This mofo is skill level 5 for a reason!

I've done some prelinimary tube cutting and part fitting on the Odyssey, but I've still a LONG way to go before it gets painted. With the "tube in tube in tube and slot-mounted fins with the root edges exposed" design, it looks like a goodly amount of prepainting may have to be done before assembly. Nothing in these photos has been glued yet, just laid out.

"The Vixen" has already volunteered to prepaint anything I request--I just don't what to request yet.

As for a challenging build, the designer of the Odyssey has most definitely hit a.....


.....wait for it.....


.....wait for it.....


.....wait for it.....


.....wait for it.....


....."Homer".

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Holy Mackerel!

Thanks for posting the pictures.
Two weeks back I finished the old Centuri Marauder
I had to pre-paint before assembly to get paint on all the inside areas.
This looks much harder.

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Here's the pieces again in a disassembled state.

I've yet to decide what treatment I'm going to use on the exposed ID's of the kraft tubes to prevent them from "fuzzilating" (or whatever the annoying little phenomenon is called.) I'll brush the ID's with thin CA, or Aerogloss SS, or possibly even just paper the ID's. Whatever I decide, it will have to wait until I return from Tel Aviv.

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You maybe able to paint it with an airbrush after assembly. The main tube doesn't look all that long and shouldn't be much of a problem shooting paint through it...unless each of the smaller tubes are a different color!

>This mofo is skill level 5 for a reason!



Holy frak Jeep Man! You made some really nice cuts on those tubes!
Looks professional to me.

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Sounds like a plan--if only I had an airbrush. I've never used one. The BT20 in the center has an array of vanes registering it to the ID of the BT50, which would it make it difficult for even the most surgically accurate airbrush (IMO.)

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That's very kind of you Randy, but I assure you I can see the flaws! I tried to schmeichel "The Vixen" into cutting them for me but she wasn't going to fall for it.

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I have always liked your idea for lining the exposed insides of tubes with colored paper.

I have yet to start my kit, but plan to build the various subassemblies first to get an idea how everything is intended to fit together.

It is looking like the BT-55 and BT-50 can be glued together and painted as a unit, with gluing surfaces for the outer ring tube and the "wings" masked with strips of tape. Whether the engine core is installed and masked before painting or installed later is still TBD.

Luckily, the "factory" paint scheme seems rather simple...


Bill

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In my photo on post #3 the BT55 and the BT50 are indeed already glued together. I'll either mask the gluing locations for the root edges of the other parts OR simply slit a thin layer from the painted tube when it comes time to glue the sub-assemblies together.

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Even though this is very complex for a model rocket kit, it is FAR LESS complex than ANY R/C aircraft I have built including the simplest of 'box fuselage' airplanes.

I never have time to build R/C kits anymore although I built dozens in the past years.
Thankfully ARFs exist now that are of high quality that rival most personally built kits, for far less cost and effort.

Looking good, Jeffy !

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