Arsenal78
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So last August I acquired two free rockets, one being a PML 2" AMRAAM and the other was a rocket I couldn't identify. It looked similar to a DX3 and the PML Intruder but not quite. I scoured the web for a few days and came across a picture (the only picture and mention) of a North Coast Tempest from the early 90s. It looked identical, same size and everything. Asked Matt @ NCR and he agreed it was a Tempest. It was in semi-rough shape when I got it, dinged/missing paint, brass launch lugs that paint wasn't sticking to, and old hardware. I decided to pull it back out about 2 weeks ago and ripped off the brass lugs, used a dremel to sand down the epoxy fillets and I had to mix up some epoxy to fill the damage back in. After about 10 coats of filler primer and bondo, it was ready for a repaint. I decided on keeping part of the original paint design and I used my Cricut to create some decals for it.
The before pic is the blue and copper color, the red and black is what it is now
The before pic is the blue and copper color, the red and black is what it is now