09-30-2008, 11:57 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2007
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I ordered the fin sheets several months ago, and with the recent hype you've generated, I found the urge to start mine today.
Carl, couple notes concerning the OT. Perhaps they were already addressed before the kit release?
I can't remember if the fin patterns were always a mismatch for the 2 piece booster wings on the orginal, but I don't recall them ever having a problem. But it's been a while, and my Estes reissue is still sealed, so maybe this was always an issue with the original? I attached a pic so you could see there is almost 1/16" shortage on the trailing edge piece. I think a 1 - 2% size increase on that one single part might resolve things. I have cloned this before(and upscaled), and noticed the two pieces don't match up exactly using patterns downloaded from the web. The marking guides for the booster might not be 100% accurate either. I honestly think something happened during the scan process which might have slightly distorted things.
-Craig
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