If it is, I made it a good one. The parts came today for a Coaster Space Probe I. I was hoping to make it a 29mm bird, but they were out of the appropriate centering rings. I'll probably just make my own, even though I have quite a few 24mm rings in stock. Also picked up a new tube for the Centuri Akela and a Semroc XK-23. The skies over B6-4 Field will never be the same.

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Bill Eichelberger
NAR 79563

http://wallyum.blogspot.com/

I miss being SAM 0058

Build floor: Centuri Mini Dactyl Estes - Low Boom SST Semroc - Marauder, Shrike, SST Shuttle

In paint: Canaroc Starfighter Scorpion Estes F-22 Air Superiority Fighter, Multi-Roc, Solar Sailer II, Xarconian Cruiser Semroc Cyber III

Ready to fly: Estes - Solar Sailer II Semroc - Earmark, Groonie Der V 1/2

Here is my last order:

1 KA-11 Ruskie Model Rocket Kit

1 KA-12 Saki Model Rocket Kit -

1 KA-14 Snake Jumper Model Rocket Kit

1 KLV-16 SLS Javelin Model Rocket Kit

1 KM-2 Mercury Capsule

1 KV-29 Hydra VII Model Rocket Kit

1 KV-37 Shrike Model Rocket Kit

I bought the Shrike because I had one as a kid, and now I want to build it "right."

The Mercury Capsule, so I can make some retro models.

The rest are all Semroc originals, and I want to have something to remember the company by. I'm going to build them "catalog perfect," and fly 'em with pride.

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NAR #27085 - Oregon Rocketry - SAM

My last orders, as this "last ordering" process started in January for me, were a wide assortment of parts to keep me building for a while. I liked Carl's laser cut fin sets, and got a pile of those. Tubes-o-plenty, centering rings, etc. I can build a lot of Centuri and Estes oldies plus competition birds for a while.

Not so many kits, but the first three are going to be difficult to clone in the future. I looked at the MX-774 kit at NARAM, and was amazed at the HUGE nose cone in this kit.
Aero-dart
Hustler
Orion
MX-774

I wanted to get a Hydra VII kit, but they were already out. Is it too soon to start posting plans of Semroc kits?

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-Wolfram v. Kiparski
NAR 28643 - TRA 15520
MTMA Section #606 President

I'd have bought more, but we have a tuition payment coming up, a new furnace, and new wood floor in the basement. I also still have a Satellite Killer and Red Eye, WAC Corporal, Aerobee 300, Baby Orion, Bandit, Goliath, Hydra One, Hydra VII, Little Joe II, Thunder Strike, and Vector V in various stages of build, so I should be good for a while. (Not to mention the Centuri SST Shuttle and bunches of low numbered kits from the early days when I thought I might be a collector. Turns out I'm a builder. )

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Bill Eichelberger
NAR 79563

http://wallyum.blogspot.com/

I miss being SAM 0058

Build floor: Centuri Mini Dactyl Estes - Low Boom SST Semroc - Marauder, Shrike, SST Shuttle

In paint: Canaroc Starfighter Scorpion Estes F-22 Air Superiority Fighter, Multi-Roc, Solar Sailer II, Xarconian Cruiser Semroc Cyber III

Ready to fly: Estes - Solar Sailer II Semroc - Earmark, Groonie Der V 1/2

I stocked up on Hawks and Spacemen

I never got around to buying the Saturn 1b so most likely I will have to pay big bucks for one

Did anyone order an Orion (not the baby) and get a Centurion instead? If so, PM me.

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Bernard Cawley
NAR 89040 L1 - Life Member
SAM 0061
AMA 42160
KG7AIE

I had tried to limit my hobby expenses recently, but took advantage of the Estes sales. Took advantage of the Fry's blow-out of Estes PSII. Now we are losing SEMROC. I did place an order for a couple of nose cones and for three additional kits that I already have (teach me to muck up the paint pattern on a Bandit...). Have to wait a while to pick up some laser cut fin patterns - Carl's work made it too frink'n easy to clone old kits - and help them reduce their inventory of pieces parts.

My wife Cindy was diagnosed with MS last summer. She started a new job this past Monday as a speech pathologist for a therapy ranch for kids. She has a sign hanging by her bedside:
"Sometimes good things fall apart so that better things can fall together".

Let us all hope that better things fall in place for our friends at SEMROC.

Chas

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Charles Russell, MSgt,USAF (ret.)
NAR 9790, Lvl 1
SAM "Balls Three"

The last Semroc Saturn 1B went for over $127.00 on greed-bay.

I have 3 of them. One built, One NIB, and original #014 NIB.
#014 will most likely never be opened nor sold unless I get an absolutely ignorant $$ offer for it.

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When in doubt, WHACK the GAS and DITCH the brake !!!

Yes, there is such a thing as NORMAL, if you have to ask what is "NORMAL" , you probably aren't !
Failure may not be an OPTION, but it is ALWAYS a POSSIBILITY.
ALL systems are GO for MAYHEM, CHAOS, TURMOIL, FIASCOS, and HAVOC !

My last order was strictly parts, mostly a bunch of ST-10 sized parts. It was tempting to get a whole bunch of stuff I *might* use in the future, but ended up just targeting a couple clones that would be very difficult without semroc parts.

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Paul
If we weren't all crazy, we would go insane - Jimmy Buffett
NAR #87246 www.wooshrocketry.org

Well, I just put in one more order.

I'd forgotten that I wanted to make an upscale Centaur, powered by Estes 29mm BP motors.

I was hoping to order parts for three, but stock is getting tight. I was only able to order one cone and one balsa reducer.

As it was, Semroc was fresh out of ST-175 tubes. If I can't find any, I'll have to use the just-slightly-larger Aerotech tube.

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NAR #27085 - Oregon Rocketry - SAM