Not really. My own complacency cost me extra work! I have to remind myself: "no matter how many times I've built one of these--ALWAYS study the photos and read the directions!"

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Never trust an atom. They make up everything.

4 out of 3 people struggle with math.

Chemically, alcohol IS a solution.

NAR# 94042
SAM# 0078

The booster is now masked off except for the interTANK wrap. Earlier, I did a compatibility test of white primer over Testors Dullcote on a scrap piece of BT and there was no adverse reaction.

Primer in the morning!

Time for a (lot of) Scotch and an IPA. Good night. TBC

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Never trust an atom. They make up everything.

4 out of 3 people struggle with math.

Chemically, alcohol IS a solution.

NAR# 94042
SAM# 0078

That was nothing. When we were building Semroc Saturn 1Bs for the Apollo 7 celebration, we somehow got confused and painted the white tanks black and the black tanks white. It was easy to mask a narrow strip on each white tank and apply black paint, but to cover black around a white strip with all white, we had to "dither" the color boundary with random sanding so that the contrast did not show through the overlaid white paint.


Bill

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It is well past time to Drill, Baby, Drill!

If your June, July, August and September was like this, you might just hate summer too...

Please unload your question before you ask it unless you have a concealed harry permit.

: countdown begin cr dup . 1- ?dup 0= until cr ." Launch!" cr ;

Give a man a rocket and he will fly for a day; teach him to build and he will spend the rest of his days sanding...

Just do like NASA did on the first flying Saturn Vs, just paint white over the black paint.

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'Til next time,

Mike Toelle

NAR 31692 L1

SAM 0373

The primer is drying as I type this! TBC

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Never trust an atom. They make up everything.

4 out of 3 people struggle with math.

Chemically, alcohol IS a solution.

NAR# 94042
SAM# 0078

How's THIS?

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Never trust an atom. They make up everything.

4 out of 3 people struggle with math.

Chemically, alcohol IS a solution.

NAR# 94042
SAM# 0078

Well done!

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Up next:
Under construction:
Under repair:
In finishing: Centuri Sabre clone
In primer:
In paint:
Ready for decals:

Bill Cooke
NAR #31312
TRA #19705
SAM #0001
Huntsville, AL

My rocket blog
My rocket fleet

The black parts of the booster of the #2001 SV are now corrected and dull coated.

I sincerely thank the ones that caught the error and brought it to my attention!

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Never trust an atom. They make up everything.

4 out of 3 people struggle with math.

Chemically, alcohol IS a solution.

NAR# 94042
SAM# 0078

That gives all something to aspire to.

Better lock it up or The Vixen may sneak it out and fly it.


Bill

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It is well past time to Drill, Baby, Drill!

If your June, July, August and September was like this, you might just hate summer too...

Please unload your question before you ask it unless you have a concealed harry permit.

: countdown begin cr dup . 1- ?dup 0= until cr ." Launch!" cr ;

Give a man a rocket and he will fly for a day; teach him to build and he will spend the rest of his days sanding...

This is very sad, but I do understand the reasoning.

This is why all my rockets fly in Primer prior to being finished properly.

Of course, this means that I can't paint details prior to installation and makes it harder to get them just right.

Awesome Job.

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Yep, Another B.A.R. Gone Hi-Power...

Ramjet