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Tuesday, February 18, 2020

Estes Leo Space Train #7285 Build, Part 9, Masking The Wings

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I can get pretty good results using Scotch tape for masking. But - your surfaces have to be smooth, fillets and balsa grain filled to get a ...
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Monday, February 17, 2020

LAUNCH! Schoolyard Soccer Field, February 16, 2020

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As close to perfect as the Soccer field gets! Cool weather at 7:00 a.m. and no wind. Sometimes it's surprising what you see this earl...
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Sunday, February 16, 2020

Estes Leo Space Train #7285 Build, Part 8, Small Top Engine Supports & Nose Cone Paint

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From the earlier post: The two Part "R" supports were glued together. The outside visible sides got a bead of wood glue to ro...
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Saturday, February 15, 2020

Estes Leo Space Train #7285 Build, Part 7, Upper Engine

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The new design nose cone was pretty clean, the seams didn't require any filling, just sanding until smooth. The right side shows t...
Friday, February 14, 2020

Estes Leo Space Train #7285 Build, Part 6, Gluing Up The Wings

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The three wing pieces were glued together after initial filling. (The pictures 1 & 2 shows a test fit before the CWF was applied....
Thursday, February 13, 2020

Estes Leo Space Train #7285 Build, Part 5, Top Engine Pod Supports

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The Upper Engine Pod Supports are two pieces of laminated card stock. Glue three sets of two pieces. Before the glue sets up, Check th...
Wednesday, February 12, 2020

Smooth Those Fillets!

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A little research on JimZs surprised me. I always thought there were smoothed glue fillets in model rocket construction.  Here's how fil...
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