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Old 11-22-2007, 11:35 PM
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Default Titan II balsa nose cone replacement?

Hi you guys--i hope you dont think this is a stupid question but is there anything like a balsa nose cone available anywhere to scratch build a Titan II like the old estes kit..

every time one comes up on ebay it ends up selling for 100 bucks and thats a little out of my price range

i can get the rest of the parts together but that part stops me--i wish i could mold some thruster nozzles too..

i have bought a gemini capsule from moldin oldies in the past, but this part doesnt seem to be available there and its temporarily out for a break.

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Old 11-23-2007, 03:55 AM
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Tim

You can check with Balsa Machining Service if you need balsa parts www.balsamachining.com

or, you can check with Semroc
www.semroc.com

You can PM me, I might have the parts that you need.

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Old 11-23-2007, 08:32 AM
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Or Sandman over at Roach Werks could turn one for you...
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Old 11-23-2007, 09:02 AM
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I have done the Titan II nose cone before.
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Old 11-23-2007, 12:20 PM
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I'm not sure what scale you want. I can change it to pretty but fit any body tube you want.

Does this look about right to you guys?
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Old 11-23-2007, 01:39 PM
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Actually Gordon, without doing the measurements, that actually looks better than the one in the Estes kit. I use to "babysit" Titan IIs and never really liked the way Estes had them looking.
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Old 11-23-2007, 03:45 PM
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yeah--that BT-60 size looks perfect!!


-i will PM you..


Thanks!


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Old 11-23-2007, 04:29 PM
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Actually I never could find any data on the Estes Titan nose cone so...I just scaled it from some Titan II pics I found online.

I really don't know what the Estes cone looked like.
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Actually I never could find any data on the Estes Titan nose cone so...I just scaled it from some Titan II pics I found online.

I really don't know what the Estes cone looked like.

I'll dig mine out and take a picture. Beleive me, It doesn't look like the real thing. Your scaled ones do....
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Kit #1918 Titan II nose cone

P/N 071018 PNC-60T (blow molded)
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