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I like this. The hourglass transition mirrored by the fin shape is a really cool touch. Facecard is a nice touch, too. Maybe you can license the design (kit and graphics) to Estes.

I'll be watching this one. It's a neat kit, probably on the ragged edge of my building skill set.

K'Tesh wins the thread.

What he said. The thrust ring at the bottom of the booster insures that the booster engine casing takes the booster stage with it.

I stand in awe of your audacity as a designer.

This calls for some appropriate music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8955uhpXNFk

The bombastic "Aces High March" is the perfect music bed for videos of Nazi secret weapons tests.

There's a Noris Natter build thread on this forum, done by Astro-Baby, one of our most talented members. After reading her account, I can only say that I have enormous respect for anyone who can get one of those things to look good and fly better than the prototype.

After much delay, I finally got it finished.

I have one on my build table right now--nice kit, it's looking good so far. Can it be flown on a B-motor (18mm with adapter)?

This is something I cobbled together this morning to hold the launch rod and blast deflector from my 50-or-so-year-old Estes Electro-Launch. The legs are 20" lengths of 3/4" PVC pipe. There are three subassemblies: one leg has a cap at one end and a tee at the other; the other two have a...

Well done!

If there's an award for "Most Ambitious Rocket Builder," I think we've found the winner. Seriously, ducting the ejection charge through the fins--that's a stroke of genius!

You'll never get this through the Appropriations Committee unless you agree to sub out assembly of the Mk. 74 generators to a company in the Chairman's home district. Expect the opposition party to insist on an environmental impact study to avoid a filibuster.

Built using the Dr. Zooch "ant scale" kit.

Very sweet. Now if we could just figure out how to dock them in mid flight.....

Very nice model, and a lovely flight.

Genuine balsa nose cone and adapter. I like it already.

Next, we cut out the fin templates and then cut out the fins. Each fin is made up of two parts, the large pointy bit and the small rectangle that glues on the outboard end thereof. The leading edge of both pieces is to be beveled. I thought about skipping that step, but it went quickly and...

OK, back to work. The motor mount is of conventional design. The Good Doctor has you glue a cardstock reinforcement around the engine tube just aft of the engine block and the top of the hook. Not sure it's necessary, but I followed instructions. You wrap the hook with masking tape before...