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Old 01-28-2021, 11:55 AM
L3Excalibur L3Excalibur is offline
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I had a rocket that suffered a CATO and I just felt the need to rebuild. Once completed, I shot some wild metallic orange on it, and suddenly, BOB’s your uncle — its the Big Orange Bullet. It bears little resemblance to the original, but it is orange. Notice how the repairs to the fin area swell, giving it that necked-down cartidge look. (Not by design, the tube area between fins was a bit tricky and added some girth.)

I like your Interceptor paint scheme in the background. I did one in two-tone gray as well. I've used that color combo on a couple of rockets with bright decals and it always turns out looking great. Just not that easy to see when flying on overcast days. :-)
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