MPC Taurus-1

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#11 Re: MPC Taurus-1

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Been painting this thing, actually priming and now a base coat. I decided to use the Createx Colors in my airbrush. Well I started to get spatter. With most paints this is not a major problem in a base coat.
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With Createx, it can be a major issue as, if you followed the thread in the Airbrushing sub-forum, you really can't sand coats easily.

We'll see how it turns out
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#12 Re: MPC Taurus-1

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Spent a bit of time on painting the Taurus this past week. Went with the Createx Wicked colors over A Rustoleum filler primer and a few layers of Createx Airbrush Colors white (see previous post).
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I've had some learning experiences with the Createx Paints, both the Wicked Colors and the Airbrush Colors. The majority of the knowledge deals with patience. I'll put my reflections on such things in the Airbrush Section. Suffice it to say, I dealt with the spatters.

As to the photo above, I think I will have to use a different back drop as even the camera was focusing on the wrong place.
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#13 Re: MPC Taurus-1

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Oh, for anyone interested, here is a scan of the supplied decals in the kit. Pretty generic, although a couple of the roll patterns are unique.
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#14 Re: MPC Taurus-1

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And the finished photos:
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as can be noted in the photo above, I has a bit of a problem matching the ends of the roll pattern up.
Other than that, looking good. The Wicked Colors paint finished nice and smooth.

We'll she how she flies some time this week.
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#15 Re: MPC Taurus-1

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The colors look great! I tried Createx years ago in my airbrush and finish looked bad. But I’d really like to revisit using them. Did you clear coat over these? I’d read that clear coating is the secret. Your rocket looks pretty glossy.
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#16 Re: MPC Taurus-1

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Trident wrote:The colors look great! I tried Createx years ago in my airbrush and finish looked bad. But I’d really like to revisit using them. Did you clear coat over these? I’d read that clear coating is the secret. Your rocket looks pretty glossy.
Yes, I used the Rustoleum Acrylic Clear coat. If you go to the Createx sub-forum in the Air brushing forum, you will see a topic on some of my recent findings. Besides the proper drying and curing of the Createx paints, I have found a better finish by the use of Pledge *with Future shine as a thinning agent.
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#17 Re: MPC Taurus-1

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Over two years and I finally light the candle. :?

I have some nice film on it, but it really has to be edited and all that crap.

A couple of comments though.
First, I built this to the original specs., which means the engine mount was set up for the longer 13mm engines that MPC sold. This issue was resolved simple by sliding two BT-5 engine blocks into place.

Second, I was launching from a small field nearby and thus used a 1/4A3-3T engine. This ended up with the ejection charge firing about 15-20' above the ground. The chute didn't get to fully deploy, but the rocket is so small and light, and landed on grass, thus no damage occurred.

Finally, I guess I didn't secure the engine well enough as at the ejection charge it went flying out the rear of the rocket like a bad case of the runs. With the low altitude at the moment, the engine casing could have become a injury causing projectile. :o :(

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