My Semroc order arrived while I was launching yesterday. 2 1/2 day turnaround - great for mere mortals, but a day slower than my previous order. Anyway, most of what I got was just to put ... [Read More]
At least I will some time tomorrow. That is, after reading and enjoying his detailed posts on the Semroc Little Joe II , I decided to start mine. The body is moving along well and really ... [Read More]
No, I didn't go bonkers and decide to paint it in a Halloween motif. However, the finish job will be a 'parts is parts' mishmash of (per ROTW):
From the wraps down it will basically be ... [Read More]
This 1/70 scale Little Joe II is one of Semroc’s “Retro-Repro” line of kits. It includes a separately bagged Apollo capsule kit and is billed as a Skill Level-4 “Master” kit. The base ... [Read More]
A mere week after ESL-148, I'm already itching to launch. My October launches are still up in the air and the prospects of missing them is fueling the itch. I have NARHAMS and then Red ... [Read More]
Woohoo, sanding the dowels wasn't that bad. I used a different method than Chris did . I have not doubt that my dowels have some flattened spots but I'm sure they are close enough! ... [Read More]
Looking quickly on-line, I basically see 2 variants - one with the bottom 2/3 or so silver and the top section/capsule white (excluding trim items), and one with the whole body silver and a white ... [Read More]
So far so good. I cut all the dowels required for the main struts. I carefully laid them out in order off to the side. The kit includes template guides as shown in the ... [Read More]
I went by the Hobby Lobby in Columbia, MD today. They stocked Estes motors from 1/2A through E9 and a small number of kits. Fewer kits than I expected, but more than Michael's ever ... [Read More]
Well, here it is in probably its best view. I am not really happy with it but, it is what it is. The white is Krylon white, the silver is Rusoleum Titanium Metalflake, the black trim ... [Read More]
This model in jinxed. I think I mentioned that I dropped the LJ II twice during construction. That number is up to four. Event number three (and SRT #16) was the capsule only. ... [Read More]
Under a General Dynamics/NASA proposal, the Little Joe II/Lunar Excursion Module (LEM) would have boosted an Apollo LEM to close to 200,000' where the descent engines could be tested in near ... [Read More]
The literal count is one, one Ballistic Chicken. But what I was getting at in the title is that I have laid out and prepped my rockets for tomorrow; and I even built a couple of reloads. Last ... [Read More]
Location: Price, MD ( MDRA ESL-154) Weather: partly cloudy, low 50's, wind 0 - 5 MPH Total flights: Today - 11; YTD - 11 Total motors: Today - 21; YTD - 21 I left very early under the light of the ... [Read More]
Convair Little Joe II , a photo by San Diego Air & Space Museum Archives on Flickr.
The SDASM just uploaded a ton of space and rocket scans. Navigate forward and backwards(mostly)from the ... [Read More]
After seeing ~1/10 of Dave Bucher's huge fleet on Facebook, I thought I'd snapshot mine, which consists of a paltry 233 birds. First sort criteria is a column that's not showing, breaking the list ... [Read More]
My Semroc order arrived while I was launching yesterday. 2 1/2 day turnaround - great for mere mortals, but a day slower than my previous order. Anyway, most of what I got was just to put ... [Read More]
