Tuesday, March 22, 2011

Starlight Jayhawk Build Part 1 Parts

This build will be a little different. I wanted to replicate the look of the older Centuri Jayhawk. While the Starlight version doesn't have a tail cone, we'll add one.
A flare tube with half nose cone will be added.

On the decals there is no white behind the stars and bars art. We'll try a new technique suggested on TRF to add the white base color.

The Centuri Jayhawk was 12.50" tall and .908" diameter - Series 8 tubing.
The Starlight Jayhawk is 13.375" tall and .976 diameter - BT-50 based.
Going by the tube diameters, my upscale factor is 1.073.
This will not be a true scale model, but something closer to the Centuri version I had years back.

I went to PayloadBay.com HERE to get a boat tail shroud.
The two tube diameters are entered along with the new scaled length of the shroud, being 1.91" long. I printed three shroud copies on 110 lb. cardstock.

I also worked from the original Centuri instructions HERE along with the Magnum Jayhawk instructions HERE.

I know the Starlight version well. I drew up the newer instructions for Mr. Bob.
Posted by at
Labels: , ,

4 comments:

  1. UnknownJune 23, 2015 at 6:34 PM

    Just taking notes and sticking them here for the moment. I used a caliper and measured my Starlight Jayhawk. Trying to figure this out...

    The outside diameter of the engine mount. Using the Caliper I get 18.8mm (this seems right as the inner diameter fits 18mm engines).

    Measurements of the body tube taken from the caliper 24.75mm

    Length = 1.91" long

    So I'll start with this.
    Tube 1 Diameter: 18.8mm
    Tube 2 Diameter: 24.75mm
    Length of Transition: 1.91 inches
    110lb Card Stock

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. Chris MichielssenJune 29, 2015 at 1:01 AM

      Hi Scott,
      The Starlight Jayhawk was semi scale at best. Good for you taking it to the next level. I hope you got the newer instructions. I drew those up for Starlight.

      Delete
  2. ScottJune 24, 2015 at 4:42 PM

    Cutting the boat tail with a blade did not work that well, so I switched to my smallish German made scissors. With the scissors I was able to split the black printed line down the middle with all three attempts. Scissors are definitely the way to go when cutting curved cardstock.

    ReplyDelete
  3. UnknownJune 24, 2015 at 7:43 PM

    Updated Measurements:

    Tube 1 Diameter: 18.750mm
    Tube 2 Diameter: 24.500mm
    Length of Transition: 48.514mm
    110lb Card Stock

    ReplyDelete

Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)