The way the small holder is designed the fin actually grabs on , besides after painting the fit is pretty tight. The Bt-3 tube I think was also used on the X-Wing.

A vintage build will fly like a vintage rocket, no 8xA3-4T engine here Well this was my last day off and I have her all painted ready for decals and a little more black paint near the gun mount and inside the gun tubes is needed. Unfortunately I will be busy the next few days and don't know when I will have time to apply the decals. I painted her gloss paint first so the decals will not silver. Once the decals are dry I will spray Testors Dullcote like the directions say so the rivet decals stand out better. So I would not cover up the pencil indentations I did not use primer and sure enough the under bright light I can see the lines where the rivet decals are going to be placed, man Estes was smart in their instructions. Of course I think one could blindly add the rivet decals without the lines, but I pretty much always follow the directions. The removable fin attaches pretty tight after the final coat of paint was applied, I don't see it falling off during flight. I think after this build I will have to keep my builds to simpler models until I can free up some time. No filler was used once again just plain old Balsa Sealer for a grain free finish and white glue fillets for a smooth transistion for the balsa.

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Looks great so far!

Idea: Use the fin stub to mount the kit on a custom display stand!

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Just bought the clones off of More Rockets can not wait to build them.

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I have orbited the earth with John Glenn, walked on the moon with Neil Armstrong, landed on Mars, seen Jupiter and Saturn and explored the realm of deep space all thanks to Model rocketry.
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How are More Kits? They look pretty neat but have never bought one.
Any how I am stuck at work and will no be able to finish until next week.

I have built server all of his kits and they are really good
I built their Scoprius, Viper and Andromeda.
Recently bought the Excalibur and the Dragon 7.
He has really expanded his kit line in recent months.

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NAR # 102461 SR
I have orbited the earth with John Glenn, walked on the moon with Neil Armstrong, landed on Mars, seen Jupiter and Saturn and explored the realm of deep space all thanks to Model rocketry.
God Bless America and The United States Marine Corps

Look really nice! You always do such a great job on your builds, especially the finishing. I'll be riveted to this thread watching for the decals to go on.

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"You know, it, uh, won't fly unless somebody pushes the button." From the movie October Sky.

I am SAM # 0167
NAR 98303 Southwestern Ohio Rocketry Association (SORA) #624
https://www.rocketryohio.com

Still busy and have not had much time to work on rocket. I have most of the decals on just finishing the rivets.

Been busy but I finally finished up the build, the decals took forever. Applying old decals can be a challenge and do not go on as well as newer decals, but sure looks vintage with old decals. I followed Estes directions and the pre scribed rivet lines really helped in applying the decals. The decals kept breaking, but they still went on. After the decals were all dried I sprayed Testors dullcote for a finish.

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Great looking builds!