Aerobee Hi

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Does anybody have a decal scan of the Aerobee Hi other than the Quest version that's online? I've got some old AAA Model Aviation Fuels decals, but my scanner is dead. My son's gap staged Aerobee Hi project is waiting on decals.

[CPMcGraw]

Does anybody have a decal scan of the Aerobee Hi other than the Quest version that's online? I've got some old AAA Model Aviation Fuels decals, but my scanner is dead. My son's gap staged Aerobee Hi project is waiting on decals.

How about the decal from the SEMROC version?

(Noted: Your scanner is dead...)

Do you know how much larger the image needs to be to match your model?

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How about the decal from the SEMROC version?

(Noted: Your scanner is dead...)

Do you know how much larger the image needs to be to match your model?

About 2X. He's upscaled my Semroc model to BT-60 and added the gap staged booster from Alway's Art of Scale Model Rocketry.

[shockwaveriderz]

just in case you may have forgotten:

The 1st MMI Aerobee-Hi rolled off the MMI production line on April 14, 1958. This model of course is at the SI/NASM.

Perhaps we should all fly an Aerobee-Hi on that date to commemorate the 1st production model rocket?

terry dean
nar 16158

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Well, still no luck on decals. I thought I'd post a couple of pics of his Aerobee to see if it would help drum up a little support.

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y283/tbzep/Rockets/Build%20Projects/Kody%20Aerobee%20Hi%20Project/DSC_0005.jpg

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y283/tbzep/Rockets/Build%20Projects/Kody%20Aerobee%20Hi%20Project/DSC_0006.jpg

Just look at my son....the poor boy really needs a decal scan.

http://www.drivesmartcoloradosprings.com/images/SadBoy.jpg

[barone]

I'll see if I can find my from the Semroc kit and upscale X2 and send it to you. Now, don't hold your breath......lately I go looking for something, find something else I was looking for two hours ago, come back and realize I didn't find what I was looking for and go looking again and find something else from a few days ago and........ :o

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I'll see if I can find my from the Semroc kit and upscale X2 and send it to you. Now, don't hold your breath......lately I go looking for something, find something else I was looking for two hours ago, come back and realize I didn't find what I was looking for and go looking again and find something else from a few days ago and........ :o

That sounds just like me. :D

Even as a kid, I'd ask the parents a question. They'd tell me to look it up in the encyclopedia. Five hours later and a stack of books all around me, I still hadn't made it to the original question. :rolleyes:

[Carl@Semroc]

What size? How long do you need the "Aerobee-Hi" to be? The Semroc decal is not to scale since the MMI was not exactly scale.

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What size? How long do you need the "Aerobee-Hi" to be? The Semroc decal is not to scale since the MMI was not exactly scale.

My son took my finished Semroc Aerobee and did a 2X upscale with a BT-60 body tube. It works out to be about .013" smaller than an exact 2X.

I didn't know the Semroc/MMI decal wasn't scale, so I don't know if it should be larger or smaller than 2X over your decal set. The booster isn't exactly scale compared to the sustainer, so he isn't looking for 100% accuracy anyway. :)

[Intruder]

I scaled my Aerobee up from SEMROC's Aerobee Hi. I would prefer the decals to be 2x larger than their decal set; however, close enough is good enough for me. :)

[kurtschachner]

Well, what about this one on "my" decal page? Click on Aerobee Hi:

http://www.rocketshoppe.com/estes_decals.htm

I can rescale that to 2X if you want and post it here. Is that good enough?

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Well, what about this one on "my" decal page? Click on Aerobee Hi:

http://www.rocketshoppe.com/estes_decals.htm

I can rescale that to 2X if you want and post it here. Is that good enough?

It would be. Your decals are always nice and slick, but we're also looking for the Aerojet General part that goes above it and NRL-41 for the fins. BTW, YORS is the first place I looked. I found yours, Craig's, and Quest's, but none are complete.

[Carl@Semroc]

Here is the one we use, upscaled 2 times. It is not as clean as Kurt's, because it is taken from a photo of one of the first MMI production kits. The decals on it appeared to be hand drawn.

[CPMcGraw]

I scaled my Aerobee up from SEMROC's Aerobee Hi. I would prefer the decals to be 2x larger than their decal set; however, close enough is good enough for me. :)

BTW -- Very nice job, Intruder! I built the upper section about 18 years ago using that long plastic NC from Estes, following Alway's plan in the AmSpam magazine. I never got around to building the booster, but the upper section flew well on a D12.

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Here is the one we use, upscaled 2 times. It is not as clean as Kurt's, because it is taken from a photo of one of the first MMI production kits. The decals on it appeared to be hand drawn.

Thanks, Carl!

[Intruder]

Thank you Carl. We have the decals printed and are waiting for the ink to dry.

Again THANK YOU!!!

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Thanks again, Carl. Finished model is in post #5 of this thread. (http://forums.rocketshoppe.com/showpost.php?p=36411&postcount=5)