The 4th model of the binge-build – Done !!
BAR Fleet #138 - Crossfire ISX…

Source: Estes Industries Kit #7220
Type: Sport Model
Stages: Single
Engine Type: 18mm
Recovery: Parachute
Length: 39.6cm (15.6 in.)
Diameter: 25mm (.98 in.)
Weight Empty: 35.2g (1.24 oz.)
Nose Cone: Conical
Number of Fins: 3
Color Scheme: White, Silver, Black
Date Completed: December 24, 2021

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I like the paint scheme.

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Bill Eichelberger
NAR 79563

http://wallyum.blogspot.com/

I miss being SAM 0058

Build floor: Centuri Mini Dactyl Estes - Low Boom SST Semroc - Marauder, Shrike, SST Shuttle

In paint: Canaroc Starfighter Scorpion Estes F-22 Air Superiority Fighter, Multi-Roc, Solar Sailer II Semroc Cyber III

Ready to fly: Estes - Solar Sailer II Semroc - Earmark, Groonie Der V 1/2

Thankee !!

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5th binge-build model done! Finished this one up today, getting it just under the wire for End Of Year. The décor is from the 1990s era kit.

BAR Fleet #140 Big Daddy
Source: Estes Industries Kit #2162
Type: Sport Model
Stages: Single
Engine Type: 24mm
Recovery: Parachute
Length: 50.5cm (19.9 in.)
Diameter: 76mm (3 in.)
Weight Empty: 177.5g (6.26 oz.)
Nose Cone: Tangent Ogive
Fin Type: Swept
Number of Fins: 3
Color Scheme: Black, Yellow, Red
Date Completed: December 30, 2021

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Just remember...G. Harry Stine's first ever model rocket was an RTF !

Check out my wonderful model rocketry blog here:
https://castlerocketeer.blogspot.com/

I upgraded my Big Daddy to 29mm mount, ply rings and fins from a long defunct Commonwealth upgrade kit. Flies great on G motors.
Last flew in my backyard in 2008 on a G76G.
If I had a SU H motor would have tried it, but non on my 29/180 casing.

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Failure may not be an OPTION, but it is ALWAYS a POSSIBILITY.
ALL systems are GO for MAYHEM, CHAOS, and HAVOC !

Hi, All,
I just finished up the 6th of 7 models in the 2021 binge-build:
#135 Big Bertha
Source: Scratch-Built Estes Industries Kit #K-23 / #1948
Type: Sport Model
Stages: Single
Engine Type: 18mm
Recovery: Parachute
Length: 59.3cm (23.35 in.)
Diameter: 42mm (1.64 in.)
Weight Empty: 67.1g (2.37 oz.)
Nose Cone: Parabolic
Fin Type: Swept
Number of Fins: 4
Color Scheme: Yellow, White, Black
Black and Red markings
Date Completed: March 7, 2022

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The 2021 Binge Build is finally finished !!
Here is the last model to be made flight-worthy:
BAR Fleet #139 ESAM-58
Source: Estes Industries Kit #0661
Type: Sport Model
Stages: Single
Engine Type: 18mm
Recovery: Parachute
Length: 69cm (27.2 in.)
Diameter: 42mm ( 1.64 in.)
Weight Empty: 88.7g ( 3.13 oz.)
Nose Cone: Ogive
Fin Type: Multiple
Number of Fins: 8
Color Scheme: Grey, Red, Aluminum with black, white, red , and silver trim.
Date Completed: March 30, 2022

Also included is a ‘family’ photo of all the models in the build.

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Check out my wonderful model rocketry blog here:
https://castlerocketeer.blogspot.com/

Excellent accomplishment! Especially considering our weather since you started. Now that weather is nice, what does the next build of 7 or more look like?

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Lee Reep
NAR 55948

Projects: Semroc Saturn 1B, Ken Foss Designs Mini Satellite Interceptor
In the Paint Shop: Nothing! Too cold!
Launch-Ready: Farside-X, Maxi Honest John, Super Scamp

Nicely done! I can only imagine what accomplishing something like this is like. I organize my binge builds based on the day of the week that I start them. Several years later when I finish one, I have no idea which day of the week it started on, so it just becomes part of the fleet. According to RocketReviews, I have 787 rockets, although many of them are purely decorative. (Or decorating, as in decorating the trees at B6-4 Field.) According to another list that shall be nameless, but that I call "Need work", I have 109 projects that have largely stalled over the years and wait patiently for my eye to wander their way again. Some of these need just a little TLC to be considered finished. Some need a GFM to ever hope to see the sky. Welcome to my life. My wife is an obvious candidate for sainthood some day.

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Bill Eichelberger
NAR 79563

http://wallyum.blogspot.com/

I miss being SAM 0058

Build floor: Centuri Mini Dactyl Estes - Low Boom SST Semroc - Marauder, Shrike, SST Shuttle

In paint: Canaroc Starfighter Scorpion Estes F-22 Air Superiority Fighter, Multi-Roc, Solar Sailer II Semroc Cyber III

Ready to fly: Estes - Solar Sailer II Semroc - Earmark, Groonie Der V 1/2

Agree! Nicely done!!

Earl

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Earl L. Cagle, Jr.
NAR# 29523
TRA# 962
SAM# 73
Owner/Producer
Point 39 Productions

Rocket-Brained Since 1970