Wednesday, May 22, 2013

Estes Bullpup Build Part 2, Fin Comparison

Here's the first older Bullpup build.
Look close at the white paint on the fins.
It's almost translucent, you can see the balsa grain through the paint. I was using the cheap $1.00 a can WalMart paint back then.
For whatever reason, the launch lug wasn't painted.
Check out how thick the stick-on decals are!

I'll be refinishing this old model at the same time I'm building the new kit.
New water slide decals will be drawn up from a scan of the kit decals.

There are slight differences between the two versions of the kit.

The larger rear fins are slightly smaller on the older (water slide) version of the kit.
The front small vanes are the same size.
On this side the decals are on upside down - more on that later!

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