Yes, that would be great if you could send that info to me, Drew. I'll post it on YORP.

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If your going to be that way.... How about

Astron Shrike - 1971... needs paint and decals.
Astron SkyDart - 1972 ... needs paint, decals and elastic.
MPC Flat Cat - 1972 ... needs paint.
Astron Gyroc - 1972 ... needs paint and elastic.

I was almost ashamed to mention them... Geez, more than 30 years.

Heh, I'm as bad as you, Bob. When I dug out my rocket stuff in the mid 90's I found that I have the following started (from around the mid 70's) but unfinished Centuri kits:

Egg Crate
Long Tom
Black Widow

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Scott and Bill,
Here's a pic of the Toe. I got the patterns from Fred at Excelsior; they come along with his repro decals. You should ask him if he's willing to share the patterns. The rest of the instructions are on Jim Z's site. This is a great one. My kids were hysterical when they saw it.
BTW, I finished decaling the body of the Interceptor, but had to give the nose cone another coat of white because it was still a little off. So of course I rushed to do it today in the humidity and it came out awfully. One step forward, two steps back. Attached is a picture of the body. Also a shot of my Sprite clone. Those balsa pieces on the outside of the ring are a pain. I am really disappointed by the vent hole on mine; I couldn't get it really round - too far up the tube to use a hole puncher. I have delusions of painting it white with the pinstripe-y red trim like the picture with the plans on Jim Z's site
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Is that toe nail on backward? That could be a part of the problem.

Ha! Not according to Estes! Funny, I had the same impression, but wanted to make it an "authentic" clone. I was going to say warts and all, but they didn't include decals for those!

Yes, they are, but a little FNF and some careful sanding will make them perfect. You may need to make two passes. I managed to fill in the the seams on mine quite nicely, but over-sanded the forward tips and had to build them back out adding a couple more passes.

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You can sand it to shape using some 150 grit wrapped around a dowel. I made mine oversize to tolerate the hot ejection charges Estes has been putting in the motors lately. Before sanding, I put some CA on a Q-tip and worked it around the opening and on the backside (inside the tube). This keeps the paper from fuzzying up while you're sanding.



If you can do that, we'll start calling you Drewalangelo. Drew Vinci?

Doug

A Loadlifter! I built one of those once. As I recall I gave it to someone during one of my periodic clean-outs.

I really like that "Centaur." (Rakish-looking two stager.) I would put it on the list, but I have SO many half-built and unstarted models.

In a box in the storage area are two Jaguars (scratch built), a Starfire, a Scorpion, and a Deep Space Transport, all awaiting finishing.

On the dining room table are the fins from a project I started last year: Two BT-80H based "big light three fin and a nosecone" models. I originally designed them to fly stock certificates for a startup company "launch" that never happened. The fins were big enough to need to be built up from pieces. I just glued basswood strips on the tip edge of the balsa fins. When the weather is better I will sand in the trailing-edge tapers.

I have a Gemini-Titan II (old Estes cluster model) I need to build a new fin unit for, and that needs its need shroud finished.

I have all sorts of things in my back-burner-project box. A Colonial Viper. A Draconian Marauder. A AAA Aerobee. A Mars Lander, which will need all sorts of new parts; I haven't worked on it for at least a decade.

Stefan

Yeah, the Loadlifter1-A has always been one of those "I gotta build one of those someday" rockets I've been looking at since I first saw it in the Design Manual back in '67, along with th Mini-X.
Actually, I just put it together 2 weeks ago.

The Centaur has been sitting around since 1998 or so.

As for the the others, there are too many to list. I just picked 5 at random to get started.

Sean

I was cleaning out the closet the other day and came across 2 boxes of rockets needing assembly/repairs/TLC.
Quark- a mouse chewed off the fins.
Gyroc clone- needs the masking tape I used for hinges replaced. Any sugestions?
Phoenix- need to finish shaping the fins and paint.
Silver Comet- just needs some TLC.
Mini X-Wing- need to make replacement fins and replace the streamer. Darn mouse!
Big Betty- needs paint.
RTF Mars Lander- just needs TLC.
Fat Boy- nicks in fins need filled and painted.
Tomcat parasite glider- needs a fin re-inforced and a coat of paint on the brick... er, glider.
R2D2- unassembled.
Mean Machine- unassembled
Another Fat Boy- unassembled
Tie fighter- needs re-glued
Standard X-Wing- TLC
Tomahawk- new parachute rigging
Quest Cruise Missle- New parachute rigging
and several 3/4FNC's with varying degrees of nicks and dents.

How long have they been in the closet? Since right after the fire at Estes.

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