I've just finished a new downscale of the Centuri classic:
The Mini ASTRO 1
It's BT-5 based and stands 8.5" tall.
The colors are based on the duo-tone Centuri catalog pages from the early 1970s.
The body is a wrap, you print it out on 24 lb. paper.
I glued mine in place with a glue stick. The seam was lifting so it was tacked back down by slipping white glue under the edge with a hobby knife.
The fins are printed on 110 lb. card stock.
The short leading edge is folded and glued over cereal box cardboard for a three ply fin. These ply fins are stronger than you'd think!
The nose cone is either an Estes plastic "Quark" style or the (closer to scale) Semroc BNC-5W balsa cone. You only have to paint the nose cone, the rest of the model is a print overlay.
Add a streamer, launch lug and a little nose weight and you are ready for launch with a 1/2A3-4t engine.
Patreon members can email me at: oddlrockets@bellsouth.net
Ask for the Astro 1 PDF
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