5.5" Nike Smoke

[Neil]

Heres where some of the epoxy bursted through the not-quite-dry fillets. I used epoxy clay to make little dams at either end of the root and poured un-thickened epoxy (I was out of Qcells) in there so I could sand it all smooth and nice...

 

[Neil]

I meant where the foam came through the fillets, not epoxy

 

[Neil]

Side #3...

 

[Neil]

And here is the only un affected fillet. Looks nice, doesent it? All the others looked this nice or nicer before the expanding foam...

 

[Neil]

Here is the Motor Mount Assembly, before I glued it in.

 

[Neil]

And here is the prettiest kitty in the whole world


(another picture in the batch with the N-S, and I liked it so much, I thought I would share My kittys a little fat, but shes still the smartesss.... Naw, I take that taht back... She just started trying to eat some builders foam I left out If that cat throws up again I am gonna laaauuuughhhh...)

 

[Justin Horne]

Wow, looks good! I have respect for you all that can actually build rockets fast. It takes me a LONG time to build anything, especially when school starts. Because, really, school IS tons more important....

 

[Neil]

Originally posted by Justin Horne
Wow, looks good!

yer just sayin that to make me feel better, aintcha? Well, if your being honest or exagerating, its still apreciated either way . It is quite impressive sitting here, I must say... But theres a lot of gunk on the fillets where the sandpaper got clogged with epoxy clay, making it look ugly... Other than that, I am pretty happy with it, considering what happened to it early on...

 

[Justin Horne]

No, it does! Sure, you get to experience the joys of sanding, but it will be darn good...I love the Smoke nosecone...

 

[Neil]

Ah, yes, I forgot... The "joys" of sanding... A whole lot of epoxy somehow got UNDERNEATH the tape that I had to PREVENT epoxy from dripping onto the tube from drying the fillets, so I had a load of epoxy stuck to the tube... Whe whir of the palm sander could be heard for hours...

Well, I couldent really call it fun, but it is satisfying in a way to fix it and make it look nice...