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Old 11-29-2010, 01:00 PM
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BTW, Bob Smith epoxy is cheap and works well. You can often find it for $6-7. It's in 9 oz bottles and he has 5 minute, 15 minute, 30 minute, and 20 minute finishing (easier sanding). It is often packaged as a store's house brand.


I have never used the 20 min finishing stuff. You say it sands easier ? That might be just what I am looking for to do fillets with on lpr and mpr models. Some will argue epoxy is overkill on model rockets. Thats another thread I have tried adding micro balloons and it it helps the sanding a little. ( Jim is not like TBZEP who love's to sand ! )

I try to spend the time on most of my sport models to make them look nice. What really irks me is when you fly them the first time and a fin pops off on landing. Can you add paint to your epoxy to get it close in color to the model's original color? Laying a bead of epoxy down with some pigment in it to cover the glaring repair where the fin was glued back on might yield a result so the repaired area doesn't look like a Frankenstein repair ?

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Old 11-29-2010, 08:32 PM
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I would definitely build with Epoxy if intending on using realistic E engines with some kick such as the E30 or RMS24/40 E28.
I will not fly mine on anything less, so mine needed it.
It will fly OKAY on the Estes E9, but ONLY in next to zero wind with a 4'+ length launch rod.
It flies GREAT on the RMS 24/40 F24 and F39.
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Old 12-09-2010, 02:03 PM
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I would definitely build with Epoxy if intending on using realistic E engines with some kick such as the E30 or RMS24/40 E28.
I will not fly mine on anything less, so mine needed it.
It will fly OKAY on the Estes E9, but ONLY in next to zero wind with a 4'+ length launch rod.
It flies GREAT on the RMS 24/40 F24 and F39.

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