Modifying a kit

[Captain Midnight]

Not being much on scale subjects, I modified an Estes Conquest into a simple rocket using the kit contents. The Conquest’s wings were used for two fins and a third was made from balsa on hand.
I’ll try to post a picture, it’s my first try. Hope it works.
Jim

 

[kuririn]

Congratulations, you have completed your first kitbash.
I bought a couple of Estes Jetliners from their Black Friday sale to kitbash into scratch Goonies.
Way cheaper than buying the individual parts.

 

[neil_w]

Yeah, the Estes BF prices were low enough to buy stuff just for parts, especially for nose cones and such. I still feel kind of guilty breaking up a kit for parts though, for some reason.

To the OP: just for reference, the Conquest is not a scale model.

 

[dr wogz]

I've done that a number of times, not just with small Estes / LPR kits, but also some larger HPR kits..

Bonus is when you can get a Mean Machine on the cheap! Tubes galore!


Kudos to you for kit-bashing!

 

[jlabrasca]

... I still feel kind of guilty breaking up a kit for parts though, for some reason.

Me too. Its the laser-cut balsa that bugs me. Rarely re-useable for another model and generally too small to recut.

To the OP: just for reference, the Conquest is not a scale model.

Fantasy scale?

https://www.spacemodeling.org/jimz/estes.htm

 

[neil_w]

Fantasy scale?

Maybe, although I'm not exactly sure what the definition of that is.

 

[jlabrasca]

Maybe, although I'm not exactly sure what the definition of that is.

Me neither. Just saw it in the Jim Z plan list against the "Bandit" when I was working on a clone. Google finds a couple of articles in which it figures, but no definition. I am going to guess it means something specific in a know-it-when-you-see-it way when serious scale modelers talk to each other.

In the meantime, anybody need some STM-012 fins?

 

[dpower]

Maybe, although I'm not exactly sure what the definition of that is.

NAR calls this Concept Scale: https://www.nar.org/contest-flying/competition-guide/craftsmanship-events/concept-scale/

The Conquest doesn’t fit the definition, it’s simply Fantasy, since there are no photos or drawings to verify scale.