Thanks... actually it's Spaz Stix ultimate mirror chrome.My, that's pretty... Is the chrome that Alclad stuff? I used that to good effect on my (static) Apollo CM.
I have the hardest time color matching... Side by side, the decals look more like a Sun yellow, but I still like the flying tractor paint...Mounted the L’il Thor decals on the fins. That Arlon decal material Scott Binder uses in his kits is awesome. Turns out that the yellow I carefully selected isn’t quite the same as the decals but it’s very close.
The problem is that the color of the plastic cap is no guarantee the paint will match the cap.I have the hardest time color matching... Side by side, the decals look more like a Sun yellow, but I still like the flying tractor paint...
What's the competition?
Probably not likely to saw a can in half unintentionally .How do the can shaking gizmos' actual performance compare to this kit?
How do the can shaking gizmos' actual performance compare to this kit?
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Save money and kill two birds with one stone.Folks spend their hard earned money to go work out at a gym.... then they spend more money on a fixture to shake their paint can.
Now I’m feeling the urge to do an outlaw launch at the local high school (closed 4-5 months now)...
And looked at two MicroMaxx kits I received
And put them into the build pile.
And took them out.
And put them back.
And took them out (for the pic of course).
Now putting them back.
Discipline, discipline.
If you do that inside the Capitol Beltway around Washington D.C. you are indeed an outlaw. Congress is the original NIMBY. Protectionist and isolated from reality.Public property. Follow both common sense and the safety code (which does not have force of law but shows you're taking care) to see that no one and no property are hurt, and I'm comfortably sure that you're not an outlaw. Comfortable enough to launch that way myself or allow my children and grandchildren to do so.
I am a non-attorney spokesperson. Do not accept legal advice from non-qualified schlubs like me. Consult with a lawyer or law enforcement officials before launching rockets, engaging in other potentially hazardous activity, or walking and chewing gum simultaneously.
What is this "discipline" of which you speak?And looked at two MicroMaxx kits I received. And put them into the build pile.
And took them out.
...
Discipline, discipline.
I'd like to see more of your build. I like what I see.Soldered and then 5 minute epoxy "potted" the drogue ejection terminal strip on my Level 3's aft av bay closure.
Thought I had messed up the epoxy mix until I realized I was dealing with "amine blush" due to the high Central Texas humidity.
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I use my fingers for most CWF application: slop it on and spread it out. Good for getting a nice smooth coat (although if insufficiently thinned you might still have a problem).For the Microsonde I goofed and used too little water to thin the CWF. As a result the fin surfaces have a lot of imperfections, particularly long lines from the brush I used to apply it.
I use my fingers for most CWF application: slop it on and spread it out. Good for getting a nice smooth coat (although if insufficiently thinned you might still have a problem).
Haven’t done this post in a LoNG time.
Ordered 200’ of 20 AWG stranded wire.
I guess Covid gave us all the time in the world to practice soldering.
AFAIK o1d_dude the E-4 is the sole remaining Specialist rank in the US ARMY at least in most MOS's.Speaking as one who believes all rockets look fine on the pad, I rummaged through the SBR shipping boxes for the full body wraps to the L’il Thor and the Thor 3”. Found them. Read the full color illustrated build instructions for technique guide lines. Then viewed a Scott Binder Rocketry youtube video or two that shows how the body wraps are applied. When Scott completely removed the wrap because he wasn’t satisfied with the way it turned out, I thought if he can do that, I can, too.
Needless to say, no tube spirals were filled in the making of these rockets.
Then I pondered making a ”kwik” video of the MixKwik recip saw rattlecan shaker and in the process of examining the unit more closely I discovered that the tightening strap is pretty ingenious: It uses a lever/toothed belt to snug down on a can. A second lever releases the belt from the can. Also perfected my touch on the throttle trigger. I will say that the system does make a lot of noise. In the Army we had a saying that if a thing was worth doing, it was worth making noise while doing it. This shaker is now shammer*-approved.
*Shammer: An Army enlisted specialist who has minimal authority but can make your life miserable if you cross him/her. Wears a rank patch called a “Sham Shield” in E4 through presumably E9 but I’ve never seen one higher than E6. I wore an E4 patch from 7 months in until the “acting jack” sergeant stripes showed up. They don’t hand out hard stripes to two year draftees.
First picture was of me after earning my Sham Shield, The second picture was my “ride” which led to a different assignment...
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