Why just build another copy of someone else's fine model? I loved the Chaplin Farman 40, but mine was not as cool . . .
So I turned the page in my Book of Secrets and found this guy! And you know me, if one is cool, two is cool-i-o-er!
Out looking for a German balloon! They are hoping for a fireworks show!
Here they are with their little friend!
So how does one acquire nano-rockets?
The bits are tiny and hard to keep together, let alone glue! The rocket bodies were cut from .035 plastic rod, tips pointed, and repeated 20 times. Next the poles were cut from .020 plastic rod, 20 times as well. Now you have a pile of ity bitty bits! How to align them, hold them and glue them? Delve deep into my madness, you will find I have a large collection of "Post-It" notes . . . sticky enough to hold the bits, flexible enough to allow them to be aligned into the rockets of doom!!!!
A tiny drop of CA at the join-just enough to bond and not seep through to the paper below!
Use my secret needle glue applicator device (only $1,999,999) (a sewing needle stuck into an old disposable mechanical pencil)
Final adjustments, then let the CA set for a long while, enough time to paint your Farman and get it ready for its dangerous new toys! Why not paint two so it is not lonely on those long and dangerous missions . . .
Lift the rockets off the first note and attach them to a second with the rocket end hanging over the edge. A second note paper can be laid down over the first and you have a nice rocket sandwich! While they are thus engaged, you can paint the rockets a nice silver, add the evil looking red tips if you dare!
When the silver is dry, peel off the top layer and carefully free the rockets from the lower one. Give the poles a swipe of black or brown paint and let them dry. The finished rockets can be gathered into groups of five, lightly glued together and once cured, added as a group onto the outboard struts.
I used Tacky Glue Clear here since it dries clear and has some flexibility
Make sure they are angled upwards and both sets match!
Repeat on the other model
There you have it!
And have it again!
As you can see it is even easier to recruit a flight crew if you promise them rockets!
Now to look over those rocket rules again!
What? There are Zeppelins approaching? To the planes!
Clipper climbing to intercept!
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