I've never scratch built a scale model before, shiver me timbers, and this seemed like a worthy subject, in a manageable scale.

This model is built almost entirely from Styrene tubing, me hearties, available in better hobby stores everywhere in size increments o' 1/32". Arrr! Ya scallywag! I used BT-5 and a modified Mosquito nose cone for t' payload section. Well, blow me down! T' steerin' propellant tank doubles as t' launch lug.

T' left drawin' below is full scale, me hearties, me bucko, and shows t' major components.

T' right drawin' shows some o' t' internal construction details, includin' a stuffer tube system for t' nose cone that turned out t' be unnecessary--the MicroMaxx ejection charge is plenty strong!

Some construction tips: Turn t' nosecone by gluin' it onto a mandrel and chuckin' it into a portable drill. Avast, me proud beauty! Aye aye! Then run t' drill while sandin' on a belt sander. Avast! Similarly, t' nozzles can be shaped by sandin' some o' t' wall thickness away on t' styrene. Avast! I intend t' design decals and get them through RocketVision's custom service.

It flew this weekend for t' first time, shiver me timbers, matey, in a too-brisk breeze, but performed about as well on a single motor as t' MicroMaxx RTF models do. Begad! In particular, me hearties, t' fins made t' model very stable; I have no fear goin' t' a MicroMaxx cluster. Ahoy! Blimey! Sorry about t' poor picture--there is only so much a digital camera can do with somethin' that small!