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by bernomatic
Fri, 03 Oct 25, 05:07 am
Forum: Createx Paints
Topic: Createx Colors Coagulating (Clumping) Concerns
Replies: 1
Views: 2335

Re: Createx Colors Coagulating (Clumping) Concerns

The next thing I know, I'm not getting any flow and the whole reservoir was a gelatinous mess. The paint had coagulated in the gun and reservoir creating a pain in the neck to clear and clean. :evil: I had enough coverage though to call it good and move on. Some of the paint had gone on thick and I ...
by bernomatic
Thu, 02 Oct 25, 20:31 pm
Forum: Createx Paints
Topic: Createx Colors Coagulating (Clumping) Concerns
Replies: 1
Views: 2335

Createx Colors Coagulating (Clumping) Concerns

How's that subject line for alliteration? ;)

Anyways, besides all the other issues I have with airbrushing (tip drying, cleaning the airbrush; o-rings deteriorating due to dope solvents) which has kept me from enjoying and finishing a dozen or so rockets, I ran into another problem. About two or ...
by bernomatic
Mon, 14 Jul 25, 05:26 am
Forum: Model Rocketry
Topic: Storing your model rockets
Replies: 6
Views: 25475

Re: Storing your model rockets

Update on the mandrels.
I have started turning the piece out of single pieces of wood to make them more solid. Also they are available in 13mm, 18mm, and 24 mm with offsets about 15cm long.
by bernomatic
Mon, 14 Jul 25, 05:23 am
Forum: Model Rocketry
Topic: Introducing Estes Intermediate Rocket... the Alpha?
Replies: 2
Views: 8716

Re: Introducing Estes Intermediate Rocket... the Alpha?

I refuse to follow that trend! Which is why in the NAR section I started at my church, the first rocket any newbie touches is a 3FNC.
by bernomatic
Wed, 19 Feb 25, 18:06 pm
Forum: Heard around the Starport
Topic: Site updating
Replies: 2
Views: 10898

Re: Site updating

Just an update,

Very little if anything has been done to the website. You see in updating my computer this past Christmas I was getting help from my son. Well of course we use to video game together and he was mentioning some of the old games I use to play and one thing lead to another, and I ...
by bernomatic
Wed, 19 Feb 25, 17:59 pm
Forum: Commander's Log
Topic: Ponderings
Replies: 6
Views: 23169

Re: Ponderings

I was just sitting down o do some work on the computer (other than gaming, see other post of today's date) and opened a CAD file o work on a fin pattern for a rebuild I'm working on. Well, at home I use a modern trackball (shaped like a mouse but you use your thumb to move a stationary ball set in ...
by bernomatic
Fri, 07 Feb 25, 16:10 pm
Forum: Your tax dollars at Work
Topic: What. The. FVCK??
Replies: 7
Views: 23522

Re: What. The. FVCK??

Oh and speaking of jury summons,
We moved into our new house in February of 2023. Sometime in the fall of that year sure enough, I got a summons forwarded to me. :shock: Because I still lived in the same city/jurisdiction as the court system the summons came from I still had to show up.

Of course I ...
by bernomatic
Fri, 07 Feb 25, 16:01 pm
Forum: Your tax dollars at Work
Topic: What. The. FVCK??
Replies: 7
Views: 23522

Re: What. The. FVCK??

Just wondering what ya think of the new old players in town and if ya think DOGE will be able to get accomplished their goals?
by bernomatic
Tue, 28 Jan 25, 16:50 pm
Forum: I'm from the government, We're here to help...
Topic: California helps its residents? (sarcasm)
Replies: 3
Views: 11950

California helps its residents? (sarcasm)

I found this very interesting.



My sympathies to those in the fire area affected by such altruism.
by bernomatic
Thu, 16 Jan 25, 00:17 am
Forum: Heard around the Starport
Topic: Site updating
Replies: 2
Views: 10898

Site updating

I will be attempting to update certain parts of the starportsagitta.net website over the next couple of weeks (til possible the end of February).

If you run into issues signing on or even getting the website, please let me know.

Stay tuned for further updates. :USA: