My 10 year old Partizon, going to a Cherokee-E/H upscale..

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Got back into this and have an old Partizon. I read someone else's post on turning his into a Cherokee-E upscale. Unfortunately the only bad part is 10 years ago I put the motor tube assembly together. Not a big deal just had to trim dow the fins, which is another story. I go them from Launch Lab Rocketry after emailing him to get the 5 by 7" or whatever the measurements were for a 187% upscale from a Cherokee-E to this. But Steve from LLR said he had fins from a 3" upscale he did years ago. He sent me pictures and I took some measurements and said I'll try it. That was a few weeks ago...

Well fast forward to today, I decided to cut tube slots and the fins down. Right now I'm on fin number 2 and still have 3 to do completely. I'll add some more texts and pictures but the build won't be for a little bit yet. I have a few more in line, but this will brun H motors eventually. I have Cherokee-H decals from stickershock23 too, in red.
 

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More from tonight..
 

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Sat down now and did fin 3's tube slot. I need to trim the fin now. I should start this build within a few months winter tops. And tips/advice are always welcome.
 

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All the good prep makes it look like it will come together perfectly! Get to it!
 
All the good prep makes it look like it will come together perfectly! Get to it!
Its been about 3 hours now doing these fins, lol. It fits very nicely, was just getting ready to post this.

I got fin number 3 cut down and it fits perfectly. I'm going to take the dremel on the the motor tube at the fin spots and remove some of those fillets around the motor tube and centering ring. Ill post about that 2morrow.
 

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