Rascal, Estes Kit #2021

[bradycros]

Anyone else notice the Rascal Decal is Identical to the Hurcules other than the name? It even has a skip in the color for the stages.

Stages? What stages? You see stages?

 

[bradycros]

This picture is 'staged'... titled "INCOMING"

 

[qquake2k]

This picture is 'staged'... titled "INCOMING"

That looks great! I love the bevels.

 

[Woody's Workshop]

No No No, goofy-eyes.
Rascal decal, it has a break in the colored stripes, right where the Hurceles does for the booster/sustainer fins meet. Darn it, I gotta learn to use these links thingys. Then I could show ya what I mean.
Stripes are just like the ones on the Hurceles fins, except on the Hurceles it has 2 stages where the Rascal is only one. But the strip on the fins with the name has a gap like the Hurceles where the stages intersect.
ARG, I give up, bed time.

 

[sandman]

No No No, goofy-eyes.
Rascal decal, it has a break in the colored stripes, right where the Hurceles does for the booster/sustainer fins meet. Darn it, I gotta learn to use these links thingys. Then I could show ya what I mean.
Stripes are just like the ones on the Hurceles fins, except on the Hurceles it has 2 stages where the Rascal is only one. But the strip on the fins with the name has a gap like the Hurceles where the stages intersect.
ARG, I give up, bed time.

It sort of looks like Estes used the same decal. They just changed the name.

I can do it with or without the break.

Top decal without bottom decal with the break.


Ahhh...but...there is another Rascal decal lurking.:bat:

 

[sodmeister]

That looks great! I love the bevels.

Yessir ,those are some sharp looking bevels alright ,very nice look.

He is indeed a patient man !


Paul t

 

[bradycros]

Yessir, those are some sharp looking bevels alright, very nice look.

He is indeed a patient man!

That looks great! I love the bevels.

Thank you for saying so.

More is always better, so here's "INCOMING" and "OUTGOING".

 

[o1d_dude]

I think I was out riding around in that little car instead of paying attention when they taught the bevel trick at Clown College.

Although I'm not a fan of beveled fins, you have certainly done a nice job with your Rascal.

BTW, I took a dig at the club breakfast this morning from Captain Low-n-Slow about my 30 year old kit STILL being unfinished. Maybe this thread will inspire me to paint and decal my Rascal.

 

[qquake2k]

BTW, I took a dig at the club breakfast this morning from Captain Low-n-Slow about my 30 year old kit STILL being unfinished. Maybe this thread will inspire me to paint and decal my Rascal.

You finished your Maxi Alpha, so I know you CAN finish rockets...

 

[bradycros]

I think I was out riding around in that little car instead of paying attention when they taught the bevel trick at Clown College.

Although I'm not a fan of beveled fins, you have certainly done a nice job with your Rascal.

BTW, I took a dig at the club breakfast this morning from Captain Low-n-Slow about my 30 year old kit STILL being unfinished. Maybe this thread will inspire me to paint and decal my Rascal.

I may have learned the "amazing" bevel-deni trick but you, yes YOU, got to drive the Car with the Star.

 

[o1d_dude]

I may have learned the "amazing" bevel-deni trick but you, yes YOU, got to drive the Car with the Star.

Yes, I did.

Here's proof I actually have a primered Rascal. It needs only paint and decals.
And it is indeed 30 years old but has never flown.

 

[qquake2k]

Yes, I did.

Here's proof I actually have a primered Rascal. It needs only paint and decals.
And it is indeed 30 years old but has never flown.

I wish I looked that good when I was 30!

 

[judo]

OK... Two people found this info useful... back to the regularly scheduled Rascal build thread...

Three people.

 

[bradycros]

Three people.

Thank you. :wave:

 

[bradycros]

I have the original kit, instructions, and decals. All primed and awaiting paint.

When I became a BAR, it was the kit I wanted to complete as I had started it almost 30 years before.

Still haven't quite finished it yet...

You should get to it...

Chances are you won't be around for another thirty years. But then again, who knows.

 

[bradycros]

The good looking finish we all like to have on our rockets starts with good surface preperation.

Thru out the construction of the rocket, attention to detail will have a dramatic effect on the final paints appearance.

 

[bradycros]

All the Rascals exterior components had carpenters wood filler rubbed into them by utilizing this bio-mechcanical device.

 

[bradycros]

Any parts that needed to stay round were sanded with a concave sanding block.

 

[bradycros]

Any parts that needed to stay flat were sanded with a flat sanding block.

 

[bradycros]

The surface of the rocket should be given one more good looking over before first coat of primer is applied.

 

[bradycros]

Phhsssssttt...

Gray primer sprayed.

 

[Socknic]

Yes, I did.

Here's proof I actually have a primered Rascal. It needs only paint and decals.
And it is indeed 30 years old but has never flown.

Hmmm... A 30 year old Rascal? When I ordered my Rascal kit online, I looked and found that it was produced 1990-91. The oldest it can be is 20 years, but I need to do more research. I also got my Rascal today and I'm almost done!:cyclops:

-Socknic

 

[o1d_dude]

You may be right about that, Sock.

I made the statement just on what I was told...or what I vaguely remember being told...

On the plus side, it gives me another 10 years before I need to finish painting it.

 

[bradycros]

Hmmm... A 30 year old Rascal? When I ordered my Rascal kit online, I looked and found that it was produced 1990-91. The oldest it can be is 20 years... cyclops:

Give the 'Trained Rocket Monkey' his due, ya dadgum whooper snapper!

 

[bradycros]

The gray primer needs a short time to dry out completly.

 

[Scotty Dog]

Any parts that needed to stay round were sanded with a concave sanding block.

Any parts that needed to stay flat were sanded with a flat sanding block.

HA HA

 

[bradycros]

For someone new to the finishing process, the gray primer is used to bring out and expose the flaws you didn't see or feel before.

Without good surface preperation all the spirals, wood grain, dents, nicks, glue dribbles, mold seams and crummy fillets will now be glaring up at you.

The surface preperation on this Rascal was pretty good. Only a few flaws revealed themselves on and around the launch lugs.

 

[bradycros]

A damp sanding is needed to remove these blemishes.

 

[bradycros]

Any parts that needed to stay round were sanded with a concave sanding block.

Any parts that needed to stay flat were sanded with a flat sanding block.

HA HA

Yes it is.

 

[bradycros]

To get the glue boogers around the launch lugs off without removing primer (for the most part) from the surrounding area, wet or dry/400 grit sand was used.