Well, I built my third TLP kit and I am quite proud of this one. I did a few modifications internaly on the recovery system and added aluminum flashing to the rear to keep the motors from burning the end up. I decided to go with a nice paint job, rather than trying to make it look like a military rocket. Here are some of the build photos.

Here are the photos after assembly and prior to finishing.

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Guardian, Bullpup 12D, TLP Perseus, Ninja Turtle Baby Bertha, Ben Ten Super Neon,
Modified Renegade, TLP Scimitar , TLP Bullpup AGM-12C TLP Alarm Bash 2

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Next is the mods I did to it. The TLP kits use a motor mount coupler up front to seperate the parachute compartment from the rest of the body. I added a D ring, supported on the opposite side of the ring with a piece of balsa and heavily glued in place to attach a steel leader for the shock cord, which I replaced the original 1/4" 4 foot shock cord with a 3/8" 10" shock cord.

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Fleet to date;
Guardian, Bullpup 12D, TLP Perseus, Ninja Turtle Baby Bertha, Ben Ten Super Neon,
Modified Renegade, TLP Scimitar , TLP Bullpup AGM-12C TLP Alarm Bash 2

RIP
TLP Alarm Bash 1

Next I used a piece of .01 aluminum flashing to line the inside of the aft area so the motors will not burn the cardboard tube up.

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Fleet to date;
Guardian, Bullpup 12D, TLP Perseus, Ninja Turtle Baby Bertha, Ben Ten Super Neon,
Modified Renegade, TLP Scimitar , TLP Bullpup AGM-12C TLP Alarm Bash 2

RIP
TLP Alarm Bash 1

First time to mask flames.

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Fleet to date;
Guardian, Bullpup 12D, TLP Perseus, Ninja Turtle Baby Bertha, Ben Ten Super Neon,
Modified Renegade, TLP Scimitar , TLP Bullpup AGM-12C TLP Alarm Bash 2

RIP
TLP Alarm Bash 1

And now for the finished rocket...

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Fleet to date;
Guardian, Bullpup 12D, TLP Perseus, Ninja Turtle Baby Bertha, Ben Ten Super Neon,
Modified Renegade, TLP Scimitar , TLP Bullpup AGM-12C TLP Alarm Bash 2

RIP
TLP Alarm Bash 1

Wow! Great build and even greater paint job.

I love flames but I'm terrible at making them. Yours look fantastic. Any advice?

Again, great looking rocket.

Thanks, this was my first flame job, all I did was draw out the flames I wanted on a large piece of butcher paper, or I guess you could print a pattern on the computer too. I just wrapped it around and taped it at the squared off ends and used thin slivers of masking tape to mask off the details. After that I shot it with some clear coat, let it dry some and then I painted it right up.

Dont know if that helps any, just make sure if you layer colors that they are compatable with each other. I spray my second color on with my first having a tack to it still.

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Fleet to date;
Guardian, Bullpup 12D, TLP Perseus, Ninja Turtle Baby Bertha, Ben Ten Super Neon,
Modified Renegade, TLP Scimitar , TLP Bullpup AGM-12C TLP Alarm Bash 2

RIP
TLP Alarm Bash 1

nice job ! did you have to add some noseweight to it ?

That baby turned out great

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Thanks. No nose weight added as of yet. With D's in it the CG is 1.25 calibers ahead of the CP. I might add some later on if E's change the CG too much. Adding the extra bit up there for the recovery system balanced it out some I guess.

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Fleet to date;
Guardian, Bullpup 12D, TLP Perseus, Ninja Turtle Baby Bertha, Ben Ten Super Neon,
Modified Renegade, TLP Scimitar , TLP Bullpup AGM-12C TLP Alarm Bash 2

RIP
TLP Alarm Bash 1