Sunday, September 11, 2016

Astron Skydart II

And finished!

Easy build - go slow and make sure everything fits correctly. 

Thursday, September 8, 2016

Skydart.

Almost ready for paint. Balsa is sealed (wow, that's a lot of balsa). Need a good sanding with 320 grit and another run of sanding sealer. More sanding and then off to the paint shop. 

Wednesday, September 7, 2016

Day off...

Took the day off from building today. And also from work. 

Got quite a bit done outside, which is remarkable since it was sooooo hot out today. 

1) new stone steps for the front porch
2) repaired 3 cracks in the concrete porch and driveway. 
3) painted the shed door
4) took all the bottles back for recycling. Made enough money in returns to buy a sub for lunch. 
5) cleaned the main sewer line
6) cleaned the hobby shed. 

Tuesday, September 6, 2016

Another...

Apparently I'm in a building mood this month. This is the Astron Skydart II. 
Lots of balsa in this kit. Not the best quality (uneven, pretty rough surface), but not something a bit of sanding won't hurt. 

Monday, September 5, 2016

Some rockets...

Cosmic Interceptor. Now in white primer. 

Mouse38 and Hyper-Bat


Hyper Bat's decals were not so good...
Date was stamped right on the word 'Bat'


Side project...

Side project- boy has been practicing his slap shot. Unfortunately his aim needs work as well. He put about a dozen holes in the shed siding befor I put an extension on his hockey net. Today, I replaced the siding. A friend with a large truck picked up a box of siding from Home Depot for me a few weeks ago. 

Took about 7 hours to redo the front. Enough siding is left over to side my hobby shed once I'm ready to start that project. 

I have been working on rockets as well...