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Wow, if he can actually sit and wait for glue to dry. He's got WAY more patience than me!:roll:
Looks like he's doing a thorough job. Should be a fun rocket!
Wow, if he can actually sit and wait for glue to dry. He's got WAY more patience than me!:roll:
Looks like he's doing a thorough job. Should be a fun rocket!
I concur, I have no patience whatsoever, so typicly when I have enough of the stuff, I use CyA throughout the entire build
What great photos! I love the one of him and the instruction sheet. How old is your son? I'm guessing 6. Nothing like rocketry to bring a family together!
Yep, he's six. Built his first rocket at 3; a FlisKits Thing-a-ma-jig. That one he did pretty much himself (he could read the instructions at 3).
-Kevin
Enjoy every minute of building with Dan because these great times pass way, way too fast.
Where in the world would civilization be if not for the invention of wax paper?
Where in the world would civilization be if not for the invention of wax paper?
I hear ya!
Dan is my youngest, of four. The older three tolerate rockets, but have no real interest in them. Dan is the only one for whom it's really caught on.
Needless to say, I do a lot to encourage it.
-Kevin
Too bad your family isn't closer to us... arrange a marriage between Dan and Hannah and we'll secure the future of private space exploration. At least in theory.
He will be 2 in June. I could barely read the latest Sport Rocketry with him around. He'd grab it and go "a rocket" "2, 9, 2, 9 whoosh"
ScrapDaddy:
In 6 or 8 months from now you CA'ed togethered models will start falling apart. CA becomes extremely brittle with just a little age. Go back and fillet the fins on any model you built strictly with CA with some other glue or you'll soon regret not doing so. CA is fine for quicky 3 flight competition models but if you plan on keeping models around use much better glue and adhesives Choices.
OBTW using the double glue joint method with just about any "Glue" (Elmer's white, Carpenters yellow or brown, Titebond-I,II or III, even Ambroid cement) applied in very thin layers really speeds up the tac and dry times with these glues.
The Golden Scout is done and painted!
-Kevin
I have learn about this what I do now is I use gorrila wood glue to tack the Fins on, and fillet quickly with CyA, this allows the fin to be held steady while the wood glue dries, and when the CyA dries, I fillet with alternating layers of CyA and wood glue.
Man I wish I could do a paint job like that!
You can.
That's nothing more than 3 coats of a sandable grey primer, followed by light sanding with 200 sand paper, a couple more coats of the grey primer, followed by another light sanding, then Rustoleum gold paint.
-Kevin
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