Starfire73
OpenRocket Wannabe
I’ve been putting this build off for years now. For some reason (too many parts? too complicated to paint maybe?) it’s that one rocket that I keep moving out of the way when I’m looking through my “to build” bin, when I’m looking for a new rocket to start on. I’ve finally decided to pull the trigger on it.
I am going with a paint scheme which I believe is the actual rocket’s paint scheme, not the one on the Estes package header card. The Estes header card/instructions version looks more colorful and cool, but the best that I can tell, that’s not what the real thing really looked like, and it sort of looks like a nerf toy when it’s done according to the Estes instructions paint scheme.
I’m going to go with silver fins and lower body (no orange on the lower portion) and I am going with black tubes not gray. I’ll hand paint the nozzles flat black, the upper body will be white and the nose cone will be orange.
My questions are, does anyone have any other photos of the real version (assuming the photos I have actually are of the real version)? Are these photos the actual real Rubicon?
Below is what I have found online. Are these pics a mockup, the real deal, or just someone‘s scale version?
Any thoughts or comments?
Thanks!
I am going with a paint scheme which I believe is the actual rocket’s paint scheme, not the one on the Estes package header card. The Estes header card/instructions version looks more colorful and cool, but the best that I can tell, that’s not what the real thing really looked like, and it sort of looks like a nerf toy when it’s done according to the Estes instructions paint scheme.
I’m going to go with silver fins and lower body (no orange on the lower portion) and I am going with black tubes not gray. I’ll hand paint the nozzles flat black, the upper body will be white and the nose cone will be orange.
My questions are, does anyone have any other photos of the real version (assuming the photos I have actually are of the real version)? Are these photos the actual real Rubicon?
Below is what I have found online. Are these pics a mockup, the real deal, or just someone‘s scale version?
Any thoughts or comments?
Thanks!
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