little Dead Ringer and the open area of the fins was beckoning me. I've always liked the 'string art' that middleschoolers do with yarn and nails. That inspired the addition of 'rigging' to the inner fins of the Dead Ringer. Originally I was thinking a more complex spider-web/dream-catcher design. Then I woke up. Less is more you know.
The rigging is simply thread, which was in my father-in-law's random hobby materials box. I believe it was intended for rigging on those scale tallship models.
It is cut to length and secured with a drop of CA gel. Several of my fingers are still glued together.
Painted and built in an evening. I hadn't built a rocket in months and was rushing it through. The threads resisted the spray paint. I highlighted them with craft paint.
It survived three launches in my sister's GA back yard.
Glamourous, I know.
I wanted to try to do something different with my little Dead Ringer and the open area of the fins was beckoning me. I've always liked the 'string art' that middleschoolers do with yarn and nails. That inspired the addition of 'rigging' to the inner fins of the Dead Ringer. Originally I was thinking a more complex spider-web/dream-catcher design. Then I woke up. Less is more you know.
The rigging is simply thread, which was in my father-in-law's random hobby materials box. I believe it was intended for rigging on those scale tallship models.
It is cut to length and secured with a drop of CA gel. Several of my fingers are still glued together.
Painted and built in an evening. I hadn't built a rocket in months and was rushing it through. The threads resisted the spray paint. I highlighted them with craft paint.
It survived three launches in my sister's GA back yard.
Glamourous, I know.