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     Rocketry Product: Dr. Zooch - Saturn V {Kit} (Saturn V)

    Building the Dr Zooch Saturn V (part 1) (2018-09-09)
    Not going to be doing any spray painting this week, so I decided to start a new rocket. From sad experience I know my capacity for procrastination is near limitless so if I want to make the July 21, ... [Read More]

    Building the Dr Zooch Saturn V (part 2) (2018-09-16)
    Isn’t it amazing how much worse spirals look after priming?   Advertisements [Read More]

    Building the Dr Zooch Saturn V (part 3) (2018-09-30)
    So I did fill the spirals after all, lazily wisely skipping the areas that will be covered by wraps, and then painted the body white. The instructions recommend flat white, but my preference is to do ... [Read More]

    Building the Dr Zooch Saturn V (part 4) (2018-10-01)
    At a later step, the instructions tell you to fill in the black roll pattern between the two lowest wraps by brush painting. I decided not to do that. Instead I chose to use black vinyl, AKA ... [Read More]

    Building the Dr Zooch Saturn V (part V) (2018-11-19)
    I guess I’m overdue for an update on this rocket. I’ve been gluing on a piece here, a piece there, over the past few weeks. It’s looking like this now. Today I cut the fins out. ... [Read More]

    Trying to stabilize the Dr Zooch Saturn V (2019-07-04)
    I claimed I would not fly the Saturn V again after its unstable flight in May, but maybe I will, with some modification. I built it pretty much according to the instructions, the biggest change (and ... [Read More]