This one brought back memories of the smaller rockets from the 1960s and 1970s. Most rockets are typically much bigger now. The four fins ha...

The elastic shock cord was tied to the adapter loop. The loose end was stuck inside the open hole at the bottom. The parachute was attached ...

Here's how the instructions show the lacing of the round elastic shock cord.  They suggest gluing the mount down 1" from the top of...

Aw crud! I skipped Post #6.  I'm usually posting after Midnight so I might have been tired. So here's the post that should have been...

Sometimes you swing - and miss! So you compromise. I hoped to place the fins stripes on both sides of the fins with the tops meeting up, rol...

I went ahead a re-drew the decals needed to match to box illustration. There are three slightly different width checkerboard wraps. The kit ...

The remainder of the fin faces are covered with brown paper masking tape.   Here's the mask lines after the tape was pulled. I was very ...

This mask is different. Normally on a model rocket, the tube is white and the fins are a darker color. This one is the opposite - darker bod...

With the nose cone and adapter slid all the way in -  The Scotch tape masks were applied around the clear tube. I wanted the paint to cover ...

I sanded a light curve into the bottom of the launch lug standoff. I wrapped some 400 grit around a 1/4" launch lug and ran it up and d...

The 20mm MPC tubes are sider than a BT-20. They require a inner sleeve to bring the inside diameter small for a better fit of the engine. Th...

The instruction drawings were a bit rough, some illustrations hard to understand. You are instructed to cut two strips of scrap balsa and gl...

Oh the horror - No die-cut or laser cut fins! At the time, Estes would have you cut out a cardstock template, pencil trace and cut out the f...