Retro-SF Model Conversion?

[dk54321]

My wife asked me to stop at JOANN Fabrics and Crafts. While walking through Crafts, I spotted this: https://www.joann.com/paulownia-wood-large-rocket-ship-birdhouse/16250474.html
Of course, I bought one. I'm thinking about converting it to fly and finishing it like a retro science fiction space ship. Maybe Wallace and Gromit's rocket?

 

[mikeyd]

Did the same years ago, flew it at Naram 58, and 60
You may want to look at this thread as well.
https://www.rocketryforum.com/threads/fabric-store-find.41291/

 

[Crawf56]

Very cool. How tall is the model, and where did the CG end up?

 

[mikeyd]

Very cool. How tall is the model, and where did the CG end up?

Sorry for the Slow reply, the Original is about 13in long, weighs about 14oz, with E30-4 loaded, CG is about 6.5in from the tip of the nose, and the motor mount extends down into the Funnel about an inch. I moved the motor mount back as far as possible to allow more room in the bt80 main tube for recovery. I fly it on E30-4, E20-4, and reloadable E18's. It is a brick, and on the reloadable, due to old delay elements, it has come in ballistic a couple of times, but in the soft ground or field where I have flown it, it suffers little damage.