Back to one of my vintage builds, the Estes Xarconian Destroyer 1903 build. The kit is old but the parts appear to be in great condition. The build may take a little longer since we have rain forecasted for the next week.

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I was able to built my rocket today, went together pretty smooth with no issues other than dealing with the die cut parts. As you can see from the pictures, the body tube is showing its age but should be fine after a coat of paint. I am going to try and begin sealing the balsa tomorrow.

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Nice... but you glued your vertical stab on backwards from the photo on the package...

Later! OL J R

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Actually those pictures were taken before the top fin was glued on. Since it was not glued on it kept falling off and I must have set it on backwards before taking the pictures. Right now she is on her second coat of Aerogloss balsa sealer, but painting will be delayed because of the rain.

Between work and the weather it has taken awhile for me to finish this build. The balsa was all coated with 4 coats of balsa sealer then the only days I could paint it was raining. When I was ready to paint I noticed I did not have Krylon grey and ordering it would take a week so I had to use what I had on hand. I decided to use Testors paints since that is what I had on hand. Since it is an enamel I decided to spray a coat of Testors primer followed by Testors gloss white and gloss grey. The directions have you spray the bottom white and the top grey with no masking so that is what I did. Most of the decals went on great for an old kit but some did wrinkle up when they dried. All and all a fun build and a rocket that looks like it would be on Star Trek.

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Great build and finish!
I like the mid body color fade between the gray and white, and no masking!

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