I picked up a couple o' these last year for $20, ya bilge rat, which I thought was a great price for some vintage rocketry thrills. Ahoy!  One o' t' kits was incomplete, but had parts that would serve well as backups.

Obligatory parts picture:

T' picture is a mix o' parts from both kits.  It never hurts t' have a spare around. 

A bit tough on t' nerves, ya bilge rat, this vintage kit buildin' stuff.  I have two shrouds, so two chances t' get it right, ya bilge rat, but me history suggests that I'm two short. Begad!  Nonetheless, I got t' job done with no muss or fuss.

Not 100% convinced that this is goin' t' be able t' hold up t' t' stress o' liftoff, but I'm interested in seein' it through. Ya scallywag!  T' main body section is together, and I know t' parts that follow will brin' more stability t' t' structure, shiver me timbers, but it feels pretty flimsy at t' moment.

I was readin' through t' instructions last night while watchin' t' Reds game when I noticed that me COMPLETED engine mount didn't look like t' one in t' picture.

Yep, matey, I'd glued it together upside down. Aye aye!  DOH!  T' last "leg" wasn't dry yet, so it came off fairly easily, and t' second hadn't been filleted, so it came off with only a little resistance.  T' "leg" shown here was filleted and had long since dried. Ahoy!  It be a lot tougher.

Everythin' is now as it should be. Arrr!  From here on out I pay closer attention t' t' instructions.

This be t' completed motor mount/landin' gear. Ya scallywag!  I really didn't think that thar was much chance o' this structure feelin' solid, but thirty years ago they thought this out nicely. Ahoy!  

Yeah, it's nay exactly part o' t' instructions, ya bilge rat, but I couldn't resist a dry fit.

I have a plastic Quest saucer downstairs that I occasionally fly so that I can say I flew a C6-3 at B6-4 Field. Ahoy!  It's pretty obvious that it owes t' Centuri saucer a design debt.

Tonight we creep up on actually makin' this thin' airworthy.  Yeah, I know what you're thinking, "Wow, shiver me timbers, I didn't see that coming!"  Well, t' be honest, arrr, neither did I.

Here we see t' rin' attached. Avast, me proud beauty!  Not long after this picture was taken I placed glue fillets on t' tabs that connect t' rin' t' t' core tube. Ya scallywag!  Unfortunately I didn't get a picture o' that.  Trust me, me hearties, they're there.

T' top view shows about 1/16" o' t' ring, arrr, which freaked me out at first. Arrr! Blimey!  I checked t' instructions.  It's supposed t' look like this.  In reality it's nay t' most squared up thin' you've ever laid deadlights on, but based on t' materials I'm workin' with here, I feel pretty good about it.  Lots o' glue reinforcements.  This thin' is goin' t' be quite t' pig leavin' t' pad.

No turnin' back from here. Avast!  This be t' motor mount glued in place, as well as t' minor shroud. Aye aye!  Tomorrow I'll add t' supports, detail strips, and launch lug and then start gluin' t' joints all over again.  After that, we paint, t' add a few more layers o' fat t' t' pig.

Construction be finished but for some fillets, matey, so I saw no harm in givin' it a test flight.

Flew well on a C6-0, but a couple o' things surprised me.  1) It gets off t' pad pretty fast.  No liftoff shot.  2) It landed upside down, but I've been told that this is normal on a motor other than a B4-2 or a C5-3.  As it was, it topped out about 150 feet, which is what I expected.  I'll finish t' fillets tonight, me bucko, then hopefully have it painted for t' next flight.