Also, the wind conditions in the back yard were such that
I was finally able to get out and perform a small amount of spray painting.
The first project was to get some clear coat on the decal
sheet I made up the week before. To help
with this, I cobbled together a handy little sheet holding device out of a
piece of card board, a paint stir stick (what else?), duct tape (what else?),
and some paper clips.
Next up, the newly constructed Estes Astron Alpha
received its first primer coat. I had
just enough Duplicolor gray to cover the entire model before the can ran
out.
Must get to the nearby auto supply
store.
Moving on, I completed construction of the Satellite
Interceptor build by attaching the launch lug and spot filling left-over small grain
and gaps. This model is now ready for
primer, as well.
The Lunar Patrol model got pulled off the shelf for one
final touch. I’ll detail this in the
next installment of that long-running build post series.
Finally, I applied CWF to the seams of a BT-50 body tube purloined
from a Comanche 3 kit that I bought a couple weeks ago for parts. This tube is
ear-marked as the booster airframe of a new Orbital Transport build.
In between the rocket work, I also managed to do a small
production run on a new set of shop-made sanding blocks. I will also expound on these in a near-future
post.
The rest of the weekend was pretty much spent in other
important activities, such as playing electric violin in the church praise band
for three back-to-back Easter Sunday services. Most of the songs played were high-energy,
up-beat rockers. Phew! Including early morning rehearsal, that was a
6 ½ hour day at church!
A large chunk of the weekend was devoted to hanging out
with the grand-kiddoes (a.k.a. future model rocketeers!) – feeding and helping
take care of the 3 week old, and participating in an epic basement-wide
Nerf-gun battle with the 9 and 7 year-olds.
Sheesh – give me a few model rockets, a Nerf gun, or a
pile of Lego, and I become a kid again!
Cheers.