Above -
All the parts that were still in the bag.
Seems I had thrown away the Quest engine hook. The Quest hooks aren't spring steel so I switched it our for a BMS engine hook with no finger tab.
The 3/32" thick balsa sheet is die-cut.
The yellow engine mount tube seems thin walled and is starting to peel.
The nose cone is an older MPC style with a very short shoulder.
The shiny strip on the right is all I could salvage from the stick on decals that peeled off the backing sheet. I'll have to re-draw and print some home made decals.
For whatever reason, I assembled the parachute.
This is an older, "crispy" Quest chute with the shroud lines tied to the Quest "gripper tabs". The tabs are very thick and make it difficult to pack the chute.
That is the shortest shoulder I've ever seen on a nose cone, wow.
ReplyDeleteHi Neil,
DeleteYep! For whatever reason, the MPC nose cones and adapters had short shoulders.