[The 4" Iris] is the one that was going to be, and I considered reconsidering and sat on the fence. Then the kit arrived and I held a half heard up against a fin from the kit, and it looked at least a third smaller. So stock it is. I'll use the half hearts for something else. Stay tuned for another build thread starting tonight.
In December of 2022, I was gifted a kit for my birthday, something with a 54 mm airframe and a 38 mm MMT, made with phenolic tube, from LOC (PML). I've forgotten what the kit is. I began building right away. (I may have an unfinished build thread out there; sorry.) When I got to the point of glassing the tube, because that stuff has a reputation for being brittle, I stopped, because I've never done that and didn't want to mess it up, and didn't have the material. Of course, I should have just ordered the material, practiced on some scrap, then gone for it, but fear of failure held me back.
Later in December, I was gifted for Christmas with some fiberglass chopped fiber, polyester resin, and tools. But I needed cloth, not chopped fiber. Still I sat and did nothing.
Now, over a year later, I want to fly that rocket at NYPOWER, which is under a week away. I ordered some FG fabric along with the Iris kit, and tonight I'm going to try out the fabric and resin on some scrap tube, then (I hope) glass that kit's tube.
New problem: I have the partially built kit in hand, but I cant find the fins. solution: I have those half-hart fins that I'm now not using on the Iris, so I'll use them on this.
Expect an update tonight or tomorrow about how the glassing goes.