Sprucejedi
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I hope this is in the right section of the forum. If not, I am sure the mods will move it for me. Anyway, I have recently returned to rocketry after about 25 years. I used my son's interest as an excuse to get back into it and to buy and build some of the kits I wanted as a young kid. I was always told "those are too expensive" when I was younger. Well, now I have a college degree, a good career and my own car to drive me to the hobby shop! So now I don't need to beg and barter with my mom and dad to take me to buy rockets!
I have purchased several kits that were always "bucket list" kits from when I was younger. I also had several kits that I had purchased or had gotten for birthdays, Christmas, etc... that I never ended up building. I have decided that I will just begin one kit at a time, take my time, perfect my skills and when I get to my QCC Explorer kit and my Galactic Interceptor kit, I will know what I am doing and they will turn out beautifully. Anyway, my kids and I have built several level 1 kits lately so that we can get our skills sharpened and get some rockets in the fleet that can be regular flyers. They have all flown well, had good recovery and have pretty much captured the interest of my 5 and 3 year olds.
Rockets by Patrick Mohney, on Flickr
We built a pair of Mini Honest Johns. One from a kit, one from scratch that will accept A, B and C motors.
Rockets by Patrick Mohney, on Flickr
I didn't have decals for the second build. So I just sort of made them up and cut them out on my wife's Cricut. I figure there is a good chance of losing this one, so I did not put a lot of emphasis on historic accuracy. Anyway here it is.
Rockets by Patrick Mohney, on Flickr
Once we completed those, I decided it was time to expand to something more complex and detailed. My son and I went to the store and came home with this. I have an original kit, but I just did not want to break into that, so I grabbed a new one. With a 40% coupon, it came to 15$. Cant beat that!
Rockets by Patrick Mohney, on Flickr
We have begun the build and the capsule is completed except for the decals. I am happy with the results. I had to break out the old airbrush and sharpen my skills.
Rockets by Patrick Mohney, on Flickr
Stay tuned! I am working on the fins now.
I have purchased several kits that were always "bucket list" kits from when I was younger. I also had several kits that I had purchased or had gotten for birthdays, Christmas, etc... that I never ended up building. I have decided that I will just begin one kit at a time, take my time, perfect my skills and when I get to my QCC Explorer kit and my Galactic Interceptor kit, I will know what I am doing and they will turn out beautifully. Anyway, my kids and I have built several level 1 kits lately so that we can get our skills sharpened and get some rockets in the fleet that can be regular flyers. They have all flown well, had good recovery and have pretty much captured the interest of my 5 and 3 year olds.
Rockets by Patrick Mohney, on Flickr
We built a pair of Mini Honest Johns. One from a kit, one from scratch that will accept A, B and C motors.
Rockets by Patrick Mohney, on Flickr
I didn't have decals for the second build. So I just sort of made them up and cut them out on my wife's Cricut. I figure there is a good chance of losing this one, so I did not put a lot of emphasis on historic accuracy. Anyway here it is.
Rockets by Patrick Mohney, on Flickr
Once we completed those, I decided it was time to expand to something more complex and detailed. My son and I went to the store and came home with this. I have an original kit, but I just did not want to break into that, so I grabbed a new one. With a 40% coupon, it came to 15$. Cant beat that!
Rockets by Patrick Mohney, on Flickr
We have begun the build and the capsule is completed except for the decals. I am happy with the results. I had to break out the old airbrush and sharpen my skills.
Rockets by Patrick Mohney, on Flickr
Stay tuned! I am working on the fins now.