stevem
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I am getting lots of ideas/inspiration from
Designation Systems
here is one I thought would be unique - a Rockwell GBU-15 , quite possibly the ugliest rocket ever made! a great candidate for a scratchbuild.
attached is a photo showing what I've done so far.
I worked on the main fins last night - I am trying to incorporate new building techniques into my scratchbuilts. For this rocket I decided to make fins out of 1/16 balsa and laminate the balsa between sheets of light cardstock. I hope this will provide enough strength while keeping weight to a minimum.
This is also the first time I have used shrouds to this extent. The VCP program made making the shrouds a breeze.
Tonight I'll make the forward fins and begin mounting.
I had a 3.125" chunk of postal mailing tube that I used for the wide middle section, BT-80 tube runs the entire length of the rocket. I made centering rings to center the 3.125 tube on the BT-80 by cutting the 3.125 tube into 1/4 pieces and then basically slitting them and fitting/gluing them into each other until it would fit snuggly over the BT-80. I used the same technique to make the tail cone assembly.
Designation Systems
here is one I thought would be unique - a Rockwell GBU-15 , quite possibly the ugliest rocket ever made! a great candidate for a scratchbuild.
attached is a photo showing what I've done so far.
I worked on the main fins last night - I am trying to incorporate new building techniques into my scratchbuilts. For this rocket I decided to make fins out of 1/16 balsa and laminate the balsa between sheets of light cardstock. I hope this will provide enough strength while keeping weight to a minimum.
This is also the first time I have used shrouds to this extent. The VCP program made making the shrouds a breeze.
Tonight I'll make the forward fins and begin mounting.
I had a 3.125" chunk of postal mailing tube that I used for the wide middle section, BT-80 tube runs the entire length of the rocket. I made centering rings to center the 3.125 tube on the BT-80 by cutting the 3.125 tube into 1/4 pieces and then basically slitting them and fitting/gluing them into each other until it would fit snuggly over the BT-80. I used the same technique to make the tail cone assembly.