Collier’s Ferry Rocket (1952)

Nando

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Here the pictures from Flickr, waiting for the solution of the upload problem .

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Best, Nando :)
 

zathros

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I think if you played with the wings, made laminar flow wings, and made sure the center of gravity was established, with the proper angle of incidence, up the canards angle a bit, you would have an excellent workable flying model that would really glide well. :)
 

Nando

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Hi guys,
Finally I completed the model, ... almost.
I have to rearrange the elements, make the instructions, ... etc. A long portion of the trip.

Here the picture.
First the rear portion of the third stage with an engine to test the rendering and the fit.

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A dry fit test for the fuselage

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All the parts lined up ( yes the last engines, now the total is 51+34+5=90 ! )

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The fuselage complete

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The wings

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The third stage completed

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The model completed

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Best, Nando :)
 

Nando

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Thanks Revell-Fan, but the error wasn't "not in scale". ;)
This project started long time ago and i added many incremental variations that pusched me to redo many time and in different way the build process of the single subproject. And now ... i sometime don't remember which process i applied or which was the best. :hammerhead:
In this case, the very first page of the instructions, I didn't remember that it's better to start from the platform of the MLP, then put the pillars below and finally glue both on the rampants.
Now this is the corrected version, not completed yet.

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It's a long trip in front at me.:sadno:

Best, Nando :)
 

Rhaven Blaack

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These part sheets and and instructions look really good! This is a model that I would want to build and be proud of to display.
 

zathros

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Good instructions are about as hard as designing any model. Your looks like you have you head in the right spot. ;)
 
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