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Austin
Well, it's a good day here at the ole' workshop; yesterday my sheets of G10 fiberglass showed and today my order from PML arrived. So it's time to start on my Scratch 4" 33% Scale Harpoon!
The body tube is made of PML 4" Quantum tubing, which I had custom slotted and cut at the factory. They did their usual great job and, after taking measurements, they followed my cutting/slotting instructions to the tee! Hats off to the guys at PML.
This will be the first to be built in a series of 4" models I have designed and on the building board. I did check the WPAFB Museum website and they have one of every missile I have interest in on site, with the exception of this one. For some reason, it couldn't be that this is primarily a Navy missile, I am having a hard time finding pics for it so I can do scale decals. This will have to be an ongoing research item while the build continues.
I will begin tonite and try to start cutting out my fins from the G10. Updates will follow and my goal is to have it complete and ready to fly for our next Tripoli Mid-Ohio launch next month.
Carl
The body tube is made of PML 4" Quantum tubing, which I had custom slotted and cut at the factory. They did their usual great job and, after taking measurements, they followed my cutting/slotting instructions to the tee! Hats off to the guys at PML.
This will be the first to be built in a series of 4" models I have designed and on the building board. I did check the WPAFB Museum website and they have one of every missile I have interest in on site, with the exception of this one. For some reason, it couldn't be that this is primarily a Navy missile, I am having a hard time finding pics for it so I can do scale decals. This will have to be an ongoing research item while the build continues.
I will begin tonite and try to start cutting out my fins from the G10. Updates will follow and my goal is to have it complete and ready to fly for our next Tripoli Mid-Ohio launch next month.
Carl