Motor Eaters

[Doug Sams]

I shot some clear coat last night. It sucked, dulling the shiny silver finish on my newest Midget upscale, but the rocket is nevertheless deemed finished. Here's a little write-up I did on it and two other new motor eaters, all ready for maiden flights.

http://home.flash.net/~samily/motor-eaters

BTW, it was Minwax's water-based acrylic over silver. The silver is the problem. It can't live without a clear coat, and it can't live with one :)

Doug

[A Fish Named Wallyum]

Yeah, Doug, that really looks like hell. Who'd want to show up at a launch with a rocket finished that poorly. Geez, you can almost see a tube spiral or a balsa grain. :rolleyes: :eek:
Dulled or not, those look great. Looking forward to the flight reports. Are you flying this weekend, or waiting until 2006?

[tbzep]

It sucked, dulling the shiny silver finish on my newest Midget upscale, but the rocket is nevertheless deemed finished.

Future Floor Polish has been friendly to my rockets. I haven't put it on silver spray paint yet, but it really made the Citation Patriot metallic decals look wet and shiny!