While the glue was drying...

[Mugs914]

I had another rummage around in the spares box and this was the result. I wanted it to have a retro sort of look to it, like something you would have seen in the first edition of The Handbook of Model Rocketry or as a line drawing in a 60s rocket catalog. Going for old school in look and construction.

Thinking silver with some yellow and black checkers and red nose for paint...

 

[TangoJuliet]

I think you nailed the look you were after, and the proposed paint should make it complete.

 

[Mugs914]

Finally got some paint on this thing. Decided to do something other than the silver and red...

Like I said, I wanted it to look like something from a picture in the old Handbook of Model Rocketry, so I just went with simple stripes and color variations that seemed to be typical in a lot of those pics. No idea what the actual colors would have been since all of those pics were black and white, so I just guessed...

Maybe I should have figured out a way to paint it grainy shades of gray and ever so slightly out of focus!

 

[K'Tesh]

Nice Job!

Ya know you could always just edit the pics to grayscale, and leave the colors up to the viewer's imagination. :wink: