Yep, as the Lunar Patrol project winds down, it's time to get started on that Steampunk version Estes Protostar.
It is my hope that this one will progress a little more quickly than did the LP.
I suppose this first build progress post of the series should feature the obligatory photo of the kit parts laid out all nice and purty on the workbench:
The initial steps of this build will pretty much follow the basic rocket construction as outlined in the kit instruction/instrucciones/anweisungen/istruzioni/navod sheets.
The real meat of this project will lie in the myriad detailing that will be necessary for "punking it up".
As with most scratch-built rocket projects, a lot of this stuff will be done on the fly...tinker-style.
For much of the detailing, I have some ideas about which materials and techniques I will be using, but for some other aspects, I have no idea yet.
Build by the seat of the pants, I say.
Hey, it worked with all my competition birds back in the 70s!
That's what will make this project so much fun.
Oops - almost forgot - a scan of one of the kit laser cut balsa fin sheets alongside a ruler:
Just in case I ever need to replace a fin, or scratch build another Protostar, or upscale, or make a "Hippie-VW Microbus-Style Protostar, or a.....
Wait a minnit.... What did I just say?....A hippie VW Microbus-style Protostar?
Now where did I put my sketchpad?.....