The ever expanding Max Family
 

This was my load of Der Red Max variants back in 2013. Back then I had 11, with a couple of others planned.



Since then I've done a couple more downscales, a few Mini Maxes and a couple of Stickershock birds. Today the weather cooperated and I was able to drag them outside with minimal damage for a family pic.



After I finished with the individual portraits, it occurred to me that I'd had a Mini in yellow at some point, so I found it and retook the picture indoors. I wasn't carrying them outside again. :rolleyes:

The Miniscule Max is a BT-5 downscale with Sandman Decals. Only one flight on it so far, on a 1/4A, but I surprised myself by finding my first ever Midget-sized rocket. :cool:

My most recent project is the Miniscule Der Big Red Max that hasn't quite made it out of the first coat stage. Hopefully another Sandman decal in its future.

The Retro Rocketry Der Blue Max is an old kit from a company that never got past the prototype stage. I did two test builds for them, a Red and Blue Max, and there were a bunch of others planned. (I think one was a BT-20 downscale of the Estes Omega and possibly the Blue Bird Zero.)



Only two flights over the years because I'd really hate to lose it. I think it was damaged on the first flight when we were still flying at the VOA because it has a white launch lug. :D

Another Retro Rocketry bird, this one has flown seven times over the years.



This was the original test kit, but for some reason Photobucket decided to flip them.

This is what's left of my Maxi Mini Max that was beheaded by a C11-7 CATO last spring. Blowed up real good! I actually caught a piece of the cardboard confetti that had the face on it. Things were looking pretty decent before the big bang.

Estes Mini Max #2. #1 is decorating the trees up at B6-4 Field, another first flight casualty.



This one has flown, but I can't find it in my flight logs. Well, I think it's flown...... :confused: Then again, that hook looks awfully shiny. :o

Three flights for the Mini Gold Max, which surprises me. I remember the first because the shotgun ejection charge broke the elastic shock cord. This was when I realized how cheap and easy the Mini projects were, especially with the Hobby Lobby coupon.

Hemi Max was named not because of the 18mm power in the Mini Max bod, but because the paint was Hemi Orange. :cool:



One flight on an A8-3. Cool, but I think it needs to go on a C6-5 to live up to the name.

One flight so far for the Mini Lime Max. This was built and flown around the same time as the Moon Glo. I needed to use up the green.