It's not very often that I devote an entire post about another rocketeer's model, but when Mike Perreault sent me these photos of his newly completed Der Big Red Max, my socks were duly knocked off!
What makes this one so special and unique?
The markings.
Mike didn't want to mess with those nasty peel-n-curse decals, so instead he created HAND CUT stencils of the skull/crossbones and the cross.
The images are airbrush-painted onto the model!
No decals here!
In addition, he created some very whimsical, convincing-looking airbrushed bullet holes to round out the details.
What caliber are those babies, anyway, Mike?
Outstanding work, indeed!
Besides those really cool markings, this rocket is airbrush-painted in candy acrylic paints.
The attached photos don't really show it to full effect here, but when you get this rocket into bright light, the finish really pops with a deep shimmering sheen.
Mike has been mastering this painting technique and most of his recent rocket builds are done in this way.
As I've mentioned here before, Mr. Perrault is less than a year into the model rocketry hobby, but I could swear up and down that he's been at it for a much longer time, as attested by the quality of his builds, and his excellent on-field flying techniques.
He still denies it.
Anyway, I greatly look forward to the day in the near future when I'll be there to witness Mike popping a big motor into this gorgeous bird and poking a hole in the bright Colorado blue.
Cheers!
Thank you sir ... you are most generous
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