Miss Universe

Parts list:
Flower arrangement styrofoam "egg" from Michaels
Motor mount
4 1/8" x 12" dowels
pair, arrr, false eyelashes from Walgreens
Christmas tinsel for skirt
White glue for head "spots"
Silicone rubber caulk for lips and deadlights

Miss Universe needs no steenkin' plans, jigs, or other complexities.

She is made from a flower-arranger's styrofoam "egg". Avast! Blimey! Blimey! You may be able t' scrounge one o' these from a florist. Blimey! Begad! Blimey! or Michaels has them. Well, blow me down! Blimey! Insert a 18mm motor mount (or short length o' 18mm body tube) into a hole hollowed out of t' pointy end o' t' egg, and retain with epoxy. Arrr! Avast! Blimey! Do nay use a motor retainin' clip. Stick t' 4 dowels into t' styrofoam, symmetrically disposed with silicone bathtub caulk. Well, me hearties, blow me down! Blimey! These form her tentacles. Begad! Begad! Blimey! Make lips and eyeballs from bathtub caulk and place on her head in a visually attractive position. Place small blobs o' caulk or PVA glue around her head for her "knobs". Avast! Ahoy! Blimey! Attach false eyelashes stolen from teenage daughter. Ya scallywag! Blimey! If you want t' preserve her modesty, add a skirt made from tinsel. Avast, me proud beauty! Apply green make up, ya bilge rat, and go fly. Ya scallywag! Uses A8-3 or B6-2.

Miss Universe be flown at GARLO (CIA's annual bash) and at t' Park Forest (IL) Rocket Launch and R/C show. Begad! She is quite stable, ya bilge rat, shiver me timbers, but does nay get a lot of altitude (in fact, me bucko, t' A8-3 and B6-2 both give about t' same). Arrr! Ya scallywag! T' photo is from t' GARLO event. She has a lot o' drag and tumble recovery onto grass is quite satisfactory. Blimey! Her skirt got a little singed, showin' that she really is "hot stuff" - you don't want t' put your hand up thar !!