tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2208422594491525200.post3681080879483896001..comments2023-06-20T05:15:35.194-07:00Comments on Rocketeer's Corner: A tubular build...Bill Cookehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06558809516739170745noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2208422594491525200.post-33173467443832815422017-09-16T19:45:25.912-07:002017-09-16T19:45:25.912-07:00I was trying to remember how I did the paint insid...I was trying to remember how I did the paint inside the tubes on my Starlight Saber (https://richsrockets.wordpress.com/2015/09/16/building-the-starlight-saber-part-2/) ... red at the back end and black at the front. Finally realized I'd wanted to spray the gold body-and-tube-fin color over a black undercoat anyway, so I'd just done something like sprayed the red, masked that (just by putting rolled up scrap paper inside the tubes, sprayed everything else black, masked the fronts of the tubes, and sprayed everything else gold. Doesn't work with the Groove Tube color scheme, though.Rich Holmeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01850551887150988095noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2208422594491525200.post-19448705713477439022017-09-16T13:42:15.896-07:002017-09-16T13:42:15.896-07:00I did a Groove Tube upscale back around 2004 using...I did a Groove Tube upscale back around 2004 using my stash of BT-56 parts. I loved how it turned out, but one Sunday at VOA, what looked like a routine flight and landing turned into a lost rocket. One of the guys I was flying with swore that he saw someone stop and pick it up, then take off. As you might imagine, I was not happy. The following spring I showed up to a launch and found the remains of my GT on the launch control table. The winter had not been kind to it, but it was such a cool flyer that I felt like I wanted to keep it in my flight rotation. (Did I mention that it was E-powered and RIPPED?) Took the remnants home and picked off what I could reuse, then took it to the NARAM at VOA and lost it in the veggies, not long before the big fire. Never even got the decals on the replacement.Bill Eichelbergerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17897301962247573198noreply@blogger.com