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Old 10-04-2016, 08:59 AM
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Originally Posted by blackshire
Thank you--that makes Centuri's term that they applied to both their Saturn IB and Saturn V kits, "pre-shaped fins," even more sensible, because the kits' fins weren't molded (in a cavity) like other plastic model rocket parts, but were shaped from sheet plastic over an internal "plug," which was then removed. I only had the "poor man's Saturn IB and Saturn V models," the Cox (made by Estes in the 1990s) Ready-To-Fly all-plastic rockets. :-) I'd love it if Estes made a 1:100 scale "Apollo kit set"--a Saturn IB and an Apollo Little Joe II in the same scale as their Saturn V kit.

Yes, they were vacu-formed with sheet styrene, left half, right half. Same as the fins for the Estes Maxi-brute kits. Thin styrene, careful trimming, sanding. Back in the day, good old Testor's cement that contained stuff the People's Republik of Kalifornia forbids. Today it's Tenax-7R, Pro-Weld, chlorinated brake cleaner, or equivalent.
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