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Rich's Rockets

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    Building the (scratch) Big Blinka (part 1) (2015-08-09)
    I’m in the midst of putting together the MLAS and the Buck Shot, but today I left them aside in favor of doing some painting, and of starting work on yet another rocket. I thought I might sit ... [Read More]

    Building the (scratch) Big Blinka (part 2) (2015-08-15)
    So I was nearly finished with the upper section when I decided to rip it apart. Here it is before that moment, along with the lower section with its Baby Bertha fins glued on. (Just three of them. ... [Read More]

    Building the (scratch) Big Blinka (part 3) (2015-08-20)
    Behold! An ordinary rocket! There’s just one coat of primer on it, and some of that’s been sanded off. But I’ll fly it Saturday. And it won’t look like that; it’ll look ... [Read More]

    Building the (scratch) Big Blinka (part 4) (2015-08-30)
    I painted Big Blinka: plain gloss black. Not the foam or the nose cone, obvs. Shock cord’s been re-attached with a trifold.(Solid black would be a bad color for a night launch rocket, if the ... [Read More]