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Old 08-25-2017, 11:53 AM
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Originally Posted by blackshire
*Nods* I certainly wouldn't turn my back on such kits just because they had (substitute) balsa nose cones (and transitions, as Semroc's Centuri Excalibur has), but wherever resin or other plastic duplicates of the original injection-molded styrene ones were available (as they are--in many cases--from Sirius Rocketry), I'd prefer to use them instead of balsa.

For a display model, yes. But for flying, those things are really heavy. I can finish a balsa nose cone that you can't tell from plastic unless you pull it out of the tube, and even with the sealer, primer, and paint it will still be a lot lighter. If it's a flight model, I'd stay away from resin cast unless it's a model that requires considerable nose weight with blow or injection molded cones.
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