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Old 04-06-2019, 03:22 PM
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Old 04-06-2019, 03:26 PM
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Beautiful!
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Old 04-06-2019, 03:45 PM
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Looks Nice.
What did you use for the ring? Is that just a couple layers of bt 101's? or.....
O.k. I just saw your build on the "other" forum. Nice job. I knew that ring looked thicker than just bt's

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Old 04-06-2019, 04:46 PM
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Neil -

That's just outstanding work! Well done!
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Old 04-06-2019, 05:03 PM
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Very cool. I’ll have to check out your build thread.
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Old 04-06-2019, 05:49 PM
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Thanks all, I'm very happy with the way this one turned out.

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Looks Nice.
What did you use for the ring? Is that just a couple layers of bt 101's? or.....
O.k. I just saw your build on the "other" forum. Nice job. I knew that ring looked thicker than just bt's

It would certainly be easier to use a piece of 5" tubing if I had some lying around (I don't), but I think the thicker look is better, and fabricating the curved balsa pieces is really fun and satisfying. And I needed to get some more use out of the 4" PVC couplers that I used for previous bending tasks.
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Old 04-07-2019, 04:43 AM
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I was packing my Screemin' Green Meenie for travel yesterday and I thought to myself that ring fins seem to have fallen out of fashion lately. I guess I was wrong!

Nice job, Neil.
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Old 04-07-2019, 07:44 AM
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Love me some ring fins!

Pain in the neck to paint, though...
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Old 04-07-2019, 08:35 AM
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That is one nice looking rocket Neil!
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Old 04-07-2019, 05:08 PM
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Fantastic looking rocket and build.

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