Crowds were smaller this week, some stayed home after checking the wind and weather predictions. When I arrived at the Plant City launch ...

This is a pretty slick looking BT-5 sized model. A black fin would have looked better but I didn't want to risk maski...

Greg Poelein brought up a great tip recently on The Rocketry Forum: "Here's a tip for future builds. After you fire a motor of e...

I didn't want to do another mask for the white under color of the roll pattern. A piece of white (sprayed) decal paper was cut into ...

I would have liked to paint the rocket like the face card, silver with black fins. Masking any metallic paint can discolor the metal fin...

I've read a few forum posts where new builders talked about wet sanding. That piece of 400 grit (wet/dry) sandpaper in the glass of ...

The "booster tubes" will be painted separately and glued on afterwards. A thin line of masking tape was set down just short o...