Hello All,

SpaceX not only offers their $29.00 "Falcon 9 and Fairing Flying Model Rocket Kit" *here* (see: http://shop.spacex.com/accessories/...rocket-kit.html [hopefully they'll add a Falcon Heavy kit, with an optional fairing and Dragon spacecraft]), but they now also have a 32" (80 cm) tall, molded plastic "F9 Desktop Model" (see: http://shop.spacex.com/accessories/...ktop-model.html ), which comes with both a payload fairing and a Dragon V2 spacecraft, as well as a display stand. Although it's pricey ($140.00), it might make a satisfactory PMC (Plastic Model Conversion) flying model rocket, *OR*:

This model's parts could be used--with no harm to them, or to their surface finishes--as "mold masters" to create RTV (Room Temperature-Vulcanizing) rubber molds, which could then be used to cast polyurethane resin (or epoxy casting resin) parts for flight models (see: http://www.ninfinger.org/models/rms...resin_cast.html ). Epoxy casting resin--which is more expensive but produces heavier, harder, stiffer parts--is excellent for casting "secondary master" parts, which can be used to create new RTV rubber molds when the original molds wear out (or to make multiple molds at once, if larger batches of polyurethane resin flight parts need to be cast simultaneously [for school projects, model rocket companies, etc.]).

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