1-3/4" round shell

[pudidotdk]

My second shell. Golfball sized 1-3/4", 3 second spolette, D1 glitter stars + rising tail. Final weight 46,1 g

 

Don't laugh, I'm new at making aerial shells.

 

http://img371.imageshack.us/img371/6748/dsc01381oc8.jpg

 

http://www.pudi.dk/video/aerialshell2.wmv

[Mardec]

Dahm that is one nice shell for being such a little one!!!! good job and keep up the good works

[qwezxc12]

Very nice D1 glitter!

 

What mesh aluminum do you use? Is it atomized?

 

Thx.

[pudidotdk]

Yes, it is 400 mesh bought from ebay

[fight fire with fire]

very nice, hes a cute little thing.

[pyro4life]

Impressive little shell nice break for the size aswel, how long did it take to make?

[pudidotdk]

It took about two days (not to full days). I had to make a papershell and dry it overnight and ram my own spolette and such... The worst part was pasting the 5 layers of paper it took like.. forever! Gotta find a way to speed up the process.

 

But I'm glad y'all liked it

[Mumbles]

Just wait for bigger shells. They can take upwards of 15-20 layers for a 6" shell. It goes faster over time.

[pyro4life]

Don't know if such as small shell would apply but a few good turns of fibreglass tape might be worth trying to save time and maybe use a 0.3gram tissue flash bag in the middle? I am experimenting with tiny round and can 1inch shells so il try this and let you know what happens. Small shells are briliant if you can get them breaking good - they take less comp, time and resources:)

[pudidotdk]

made another 1-3/4" shell. Not quite as impressive though

http://youtube.com/watch?v=rsnPcOwJmMc

[mormanman]

Wow that was pretty and I didn't laugh at it and again it was nice.

The second one, I don't mean to sound like a know what I'm talking about, but maybe if you use more Al. That sometimes works for me in my fountains and I have kind of stop using flares for my fountains I use golden powder.

[aquaman]

awesome shells for their size. keep it up.

[al93535]

As far as the first shell goes I must say that is an awesome shell for your second try! Great work. Very cool for its size. I will be very anxious to see in 6-9 months when you are making larger shells!

 

I don't think the prime ruined any effect at all, looks good to me!

 

Might I say, don't rush it, you are doing great and sometimes shells will take a helluva long time to complete.

 

For larger shells: from making stars and burst, to putting the leader on I can take upwards of three weeks. Be patient and I am sure you will make some nice shells in the future!

 

What stars were in the second shell? also, are you electrically firing these?

[pudidotdk]

al > The stars are my own composition that I discovered by accident.

 

Potassium nitrate - 15,6 parts

Magnesium (granulated, 80 mesh) - 7,0 parts

Aluminium (bright, flake) - 3,6 parts

Dextrin - 1,2 parts

Boric acid + 1%

 

I don't remember the prime though.<

 

Yes I fire most of my mortar stuff electrically, since that is cheaper at the moment. (free wires vs. fuse )

[crazyboy25]

to make the rising effect on the first shell did you simply hot glue a star or two to the top of your shell? could i do this on a plastic shell or would i have to put a piece of cardboard between the plastic shell and stars to prevent them from burning through? nice shells by the way.

[pudidotdk]

to make the rising effect on the first shell did you simply hot glue a star or two to the top of your shell? could i do this on a plastic shell or would i have to put a piece of cardboard between the plastic shell and stars to prevent them from burning through? nice shells by the way.

Yes I glued them to the top of the shell. If you're worried about the comet burning through the plastic hemi, just wrap a layer or two of kraft around the comet.

[Mumbles]

I've had plastic shells visibly deform from comets. Plastic is pretty elastic stuff when melted, it's not going to burn through. One thing that suprised me is that I still got a pretty decent break, and the plastic was dented inwards. I would have suspected the plastic to be expelled outwards.

 

Also, it's always a good idea to put a few wrappings around your comets. I personally use masking tape, but pasted kraft is more traditional. It prevents burning of the sides. This does 2 things. First of all, it makes the comet burn longer. Secondly, it prevents the glue holding it on from melting and making the comet fall off.

[omijam]

nice little shells!!

a tutorial or "how to" will be nice