New scratch build, the Jersey Bomber

bill2654 · Mar 30, 2013

Salvage-1 said:
Nice repair! Will the Bondo reinforce the weakness that the crinkle made in the tube? Are you going to slip a coupler on the inside of this repair to reinforce it?

I was wondering about that also. Is it wrinkled on the inside? Coupler might not be a bad idea.

qquake2k · Mar 30, 2013

Gary Byrum said:
I really hope you won't be dissatisfied with your choice of colors. That hard red on that hard blue is something we discouraged people from choosing when I was in the sign business. We had sample signs all over the place showing folks what the right choices were VS the....not so right. The blue & red made reading the text way harder than using text on a more contrasting background. Might check with Mark @ Stickershock for his opinion. Just some graphic food for thought. Love your drippy font!

I don't know, I think I like the color combination.

Gary Byrum · Mar 30, 2013

qquake2k said:
I don't know, I think I like the color combination.

Have you tried using a white font? It's not bloody drippy red (which actually looks good) but it might compliment the background. Black or white make great backing for red fonts. Just ask Mark.

T-Rex · Mar 31, 2013

or maybe just use a narrow white shadow on the lettering... But Then it's QQauke's rocket, as long as He likes it, that is all that really matters

Nice job on the fins, Jim!

At the end of my current deployment I'll be headed to HF (or craig's list) for a drill press & bench sander. Man can never have enough power tools.

qquake2k · Mar 31, 2013

Salvage-1 said:
Nice repair! Will the Bondo reinforce the weakness that the crinkle made in the tube? Are you going to slip a coupler on the inside of this repair to reinforce it?

I've never repaired a body tube with Bondo before, so I don't know how strong it would be. I didn't think strength would be an issue, since the wrinkles would be at the bottom and the motor mount and fins would strengthen it. But as it turns out, I was able to get an 18" long section from between the wrinkles. Wrapping them with masking tape to help prevent the ends from tearing, I cut the body tube and motor tube with the miter saw.

qquake2k · Mar 31, 2013

I flooded the ends of the body and motor tubes with CA so I could sand them smooth. Then I epoxied the forward centering ring to the motor tube. I used 1/2" long nylon spacers I got from the hardware store to set the position of the ring on the tube, and keep it square. After the epoxy set, I applied a fillet to the other side.

cjp · Mar 31, 2013

qquake2k said:
I don't know, I think I like the color combination.

Jim,I think it looks great,after all it's your rocket.With some metal flakes,it will really stand out.:wink:

qquake2k · Mar 31, 2013

This would make Kit happy. LOL

qquake2k · Mar 31, 2013

Got the motor mount epoxied into the body tube. I printed out a finwrap from Payloadbay.com and marked the fin lines with a piece of aluminum angle.

qquake2k · Mar 31, 2013

For longer fin slots, or fin slots for split fins, I'll tape the aluminum angle to the body tube and use it as a guide for cutting the slots. But for slots this short, I just cut them freehand with a sharp Xacto knife. Using my handy-dandy super-duper fin alignment guide, I got the first fin epoxied on.

qquake2k · Mar 31, 2013

Got the rest of the fins epoxied on.

qquake2k · Mar 31, 2013

It's looking good!

qquake2k · Mar 31, 2013

I don't have the nose cone yet, I just ordered it from Performance Hobbies. So just for fun, I put a LOC ogive nose cone on it. And for comparison, here it is next to my scratch built BT-80 based Blood Sucker.

qquake2k · Mar 31, 2013

Got the internal and external fillets done. As usual, I used epoxy for the internal and Titebond No Drip glue for the external.

qquake2k · Mar 31, 2013

For JP.

qquake2k · Mar 31, 2013

I think I found the Jersey Bomber's mascot.

legranddudu · Mar 31, 2013

IT IS SUCH A COOL BUILD CAPTAIN !!!!!!!

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qquake2k · Mar 31, 2013

I don't know, I keep going back to the pink and black.

michigander · Mar 31, 2013

qquake2k said:
I don't know, I keep going back to the pink and black.

How about black "vampire" background .. red letters

qquake2k · Mar 31, 2013

michigander said:
How about black "vampire" background .. red letters

What do you mean by "vampire" background?

michigander · Mar 31, 2013

just thinking black background / body like typical vampire cape

cjp · Mar 31, 2013

qquake2k said:
I don't know, I keep going back to the pink and black.

You know 'JERSEY Bomber"could have some MOB connections,LOL.I'm thinking mybe a mosquito with a Tommy gun.

qquake2k · Mar 31, 2013

michigander said:
just thinking black background / body like typical vampire cape

Ah, I see. Like a black body and red fins?

qquake2k · Mar 31, 2013

cjp said:
You know 'JERSEY Bomber"could have some MOB connections,LOL.I'm thinking mybe a mosquito with a Tommy gun.

I had thought about the mob connection, but the army mosquito is the only one I could find with a gun. Think you can draw one?

cjp · Mar 31, 2013

qquake2k said:
I had thought about the mob connection, but the army mosquito is the only one I could find with a gun. Think you can draw one?

I can't,but mybe Stickershock can come up with something.There's got to be some cartoon...Daffy Duck???I think I remember him with a tommy gun.LOL. The red and black also looks great.

qquake2k · Apr 6, 2013

I got the nose cone from Performance Hobbies today. I've never used a fiberglass nose cone before, I'm assuming I'll have to embed an eyebolt in the epoxy when I add the nose weight. It looks like a Mosquito!

qquake2k · Apr 6, 2013

It's slightly larger than the outside diameter of the body tube, but I'm not concerned about it.

cjp · Apr 6, 2013

Looks great Jim,you did a nice job cutting out those fins.Round fins would be difficult for me.How much does the nose cone weigh?You might not need to add much to it.

rocketgeek101 · Apr 6, 2013

Looking good!

NJRick · Apr 6, 2013

she is looking GREAT so far!!

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