I put poly on it, then sanded it off, then procrastinated for a couple months, but today I decided it’s going to be done.

So I put a quick coat of 50/50 beeswax and mineral oil and called it a day

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      25 days ago

      Yay! Got it done before your kid decided they don’t care about rockets anymore, I hope? 🚀

      If so it’s still cool to have for when they start thinking about doing some woodworking of their own

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        25 days ago

        He actually just mastered the phrase, “three, two, one, blastoff”. (By mastered i mean it’s barely intelligible)

        He was very excited to have it, I just need to diligently remind him to not bang it on stuff, I don’t know how strong the leg joints are

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          25 days ago

          When every leg has been reglued three times and the nose is dented and chipped, that’s when it will have been Loved so much it will become Real.