Which one? The Microsonde III, the T-Bird or the Arrow 300?

Doug

Yes.

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Build floor: Estes - Low Boom SST Semroc - Marauder, Shrike, SST Shuttle

In paint: Canaroc Starfighter Scorpion Centuri Mini Dactyl Estes F-22 Air Superiority Fighter, Multi-Roc, Solar Sailer II, Xarconian Cruiser Semroc Cyber III

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Thanks, Drew.

I like them both. I'm not sure the Arrow is really enough different from the Comanche to make it worh the effort, and the external staging couplers are hard to get used to

The T-Bird looks kewl. The fins look kinda like the Comanche's.

Doug

I see these for sale all the time. There's a link out there somewhere to a place that sells old MPC kits. Some of them are linked to reviews written by the guy that's built a bunch of the kits. I'll see if I can hunt the link up.

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http://wallyum.blogspot.com/

I miss being SAM 0058

Build floor: Estes - Low Boom SST Semroc - Marauder, Shrike, SST Shuttle

In paint: Canaroc Starfighter Scorpion Centuri Mini Dactyl Estes F-22 Air Superiority Fighter, Multi-Roc, Solar Sailer II, Xarconian Cruiser Semroc Cyber III

Ready to fly: Estes - Solar Sailer II Semroc - Earmark

Yeah, that's the one. It has some eye appeal, but the fins are too pointy for my taste. I'm afraid the boosters will come in ballistic. I can't see them gliding or tumbling.


Agreed.

But I think I'm gonna do a 3-stage Midget with a C11 1st stage.

Doug

You have to package the RKT file into a ZIP file. The forum recognizes ZIPs...

Craig...

Back down to two stages . . . .
Finished up the major assembly; still have to fillet the upper stage and then fill and sand. I am ambitious enough to attempt the cool black with white trim scheme from the mid to late 70s catalogs. OK, I haven't figured out how exactly I'm going to mask that off, but give me a little time . . .
A few assembly notes: I marked the fin lines before gluing on the outside adapter to make it easier to use a drawer sill. I tried to get the holes in the coupler away from the fins, but with two holes and three fins, one hole is a bit close to a fin so could be some scorching. The outside coupler would not go over the booster BT without a lot of sanding to the BT and inside of the coupler. I suppose the inner coupler in the booster swelled the BT a bit. I added a strip of balsa as a launch lug standoff, since the outside coupler is thicker than the BT. I also moved the lug down below the upper edge of the fin to hide it a little. So I'm not a purist. BTW, it doesn't stand up straight; the "rudder" on the booster sticks out farther than the other two fins. No big deal.
Drew

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Thanks for the notes Drew. It looks sweet so far. Good luck on the paint job! I ordered my parts yesterday for the Black Widow and a few other clones. Have you managed to get the booster to glide yet?

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Yesterday we had horrendous thunderstorms blow through in the afternoon, so the landing site was a little too wet for a test!

Got a couple coats of primer on it yesterday. Perfect painting weather; just wish I had more time and more stuff ready to paint!

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