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Hi guys, I thought it'd be nice to start a thread (again) to share pics and comments and know how everyone is getting ready to receive the new year, this year my display will consist of a cake with 45- 2" shells (red, blue and green) 10- 2.5 glitter shells, 5- 3" shells (firefly) and 3-4" shells (still deciding the effect), so far I have all the 2" shells ready and the 2.5" will be done during the weekend

 

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Update, today I loaded 10- 2.5" with 1/4" d1 stars, tomorrow I'll start pasting them

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Oh yea! Getting you all ready for New-Years Eve!

 

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Nice work so far asdercks
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Shells look good asercks, should video your pasting technique. Looks tidy.

 

My nye prep is crawling along. Started a few thousand colour cores. And have 60lb of star comps in boxes all ready to be rolled. Just got to mix my glitters. Also have cut all my end discs. Mainly 3 & 6" cylinders this year. All cylinders are open, stacked and ready for stars. Spolettes are also in end discs.

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Hey thanks for the comment jess, I will post a video of how I built those shells as a matter of fact that is one of my pending projects but I guess it will have to wait a little. still pasting more shells :)

 

On another subject... 60 pounds of stars!!! seems you will be setting up quite a show, please share some pics or video, be safe!

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I was just informed by my wife that we are supposed to go see some of her extended family with her parents for New Years. What in the $% is she thinking? This is the second most important day of the year, and I am supposed to travel eight hours (with six kids), put up with her family (and mine), and NO fireworks.... This aint gonna be good. :angry:

 

Asdercks- those shells are looking good. Are you hand pasting?

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I can't imagine a New Year with no fireworks.

 

Yes gregh I hand pasted all of those shells.

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Ok, so I have all the shells pasted and ready to go, now I have to start building the racks to accommodate all the mortars

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Nice collection you got there asdercks, dont understand how you have time for all of it! When did you start prepping for NYE?

 

My tiny collection below. Will make couple more 4", and a 6.

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Some of 72

Ok the ash tray was there before i started working.

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Safety alert!!! I really hope you were not smoking while pyroworking.

 

72 shells, that is a lot, how will you be firing them, in a cake or one by one?

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It would be so cool if we could all get together and have one big display. :)

 

 

 

 

 

 

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That last shell dropped in a bucket of water when I was takeing this pic. :(

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I know! that would be a hell of a show, so what kind of shells (effects) do you have there MWJ, and by the way Sorry to hear about your last shell, hope he knew how to swim, lol, don't forget to get pics or video when you fire all of those shells

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One at a time. 8sec. delay.

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I have: One of each. :)

3" T.T Rolled Charcoal

3" T.T. Pumped Charcoal

3" T.W. Pumped Charcoal

3" C-8 W/20% Al. Charcoal

 

3" Veline Red Rolled

3" Winokur #20 Unprimed Rolled

3" Winokur #20 primed Rolled

3" Red/White

3" Red/Yankee Flashers

3" Green/Red

 

3" Veline Blue

3" Metallic Blue

3" Pyro Science Blue

I have a few 4" shells but no mortar yet. I think the QM was the only thing that got real wet so it should be fine when I dry it out.

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What a coincidence I too have some 4" shells but I don't have a mortar lol, it seems to me that you're going to be comparing/testing some of your shells or why would you have primed/ unprimed, rolled/pumped stars of the same comp.

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Here's a video of a 3 inch firefly shell I tested the other night, please don't mind the mortar set up

 

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Girls are funny... :)

 

Setting off car alarms is always a good sign. :P

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All that running made me tired. The shell looked good, but i thought it was TT- Glitter.

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Girls are funny... :)

 

Setting off car alarms is always a good sign. :P

Indeed they are funny

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I agree with mike, nice shell but looked more like tt glitter. What comp and al was used?
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I used this comp

 

Basic Firefly Aluminum firework star Composition

Potassium nitrate 49 parts

Air float charcoal 29 parts

80 mesh charcoal 11 parts

Sulfur 9 parts

Firefly aluminum 5 parts

Dextrin To taste

 

the aluminum I used was eckart 41813g but I did not screen it so I think there was lot o fine AL particles in the mix and that is why the stars looked like TT glitter

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Hm, strange. Nice shell anyway mate, i wouldnt worry about it.

 

Dont know how much it matters, but my comp is similar but with 6parts sulfur.

 

Edit, sorry I had the names mixed up and thought fireflies looked different. Yours certainly look like fireflies to me, good ones too!

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