building frenzy colony ship

[Mike Howie]

While checking out some art work on the web, I saw a painting
for what the artist called a "Colony Ship". I thought it doable.
Here's my take on it:

A view from the rear:

I hope the embeded pics work.

 

[hokkyokusei]

I like that!

P.S. I think that embedded pics need to be on the web, rather than on your disk.

 

[rstaff3]

Very cool, I love it! (and yes the pics need to be on the web)

 

[rocketsonly]

Nice design! How will you paint all those details? Airbrush or masking?

 

[Mike Howie]

Originally posted by rocketsonly
Nice design! How will you paint all those details? Airbrush or masking?

Masking and rattle cans. You can find very small masking tape
nowadays.

 

[flying_silverad]

My only concern would be stability. How does the CP and CG pan out?

 

[Mike Howie]

Welllllll,,I build backwards. Once I have it finished, then I'll
RocSim it, and make any changes to make it stable. Right now
the cg is in front of the bottom cone. About 1 inch up the
front transition. You can't really see from this pic, but it has
five fins, with those tube fins on the end, and finally a single
ring fin on the bottom. For a bottom view check out the posting,
'2nd try'.

 

[flying_silverad]

It's very cool. I hope you post some finishing and launch pics. Lots of angles during building ehh? Looks like you used a small miter box.

 

[tmcqueen]

Can you post the link to the original artwork?

 

[tmcqueen]

Ignore this post, I'm back-button-happy

 

[Mike Howie]

Originally posted by tmcqueen
Can you post the link to the original artwork?

Sorry, when I see a nice looking rocket, I hard copy it, and move
on. I have no idea where I got the original pic.

 

[EMRR]

Mike,

Very cool. Please spend a little extra time and document this whole thing for EMRR...

Heck, hold onto your documentation and submit it for RMR Descon 15 which should start 11/1.

Very neat.

Nick