Yes, Boys and Girls, it's time to turn on the lights in the BlastFromThePast Secret La-BOR-atory, roll up the sleeves, don the tin-foil helmet, open up a case of Mountain Dew, and execute a few celebratory arm-pit farts!
Well, maybe not the latter item. I do have my dignity to maintain, after all,...
Anyway, it's the great 2022 LPR Binge Build!
This year's roster consist of nine models (so far) that I hope to complete by EOY.
The 2022 Binge Build will be somewhat top-heavy on scale models, or should I say, sport scale models, followed by some boost/gliders, a sci-fi bird, and a couple of 'old-fleet-favorites' re-builds. Here's the list:
1. Viking 4 sport scale. This one has been on my build wish-list for quite some time, so it's high time to get started.
2. Nike Apache - the Estes kit which I bought several years ago. but has been neglected.
3. Nike Smoke - another long awaited Estes kit.
4. Mercury Redstone -Estes again.
5. A.R.V. Condor - an OOP Estes kit that was given to me by Mike Goss a little over a year ago. Dual gliders. Right up my alley.
6. Deltie Airshow. What's better than two gliders on one model? Three, of course! Ever since I saw the plans on JimZ for this kit from Edmonds Aerospace, I've been intrigued.
7. Rascal Rocket/Glider. This is an old Paul C. Conner design published in The Model Rocketeer way back in 1974. I built one back in the day and recall how much fun it was to fly.
8. Mountaineer IV. This is actually an Estes Omega. I had Mountaineers I through III back in the old fleet, two of which were built and sent to me by Herb Desind, for whom I flew numerous Cineroc flights.
9. Black Hole Space Probe. This will be a clone of an old Estes Sci-Fi kit. It uses a PNC-50BB Nose cone (think Black Brant III), one of which I happen to have hanging around in the parts box.
Again, this new blog series won't be a blow-by-blow build thread, rather a string of progress posts. Any unique or unusual build techniques or challenges along the way might get greater detailed treatment.
Oh, and I promise not to use the goofy alliterative post titles like I did in the 2021 Binge Build.
This is a serious blog, by gosh!
I am still on the fence, though, about the arm-pit farts...
Cheers!