In effect, it entirely dispelled the Stay-at-home COVID19 blues from which I have been suffering the past several months. I am no longer moping about the shop, attempting to work up some semblance of model rocketry motivation.
Before the Future Gloss-Sauce sealer had dried on the Viper, I was pulling out another box containing a long neglected project begun back in early 2018 - an Orbital Transport clone.
Back then, I had completed a great deal of work on the model: balsa parts were cut out, body tube seams sealed, the ram jet tubes cut and assembled, and the motor mount assembled and installed.
This morning, I was able to hit the ground running with shaping the parts for the booster fins and ramjet housings, and applying CWF.
Lots and lots of filling and sanding is in store for the near future.
I likely will not engage in writing a build thread here - there are plenty of fine ones for the Orbital Transport already in existence on the web. I will post progress pictures periodically.
But, hey... the rocketry bug has bitten again!
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