JumpJet
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In the near future I need to start on a new scale model for Estes. Right now Im thinking of a Military style rocket but it could turn out to be a new Space style rocket. Most likely it will have a single 24mm motor mount for our E12 motor.
I was just wondering what you would prefer for those that purchase kits instead of scratch building.
Molded plastic scale shaped fins or thin sheet balsa fins where you either leave it flat or layer sheets together for a thicker fin which then pretty much forces you to shape the fins like our 7240 Honest John kit has you do.
Paper transitions or blow molded or injection molded plastic transition.
Wood conduits along the sides of the body that need to be shaped by you or molded plastic conduits.
If its a multi stage model in real life, with fins on both stages would you prefer the model to actually stage, be a one piece model or maybe be flexible enough in its design to allow the modeler to make it a multi stage model with some extra design work that they need to come up with.
Do you have any suggestions on a scale model you would like to see?
John Boren
I was just wondering what you would prefer for those that purchase kits instead of scratch building.
Molded plastic scale shaped fins or thin sheet balsa fins where you either leave it flat or layer sheets together for a thicker fin which then pretty much forces you to shape the fins like our 7240 Honest John kit has you do.
Paper transitions or blow molded or injection molded plastic transition.
Wood conduits along the sides of the body that need to be shaped by you or molded plastic conduits.
If its a multi stage model in real life, with fins on both stages would you prefer the model to actually stage, be a one piece model or maybe be flexible enough in its design to allow the modeler to make it a multi stage model with some extra design work that they need to come up with.
Do you have any suggestions on a scale model you would like to see?
John Boren