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this book backs what Stine (and micromister) posted https://www.amazon.com/Topics-Advanced-Rocketry-Gordon-Mandell/dp/0262632780

The majority of plastic modelers these days use castrol super clean degreaser, or purple power degreaser. a soak in alcohol will remove most acrylics.

plasticote is excellent primer , tho it doesn't have the high build properties of other brands . plasticote is owned by valspar.

ditch the plastic ejection caps and replace with a bit of masking tape..it works fine and no plastic caps do deal with

venison jerky ... yum !

.......or reporting income

beautiful job ! I bet the real thing didn't even look that nice. Worth the wait. and best of all scratch built !

I'm sure it could be done with a little engineering , using interlocking pieces with tight tolerances.

a lot has to do with age , decal paper has a limited lifespan

yes there must be membership issues

if you want to use any setting solutions , future/krylon will not jive. I use micromark decal solution and it really snugs the decals down nicely when treated.

that's what I have , a tank in my model room with a line plumbed to the main compressor in the garage..the line runs under my house.. I have a gage,filter and shutoff valve in the room , totally silent and 125 psi source.. I keep the main compressor off , only using it to fill the "holding"...

I have picked up some great discounts from Belleville Hobby when ordering a certain minimum amount,, also they often have great deals on discontinued . and you get free shipping and discount coupons with every order. I picked up 6) canadian arrows that came out to $16 ea.

I have an airbrush booth in progress , or are you talking a large spray can setup ?

vinyl

after watching things that show up on antiques road show ... anything is possible

I've had rockets overpressure baffles a few times , either too small diameter rocket , clusters ,and too much ejection in the motors.... not a big fan of baffles they do have their limits sometimes when using fully loaded ejection charges

some flight pics on G80

of course , thanks John