CQBArms
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IN the last few days I've sort of run down a couple different ways of building for some small kits.
First was the type of building I did as a kid. Just get the thing together so I can launch it type of build. Lots of "crazY" glue, a quick blast of paint, and let it "dry in the sky" mentality.
Now I'm starting to pace myself a bit more, slowing down and taking the time to actually sand the fins, do some of that sealing on them. I have actually let the paint dry over night before I added another coat.
I am moving to a methodical (and more natural feeling) way fo building. I sand, measure sand, true, mark, measure, pretreat, measure some more, and attach fins. I've go so far as try and build a jig on center with a laser to line up my fins ( I had most of the equipment anyway). But with this has come the desire to experiment. On the one hand I like building something to "spec" of the package. The color scheme, decal placement...trying to make it look as "factory" as possible. On the other hand I also have a desire to go nuts with the pin strip masking, print my own decals, and even hire some tagger on the streeet to mark up my rockets.
What do you do? How do you approach a build.
First was the type of building I did as a kid. Just get the thing together so I can launch it type of build. Lots of "crazY" glue, a quick blast of paint, and let it "dry in the sky" mentality.
Now I'm starting to pace myself a bit more, slowing down and taking the time to actually sand the fins, do some of that sealing on them. I have actually let the paint dry over night before I added another coat.
I am moving to a methodical (and more natural feeling) way fo building. I sand, measure sand, true, mark, measure, pretreat, measure some more, and attach fins. I've go so far as try and build a jig on center with a laser to line up my fins ( I had most of the equipment anyway). But with this has come the desire to experiment. On the one hand I like building something to "spec" of the package. The color scheme, decal placement...trying to make it look as "factory" as possible. On the other hand I also have a desire to go nuts with the pin strip masking, print my own decals, and even hire some tagger on the streeet to mark up my rockets.
What do you do? How do you approach a build.