Painting rockets like a Senior Prom Date

[John Taylor]

Of course I don't want my rockets to crash, especially first flight. However I try hard and do my best to make um strong and nice looking as possible with my limited skills and budget.
I want it to look good even while it's on it's way down.

 

[FlyBoy]

Fly naked! Paint is just added weight.

 

[Lynn McCall]

Speaking of flying naked... Saw a friend flying a Nighthawk naked. It flew great.

 

[Bat-mite]

Last time I flew naked I got arrested. Never do that again ....

 

[Jim Hinton]

Last time I flew naked I got arrested. Never do that again ....

Better than getting burned while flying naked. That can be a sting that lingers.

Jim

 

[Bat-mite]

Better than getting burned while flying naked. That can be a sting that lingers.

Jim

 

[Lynn McCall]

Last time I flew naked I got arrested. Never do that again ....

I guess I should clarify... The Nighthawk was naked. Thankfully he was fully clad.

 

[FlyBoy]

There is something liberating about flying naked, although ROC is very careful how far they let me go with that.

 

[Lynn McCall]

Better than getting burned while flying naked. That can be a sting that lingers.

Jim

I would advise not straddling the motor during flight.

 

[Bat-mite]

I would advise not straddling the motor during flight.

Like this?

 

[John Taylor]

Love that movie!!!

 

[Jim Hinton]

Where the hell is Major Kong? Good trivia question. What is written on the two bombs in Dr. Strangelove?

Jim

 

[Greg Furtman]

Where the hell is Major Kong? Good trivia question. What is written on the two bombs in Dr. Strangelove?

Jim

Hi There! Dear John

 

[SecondRow]

I don’t know how many times I've watched that movie, I don't think I ever realized that’s James Earl Jones in the plane with Slim Pickens. Speaking of Pickens, one of my favorite things about Dr. Strangelove is that he was never told it was a comedy. He was only given his scenes and played it straight up.

 

[tOD]

Nu-ka-lur combat toe to toe with the Rooskies!

 

[Bat-mite]

"You can't fight in here -- this is the War Room!"

 

[Jim Hinton]

Hi There! Dear John

Right you are, give that man a cookie.

Jim

 

[Greg Furtman]

"Colonel Bat Guano, if that really is your name!" Probably one of the funniest lines in the movie.

 

[lakeroadster]

Am I the only one who goes slumming at rocket launches? You guys have awesome looking rockets. Mine usually don't look that good. Sometimes it is all I can do to paint them before flight.

On a good day, my rockets arrive at a launch like the wife wearing a bathrobe after house cleaning. It may not look like much but a big enough motor in the back-end gives a great time.

It's an exhibition... not a competition. Just have fun.

 

[jqavins]

Am I the only one who goes slumming at rocket launches? You guys have awesome looking rockets. Mine usually don't look that good. Sometimes it is all I can do to paint them before flight.

On a good day, my rockets arrive at a launch like the wife wearing a bathrobe after house cleaning. It may not look like much but a big enough motor in the back-end gives a great time.

I do like to have my rockets painted, most of the time. Come up with a pretty basic scheme, spray on primer, first color, mask, second color, and let 'er rip. As long as I haven't done a totally crap job, it's good enough.

In other words, no, you're not the only one.

 

[Bat-mite]

As long as I haven't done a totally crap job, it's good enough.

And that's my problem. My paint jobs always look like crap. More and more I am loving colored FG.