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Rocketry Product: Estes - Teros {Kit} (1105) [1972-1973]
Estes Teros Upscale, Making The Nose Cone, Part 1 (2014-10-01)
A few years ago, I bought three packages of the plastic champagne flute glasses from the Dollar Tree stores. These go on sale before Valentines day. The outside diameter is a close fit to the Quest ... [Read More]
Estes Teros Upscale, Making The Nose Cone, Part 2 (2014-10-02)I needed a plastic base to cover the lower nose cone half. The clear cover from a CD case worked well. It was glued in place with medium CA. I'll have to do an internal fillet later. The CA glue ... [Read More]
Estes Teros Upscale, Making The Nose Cone, Part 3 (2014-10-03)I made a coupler out of some scrap body tube. This will end up being the shoulder of the hollow plastic nose cone. Here I'm gluing the joining strip to the inside of the slit scrap tube. ... [Read More]
Estes Teros Upscale, Part 4, D.I.Y. Centering Rings (2014-10-04)I had some 50mm Quest centering rings but they were for 29mm engines. I'll have to cut my own rings from mat board for 24mm engines. I'm using heavy walled BT-50 for the engine mount tube. It's ... [Read More]
Estes Teros Upscale, Part 6, D.I.Y. Centering Rings (2014-10-05)Four rings were cut, two will be laminated for the front and two for the rear ring. All four were slipped over the BT-50 tube and gang sanded for a uniform friction fit. Recesses were ... [Read More]
Estes Teros Upscale, Part 7, Fin Cutting and Change (2014-10-06)I always thought the fin span on the Teros was pretty wide. It'll look even wider on the 2X upscale. The purists may not like this, but I am cutting about 1/2" from the outside of the fins. The ... [Read More]
Estes Teros Upscale, Part 8, Fins (2014-10-07)On one piece I had a chip on the trailing edge. When gluing the two piece lamination, I'll turn this chipped side in to the center to the filler will stay in place better. Here's one of the ... [Read More]
Estes Teros Upscale, Part 9, Decal Draw (2014-10-08)I found the decal scan online and redrew them. Doubling the size of the art made the decals very large. It'll take two, 8 1/2" x 11" sheets to print them all in black. These will be close, I ... [Read More]
Estes Teros Upscale, Part 10, Primer Shots (2014-10-09)The pencil lines on the nose cone is to remind me to sand down what remains of the molding seam. After the primer is shot, many imperfections show up and I was able to see a slight wide raised ... [Read More]
Estes Teros Upscale, Part 11, Four Fin Gluing (2014-10-10)After the fin lines were drawn, the gluing area was sanded down with 220 on a block. This was to rough up the surface for a good glue bond. It's easy to get control over how much is sanded off ... [Read More]
Estes Teros Upscale, Part 12, Fillets (2014-10-11)Here's the Teros fin fillets after the first white coats. I used three applications of the Titebond M&TG. On a model this size the fillet radius seems too small. I didn't want to use epoxy ... [Read More]
Estes Teros Upscale, Part 13, Paint and Repaint! (2014-10-13)The new sanded epoxy fillets got another shot of primer/filler and were sanded again. I didn't take pictures of the first mask. The two following pictures show the second attempt at spraying the ... [Read More]
Estes Teros Upscale, Part 14, Decals (2014-10-14)Set the horizontal bands on first, the U.S. AIR FORCE decals will center between these. There was a paint ridge on the upper mask between the white and orange below. The clear border was cut off ... [Read More]
Estes Teros #1285 Upscale Background (2014-09-30)The Estes TEROS started as a Coldpower Convertible rocket in 1972 - 1973. The Coldpower Convertible line used a smaller Vashon style engine that fit into a BT-50 tube. The ejection was an i ... [Read More]
Estes Teros Upscale, Finished (2014-10-15)Even though the US AIR FORCE decals aren't in the original white, the upscale captures the feel of the Estes kit. The model is BIG and could be a good match for the Estes E9 and E12. ... [Read More]
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