LOC - Mini Missiles gallery

[kuririn]

l to r: LOC IV, Big Nuke, Hyperloc 835, Iris, Isis.
Isis is the same rocket as the Iris but with different livery and decals (both enclosed in kit).
The Mini Missiles line has been replaced with the LOC-1 line. Same idea, smaller versions of their bigger kits to fly on A to C motors. I have 2 or 3 more in the build pile. Too much fun.

 

[Tractionengines]

Here are 2 official kits plus one scratch built from LOC parts.

L to R: Scratch - Cyclotron downscale, IRIS, Hi-Tech. I use 9 or 12 inch parachutes, to give slower decent that the factory streamer. Also, much longer shock cords.

 

[Back_at_it]

My very first LOC Kit. Ultimate 1.0. Wish they still made this kit. Great little flier on C motors.

 

[user 35280]

Good prices for the LOC 1 Series kits at,
https://bellevillehobby.com/product-category/brands/loc-precision/

 

[ZoomieG]

Good prices for the LOC 1 Series kits at,
https://bellevillehobby.com/product-category/brands/loc-precision/

Not after you see the shipping costs.

 

[Back_at_it]

Not after you see the shipping costs.

Agreed. Shipping is ridiculous and it has stopped me from buying from them many times.

 

[goose_in_co]

I have built three of the mini-missiles, and one of the LOC-1's so far. The biggest difference is the through the wall fins, which is a really nice feature. All are solid builds, and flyers, they even do well on an A10-3T with an adaptor.

Mini Magnum

Turns out that funny black and white speckled section of the stickers is the computer's way of printing silver. Gray would have been better.

Big Nuke

The body was painted a graphite metallic, and looks pretty good


Mini LOC IV

This time I realized that the funny speckled part of the stickers was supposed to be chrome, so I used automotive pinstriping tape for the black and chrome bands.

Striker-X

The LOC-1 Striker-X. I tried to match the cover art as close as possible. This meant ditching the red triangles on the sticker sheet, and running a black sharpie around the edges of the rest of the stickers so that the white vinyl would not show. The body is basic black with the nose and upper triangles painted red. the fins are Testors spray gold, which as close to the fin color as I could find in my arsenal of spray cans. Since the cover art is the only picture of this model on the internet as of this time, I did my best to mimic the art.

Goose

 

[goose_in_co]

Finished the last one in the build pile, HyperLoc 835. I converted the coupler for the payload into a mini-baffle, and the payload section then holds the recovery.



And now the Family shot



Goose

 

[jhill9693]

Agreed. Shipping is ridiculous and it has stopped me from buying from them many times.

I have purchased from them and their website shipping calc is wrong. Don’t be scared off by that, just include a note requesting actual shipping when you order.