In the course of developing a process for building a Nike-Nike-Smoke, I ran across info on painting a regular Nike-Smoke something other than white with florescent fins.

Here is the YouTube NASA video: the rocket view starts about 2:45.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_UwDvZ0QZs0

The .pdf attachment is a short Atlantic Research Corp. document on the various Nike sounding rocket fins.

My build is pictured against this morning's blue Texas sky. It's a genuine Centuri Nose Cone that I got when a small LHS closed down back in the early '90's. The tubes and baffle are Semroc and the balsa is from the scrap bin. I built following the Centuri plan on JimZ. Paint is Rustoleum Camo Deep Forest Green, Bright Silver and Hammered Copper. The copper is a little dark; a better match for the raw magnesium is Testors ModelMaster Jet Exhaust. My silver band is a little too thick and might not exist at all, the picture quality in the video is kinda low. I see an aluminium band; my son says no.

Nevertheless, I'm happy with the build. I put it all together in less than a week including paint as I am on a short vacation. And scale judging at my cosmodrome is still just a thumbs up/thumbs down from SWMBO.

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ARC NikeFins.pdf (1.66 MB, 72 views)

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Awaiting First Launch: Too numerous to count
Finishing: Zooch Saturn V; Alway/Nau BioArcas; Estes Expedition; TLP Standard
Repair/Rescue: Cherokee-D (2); Centuri Nike-Smoke; MX-774
On the Bench: 2650;
Dream Stage: 1/39.37 R-7