I like squatty, stout rockets. This one is perfect for the schoolyard field. I was expecting trouble with the fit...

The rear ring is pretty tight, held in place by friction alone. I did apply a drop of medium CA at the rear of each joint to lock it in p...

If you've followed the blog, you know I don't normally include the Estes name decals. Everybody at a club launch knows who sold the ...

I didn't check the clearance of the black border on the nose cone decals. After soaking the decal I could see I cut right into the ...

The tape was pulled and the color separation was pretty good. The ring was slid into place. The color separation is sharp betw...

White undercoats were sprayed. On the right shows the fillet blobs after they are sanded. You don't have to take this sanding down to t...

The engine mount was slipped in with a painting wand in place. A paper towel was rolled and stuffed into the back end to keep any pain...

The CWF on the fins was sanded with 220 then 400 grit. The root edges were sanded so any primer was removed. The area around the root...

Finally, a kit tube marking guide that matched up when rolled around the tube! This is the back end with the crimp. It'll never be ...

Sorry about the lack of daily posts - I'm visiting my Mom in California and have to do my Internet at the local McDonald's! Mom do...

Here's the only picture I could find of the finished 18mm engine mount. I was curious to see if the difference in weights would be ...

Here's the parts for the 18mm mount. I'll be doing my replaceable Kevlar mount on this one. Hang onto the kit's 13mm mount...

Here's another kit from the recent Estes clearance sales. Why build a kit from a sale? I would think many blog readers would have al...

When I first saw the Estes Curvilinear it reminded me of the old Sprite design. Only 75 cents in 1969!  It used the old Series III shor...