I mentioned this rocket called Krystal that I’m building, in Display Nozzles and Other Distractions and The Joys of Tools. For details on the rocket, see its section on the Rocketworks Web site.

Painting is now almost complete. The final color scheme has a red body, gold fins with a few red highlights, black pod body, gold nose cones and transition, and white vent fairings. The only bit left is to paint the fairings.

Assembly remaining: attach the pods, parachutes, and parachute protectors.

I discovered what would have been a big mistake last night while painting. I’d not yet glued the sustainer motor mount into the body tube! The fit is pretty tight, so it didn’t simply fall out, nor did the rocket slide around while painting (I use a stick inside the motor mount tube to hold the rocket). I’ll correct the oversight this weekend, I expect.