SpaceX MK1 Starship and Super Heavy model rocket parts

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We were planningr a BT-80 size model rocket build of the SpaceX Starship MK1 plus the proposed superheavy booster. The body is a standard BT-80 cardboard tube. We are locals and go out to the place (Boca Chica) where SpaceX is building it's proto-type starships often. When the lower part of Starship MK1 was destroyed, we just wanted to see it fly anyway. SpaceX is on to making a MK3 version which is different, and we wanted a MK1.
We found https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3886206 and used the shorter superheavy fincan for the very base. If you try to use a typical motor mount kit, you will have to trim a little because the tube is a little smaller than the standard BT-80 tube (to fit inside it.) We planned so that the model would be two (about 33cm) BT-80 tubes, plus our nosecone. When we found our remix source, and decided to use the fin can for our base, we had to remove that much from the tube to keep the scale close.
We designed a MK1 nosecone. If you can, block supports for the inside of the cone. You only need supports for the outside fins. Our cone fits very loose but is a good match for the real cone which is still standing out at the build site.
For the rest of starship, we just printed the tip of the wings, and not the whole center tube. and made the raceways from the top fins to the wings with sanded balsa wood. We didn't want the model to be too heavy up top. Landing leg covers complete the MK1 look, (trying to make it look like it did when Elon gave his presentation at the end of September 2019.
The cardboard tube continues through to the super heavy section, and we just drew a black line to show where the two vehicle meet.
The grid fins posted here were found online as part of a model that I just scaled to about the right size. I liked these grid fins because they were curved like the body of the rocket. You have to print one at a time in it's edge.