I felt that the Lug wouldn't be far enough out from the large bulbous nosecone to clear the launch rod, so I built up a mount to clear the rod.

I cut and shaped a piece of basswood to lift the launch lug 3/8" higher from the body tube. This worked fine.

When building you will find that the engine nut for the engine mount fits really tight into the body tube.

Very close

How I fixed it.

Clears now to tighten

I painted mine up like a "War" model, added some stickers, and was ready to go.

The first flight was so great, I decided to put on a camera. This rocket flies straight up and returns almost back to the pad ! The only difficulty is the modification needed on the engine nut. For a skilled modeler, it is a fun build.

That's me watching the Honest John fly, this is one of the stills from the video.

Shot of horizon as the Honest John reaches apogee and is doing the smoke trail before parachute ejection.