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I had wanted to do a pershing 1A for a long time, missed out on the whole maxi-brute thing, what pushed me over the edge was the availability of a fiberglass cone from wildman(PR) for 4" for $36 and the vinyl markings from stickershock23.
My original plan was to build a version using loc tubing with a 29mm mount, using 1/16" ttw fiberglass fins(no contour, sorry scale fans), and a fiberglass body tube 38mm version, with 1/8" fiberglass fins, and use the same cone swapped between them.
I'm still waiting for the cone which is shipped already, but based on how much the fiberglass tube weighs I was worried I'd have to put too much weight into the cone for the 38mm version to make the 29mm sort of wimpy.
What I decided to do was make a pseudo pershing II using the fiberglass tube, using 1/16" ttw fins, and small ttw fiberglass steering fins on the top of the tube to give it a sort of pershing 2 look. This should allow less nose weight required for the pershing 2 version, and still allow me to swap the 1A nose cone between them.
So, the pershing 2 won't be scale, but gives me a 38mm version that is sturdy and should look mean, and a 29mm pershing 1A.
I was just too lazy to build a pershing 2 dedicated nose cone....
For the steering vane pads, instead of forming them from basswood, I just cut slotted and shaped strips from the extra loc 4" tubing I had to cut off for the main tube length, and made the conduit and separation straps from styrene. So, they aren't true scale profile, but they were easy to make, and give it the right look.
These both went together really quickly, 2 days for each of them including painting, both have aeropac motor rentention, eye bolt and kevlar strap recovery, and rail buttons.
I used the spare set of pershing 1A decals I had for the pershing 2 and they worked great, and with 2 coats of krylon flat clear they really look nice.
I'll re-post pictures after the cone arrives and I paint and apply decals.
Hope this motivates some folks, you don't have to be super scale to look good and have fun
Enjoy
Frank
My original plan was to build a version using loc tubing with a 29mm mount, using 1/16" ttw fiberglass fins(no contour, sorry scale fans), and a fiberglass body tube 38mm version, with 1/8" fiberglass fins, and use the same cone swapped between them.
I'm still waiting for the cone which is shipped already, but based on how much the fiberglass tube weighs I was worried I'd have to put too much weight into the cone for the 38mm version to make the 29mm sort of wimpy.
What I decided to do was make a pseudo pershing II using the fiberglass tube, using 1/16" ttw fins, and small ttw fiberglass steering fins on the top of the tube to give it a sort of pershing 2 look. This should allow less nose weight required for the pershing 2 version, and still allow me to swap the 1A nose cone between them.
So, the pershing 2 won't be scale, but gives me a 38mm version that is sturdy and should look mean, and a 29mm pershing 1A.
I was just too lazy to build a pershing 2 dedicated nose cone....
For the steering vane pads, instead of forming them from basswood, I just cut slotted and shaped strips from the extra loc 4" tubing I had to cut off for the main tube length, and made the conduit and separation straps from styrene. So, they aren't true scale profile, but they were easy to make, and give it the right look.
These both went together really quickly, 2 days for each of them including painting, both have aeropac motor rentention, eye bolt and kevlar strap recovery, and rail buttons.
I used the spare set of pershing 1A decals I had for the pershing 2 and they worked great, and with 2 coats of krylon flat clear they really look nice.
I'll re-post pictures after the cone arrives and I paint and apply decals.
Hope this motivates some folks, you don't have to be super scale to look good and have fun
Enjoy
Frank
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