I spent part of last night outlining my upcoming 4-month project agenda, and even gathering the parts kits for some of them;
1. MPC Lunar Patrol - I started this one in 2016, and it's going Veerrrrryyyyy SLoooooow. All that is left is painting and applying markings. This will get done once the weather gets warm enough to trek out to the BlastFromThePast Vehicle Finishing Facility, a.k.a, the back yard....
2. Satellite Interceptor clone. This build was not planned until I bought a Super Neon kit on clearance from Hobby Lobby last year. I didn't want to build the Super Neon. I had to decide whether to use the kit nose cone to build either a Black Brant III or a Satellite Interceptor... Construction is complete - just need to finish filling and sanding the fins, painting, and decaling.
3. Star Seeker - A clone of the sci-fi model from Estes' old Mini-Tri Pak. The beginning of this build was started way back in the summer of 2016 when I first became a BAR. It got pushed off to a remote corner of the workbench and forgotten in favor of other projects. It's all painted and ready for markings, which I should be able to get done soon.
4. Star Trooper / Test booster tandem. This is the one, if you recall, I crashed severely last year. The Star Trooper is now repaired to flyable condition, and the booster has received proper fins and paint job. All the pair needs now is a coating of 'gloss sauce' (Future). I'll have it ready to fly at my next launch session.
NEW PROJECTS
1. Mercury Redstone
2. MPC Flatcat Boost/Glider
3. Canopus-2 This is a re-build of my own cluster model design that I had published back in the early 80s in an issue of Model Rocketeer (or was it American Spacemodeling?)
4. Astron Alpha - During all of my involvement in model rocketry, I never got around to building an Alpha. Sacrilege! I shall remedy this oversight at once!
5. Orbital Transport - Another rebuild from the dim and distant Days Of Yore.
6. Time Permitting, I may use one of the numerous cardboard core tubes I have hanging around to do a scratch-build model of some sort. I'm leaning toward an IQSY Tomahawk scaler...We'll see.
And - don't tell anyone - but I'm a few dollars away from having enough pocket change in my piggy bank (actually a large ceramic coffee cup) to spring for a Little Joe II kit......
Cheers!
