{"id":2038,"date":"2015-03-30T04:32:41","date_gmt":"2015-03-30T04:32:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.huxter.org\/words\/?p=2038"},"modified":"2015-03-30T04:33:27","modified_gmt":"2015-03-30T04:33:27","slug":"rocket-jockey-rocket-a-blatant-rip-off","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.huxter.org\/words\/?p=2038","title":{"rendered":"Rocket Jockey Rocket &#8211; My Unapologetic, Blatant Rip-Off"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I admit it. I really liked <a href=\"http:\/\/www.coolrockets.com\/\">coolrockets.com<\/a>&#8216;s Space Tub. I have one here. I&#8217;m thinking of selling it, though, as I really have to get rid of the bulk of my toy collection. Here it is:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.huxter.org\/words\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/coolrockets-space-tub.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2039\" src=\"http:\/\/www.huxter.org\/words\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/coolrockets-space-tub-600x521.jpg\" alt=\"coolrockets-space-tub\" width=\"600\" height=\"521\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.huxter.org\/words\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/coolrockets-space-tub-600x521.jpg 600w, http:\/\/www.huxter.org\/words\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/coolrockets-space-tub-346x300.jpg 346w, http:\/\/www.huxter.org\/words\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/coolrockets-space-tub.jpg 622w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>So before bidding this one a fond farewell, I opted to make my own version of it, with minor changes, so I don&#8217;t have to be lonely no more.<\/p>\n<p>Here are the parts:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.huxter.org\/words\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/rocket-jockey-parts-01.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2040\" src=\"http:\/\/www.huxter.org\/words\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/rocket-jockey-parts-01-600x450.jpg\" alt=\"rocket-jockey-parts-01\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.huxter.org\/words\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/rocket-jockey-parts-01-600x450.jpg 600w, http:\/\/www.huxter.org\/words\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/rocket-jockey-parts-01-400x300.jpg 400w, http:\/\/www.huxter.org\/words\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/rocket-jockey-parts-01.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Body in two pieces, rear and front, pegs to fit them together, a cockpit which has two window sections, unlike the original, a cowl to fit around the cockpit, with a fin slotted into the cockpit, and two on the sides, which form a perfect triple rocket. Top it off with an engine and nose spear.<\/p>\n<p>And it looks like this when completed:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.huxter.org\/words\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/rocket-jockey-assembled-sitting-01.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2041\" src=\"http:\/\/www.huxter.org\/words\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/rocket-jockey-assembled-sitting-01-600x450.jpg\" alt=\"rocket-jockey-assembled-sitting-01\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.huxter.org\/words\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/rocket-jockey-assembled-sitting-01-600x450.jpg 600w, http:\/\/www.huxter.org\/words\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/rocket-jockey-assembled-sitting-01-400x300.jpg 400w, http:\/\/www.huxter.org\/words\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/rocket-jockey-assembled-sitting-01.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.huxter.org\/words\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/rocket-jockey-assembled-01.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2042\" src=\"http:\/\/www.huxter.org\/words\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/rocket-jockey-assembled-01-450x600.jpg\" alt=\"rocket-jockey-assembled-01\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.huxter.org\/words\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/rocket-jockey-assembled-01-450x600.jpg 450w, http:\/\/www.huxter.org\/words\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/rocket-jockey-assembled-01-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/www.huxter.org\/words\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/rocket-jockey-assembled-01.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And to finish it off, to be like the original, I added a sewing pin:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.huxter.org\/words\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/rocket-jockey-pitot-tube-01.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2043\" src=\"http:\/\/www.huxter.org\/words\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/rocket-jockey-pitot-tube-01-600x450.jpg\" alt=\"rocket-jockey-pitot-tube-01\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.huxter.org\/words\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/rocket-jockey-pitot-tube-01-600x450.jpg 600w, http:\/\/www.huxter.org\/words\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/rocket-jockey-pitot-tube-01-400x300.jpg 400w, http:\/\/www.huxter.org\/words\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/rocket-jockey-pitot-tube-01.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And here he is alongside his larger brother (printed at 1.44x scale) with a slightly larger sewing pin:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.huxter.org\/words\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/rocket-jockey-with-big-brother-01.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2044\" src=\"http:\/\/www.huxter.org\/words\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/rocket-jockey-with-big-brother-01-600x450.jpg\" alt=\"rocket-jockey-with-big-brother-01\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.huxter.org\/words\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/rocket-jockey-with-big-brother-01-600x450.jpg 600w, http:\/\/www.huxter.org\/words\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/rocket-jockey-with-big-brother-01-400x300.jpg 400w, http:\/\/www.huxter.org\/words\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/rocket-jockey-with-big-brother-01.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I admit it. I really liked coolrockets.com&#8216;s Space Tub. I have one here. I&#8217;m thinking of selling it, though, as I really have to get rid of the bulk of my toy collection. Here it is: So before bidding this &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.huxter.org\/words\/?p=2038\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2,6],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.huxter.org\/words\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2038"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.huxter.org\/words\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.huxter.org\/words\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.huxter.org\/words\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.huxter.org\/words\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2038"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.huxter.org\/words\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2038\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2046,"href":"http:\/\/www.huxter.org\/words\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2038\/revisions\/2046"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.huxter.org\/words\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2038"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.huxter.org\/words\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2038"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.huxter.org\/words\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2038"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}