OG1959
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I love the V2. It's just a good looking classic rocket. I built one when I was 12 and spent many hours making it look just like the original with the black and white paint.
The day came to launch it. It was that kind of launch where you're excited to see it go up, but you're also worried that something could go wrong and all of your hard work gets destroyed.
Well, it went up just fine. Beautiful trajectory, chute deployment and all. It went pretty high and it got in an upper high wind that took it miles away... and it was gone.
Of course, I've been wanting to build another one ever since. Enter the 3D printer. I found this 1/25 scale model on Thingiverse. It prints in several pieces as most 3D printed rockets do.
Today I printed the bottom and middle sections. I opted to print at a low quality and it still took 14 hours to print! It will need some more sanding to get it smooth enough to paint. I may just try it again at a higher quality.
Anyway, I started this thread to document the build.
The day came to launch it. It was that kind of launch where you're excited to see it go up, but you're also worried that something could go wrong and all of your hard work gets destroyed.
Well, it went up just fine. Beautiful trajectory, chute deployment and all. It went pretty high and it got in an upper high wind that took it miles away... and it was gone.
Of course, I've been wanting to build another one ever since. Enter the 3D printer. I found this 1/25 scale model on Thingiverse. It prints in several pieces as most 3D printed rockets do.
Today I printed the bottom and middle sections. I opted to print at a low quality and it still took 14 hours to print! It will need some more sanding to get it smooth enough to paint. I may just try it again at a higher quality.
Anyway, I started this thread to document the build.