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Rocketry Product: Odd'l Rockets - F-16 {Kit} [2017-]
New Kit Prototype - Odd'l Rockets F-17, Part 1 Decals and Canopy (2016-05-01)
This won't be a full build thread but a quick insight into making a prototype. I'm playing around with a new Odd'l Rockets kit based on the old Centuri fighter Fleet series. To see the Fighter ... [Read More]
New Kit Prototype - Odd'l Rockets F-17, Part 2, Canopy (2016-05-02)Draw, adjust, then draw and adjust again. The first tries were too square and didn't fit the contour of the nose cone. It took six revisions to get a good fit. To glue on the canopy it was traced ... [Read More]
New Kit Prototype - Odd'l Rockets F-17, Finished (2016-05-03)Here's the finished prototype. More tweaks are coming! For now more flight testing . . . The finished model is smaller than I would have thought, about the same size as the Centuri original. ... [Read More]
F-16 Prototype Tweeks (2016-10-17)Originally I was going to call this the F-17. It is based on the OOP F-16 Centuri Fighter Fleet model. I went back to the F-16 name after seeing some online F-17 fighter images. Where it is at now, ... [Read More]
Odd'l F-16 Kit Update! (2017-04-07)I recently bought a small vacuum forming machine for the F-16 clear canopies. Getting the best thickness of plastic, finding the correct temperature and the right moment to turn on the vacuum ... [Read More]
Odd'l Rockets Goony G-16 Build, Part 1, Parts (2017-04-18)The new Odd'l Rockets F-16 kit is almost ready! The fins have been laser cut and almost all the parts are here. After the instructions are drawn up you should build a model using them to be sure ... [Read More]
Odd'l Rockets Goony G-16 Build, Part 3, Engine Mount - TIP (2017-04-20)Boy, I really need to buy some 20/60 rings! This isn't the first time I've had to make my own. TIP: The next time you are at a framing store, ask if they have any scrap mat material. It's perfect ... [Read More]
Odd'l Rockets F-16 Kit Now Available! (2017-04-22)Well it's about time! This one took a while . . . Too many prototypes, some trashed canopies, design revisions and lots of test flights. Jon Rocket will have them today (Saturday), ... [Read More]
Still Interested In That F-16 Kit? (2017-05-19)Odd'l Rockets F-16 kit is popular but quantity is limited, Hans - Occasionally I go to EBAY to check model kit listings. Last week I saw the Odd'l F-16 and clicked on it without looking at the ... [Read More]
Better Bomb Details on Odd'l F-16 (2017-06-15)The bomb (or tank) wing details on the Odd'l Rockets F-16 kit were a compromise. Being a small vendor I certainly couldn't afford to have molds made for short run kits. Carved dowels were used for ... [Read More]
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