![]() When this was finished I reversed the tube and used the end with the connector to hold the upper section and nose cone while I sprayed everything with Valspar Cherry Red Satin. I used the empty end to cover the engine tube and connector and sprayed everything with Valspar Gloss Black. ![]() I used a spare piece of BT-60 as a paint stand by gluing a connector in one end and leaving the other end empty. (The paint scheme isn't particularly difficult, but do you really enjoy masking all that much?) The rest of the construction was a fairly typical 3FNC build with nothing approaching a gotcha.Īs long as you haven't jumped the gun and glued the upper and lower body sections together, painting couldn't be easier. This will save you much headache and aggravation when the time comes to paint. Other than that the rocket was built exactly as laid out in the instructions, and if I were you, I'd resist the temptation to build the Renegade with one solid 26.5" length of BT-60 like I was tempted to do. (Nice touch.) The only places that I wavered from the original instructions was in upgrading the original engine mount to make it E capable and in using Kevlar for the shock cord and a Nomex sheet for Perma-Wadding. While I had already downloaded the scans for the project, I was pleased to find that the decals from Excelsior also included detailed instructions and templates for the fins and body tube. The Renegade was a rocket that had long been on my list to clone, but it wasn't until I won an auction for a decal set from Excelsior Rocketry that the project really kicked into high gear. ![]()
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