Good idea. I'll try that. I've seen it done on high power models and it appears to work very well. Thanks.

Quite the little weed garden growing in that core sample ... brutal
Looks like your rebuild is coming along very nicely. I'll need to look back through your posts about the nose cone locking system, sounds like a good idea.
I wouldn't be able to let an Aero-Dart just die like that either I'd have to save it!

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TRA# 677 L2
NAR# 85518 L2
SAM# 0052

🚀 In Construction: Der Blue Maxx/Minie-Magg 5.5” & Vander-Burn MDRM Clone w/Stickershock23 Custom Decals
🚀 In Paint & Detail: USR Banshee
🚀 In Build Queue: Estes Doorknob w/Vander-Burn Rocketry Upgrade Kit [Sport Decor], Semroc Centurion-F, Semroc Egg Crate
🚀 In Repair: SLS Lil’ Hustler, SLS Aero-Dart 1969 Trim
🚀 2/20/21-2/21/21 (Chris' Rocketry on site) w/rain date of 2/27/21-2/28/21
🚀 4/10/21-4/11/21 w/rain date of 4/17/21-4/18/21

Believe it or not, I found a live worm in the center of that core when I removed it.

Paint work nearly complete. Decals to follow soon.

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I'm having issues with the white paint on the Aero Dart so I moved on to the next unfinished project.

This is the moon rocket from the Tintin adventures of the 1950's. It's made from a Semroc V-2 X-Kit.
Two ounces of lead in the nose attain balance and the fin pods are made from balsa Alpha cones.
Concerned about pod breakage, I included their profile in the fin pattern then cut the cones lengthwise and attached one half to each side.
It was built, painted, and flown years ago. Somehow I never managed to add the checkerboard pattern.
Today I did the math and cut the squares from white vinyl. Installation was tedious as I had to attach each square individually.
If there was ever any doubt, I can tell you with certainty that my eyesight is now officially 'not what it used to be'.

While largely unknown in the U.S. except for the recent Speilberg movie, these comics are hugely popular everywhere else in the world.
A Tintin museum opened in Brussels in 2009 and I was fortunate to find myself there later that year.
Original artwork for the moon mission story is on display and I saw a model of this rocket in the lobby that stood 12 feet tall.

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Very very nice!

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Nice model!

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Build floor: FRW Maverick AGM-65B StickerShock Vader Max

In paint: Centuri Stellar Hercules, Estes Indicator, Long Tom, Luna Bug, Nike Apache, Ricochet, Solar Warrior FRW Star Blazer XL Quest Intruder Red River Stratos, Semroc Cyber III, Excalibur, Firefly, S.P.E.V., Texas Firefly

Ready to fly: Estes Nova Scout Ship Semroc Point

Looks great love the retro look af that one! I didn’t realize those were nose cones on the fins that was a great idea.

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Steve Naquin
TRA# 677 L2
NAR# 85518 L2
SAM# 0052

🚀 In Construction: Der Blue Maxx/Minie-Magg 5.5” & Vander-Burn MDRM Clone w/Stickershock23 Custom Decals
🚀 In Paint & Detail: USR Banshee
🚀 In Build Queue: Estes Doorknob w/Vander-Burn Rocketry Upgrade Kit [Sport Decor], Semroc Centurion-F, Semroc Egg Crate
🚀 In Repair: SLS Lil’ Hustler, SLS Aero-Dart 1969 Trim
🚀 2/20/21-2/21/21 (Chris' Rocketry on site) w/rain date of 2/27/21-2/28/21
🚀 4/10/21-4/11/21 w/rain date of 4/17/21-4/18/21

That's very nice!
I remember the comics from years ago.

Bob

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