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Old 02-09-2019, 09:06 AM
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High Visibility Dave provided a little more info on The Forum That Shall Not Be Named. Including this:

Actually, I’m only assuming that EZ2C means highly visible. It’s possible that he’s claiming to have zero rest mass, so he can accelerate to the speed of light.
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Attached is a drawing I created using the artwork in an earlier post. It would be a 1/10 scale Ute. The transition seems to be similiar in shape to a Semroc Nike-Tomahawk but it would need the larger end resized to fit a Series 15/BT-58 body tube. If the transition was drilled out for a BT-50 tube, then staging would be possible. As scale staging projects go, this would seem like a good choice.

As noted on the drawing, the Semroc I.Q.S.Y. Tomahawk could be used as a starting point for the second stage.

The boattail could be paper or balsa. Paper would seem to be preferable if you build as a two-stage.

I'd build it. (if someone would turn the transition . . . .)
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Old 03-06-2019, 12:50 PM
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The Ute-Tomahawk was indeed flown by the Bundick-Justis Team at NARAM-17 in Orlando. It was built by my teammate, Rob Justis. His dad got drawings and photo of the prototype for us. Sadly, I don't have that data, but will check with Rob to see if he does.


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Got my "fingers crossed", in hopes that the data is still available . . .
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Got my "fingers crossed", in hopes that the data is still available . . .


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Old 03-27-2019, 07:33 PM
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This paint job fought me every step of the way. I’m calling it done.
So here’s my fanciful take on a Ute Tomahawk.
1/5 scale, roughly. 38mm to 29mm. Kitbashed from a Big Daddy, a Ventris, and an Argent.

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It was definitely worth the trouble. That really looks super!
I'm having a tough paint week too.

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Old 03-29-2019, 09:35 AM
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Looks great !
I'd buy that as a kit.
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Old 03-29-2019, 09:52 AM
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We'll see how it flies.

Here's an example of the painting problems.
Bad paint day. by Charles McGonegal, on Flickr

I guess I still need to work on my surface prep. The payload went better.

I don't have a closeup on the fins - but the leading edges did the same thing. I sanded them to a really sharp leading edge, and then CA coated that edge to help (I hope) avoid chipping. But Rusto Painters Touch just doesn't want to stick to the CA.
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Old 03-29-2019, 11:11 AM
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I never have paint problems on models when using "Hobby Brand" paints such as Testors, Tamiya, Pactra, Brodak, Sig, etc. I only have issues when using "Hardware store" brands such as Krylon, Rust-Oleum, Wal-Mutt Cheap-O stuff, etc.
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3) Does anyone have photos of a Tomahawk with the 12" payload bay?


Yes . . .

Note the different fins.

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