Ok, Carl...you can release the Orion kit now. Every time my son or I clone a really cool kit, you release it as a SEMROC kit. When Kody started making parts for his Orion we found out you were planning to kit it. It's now done, so you've got to put it out now.

The short version. We ordered up some cones and Little Joe II wraps from Semroc which my son cut to size for the Orion. He then took my Saturn 1B wraps and made all the little bits and pieces for them. Throw in some plans from JimZ, lots of poking around for pictures of other Orions on the net and he had all he needed to build what he considers the third coolest Centuri kit ever, after the two Saturns. We printed and coated the decals for it and several other projects last night so he got to work on the decals this evening. He put the final shiny mylar booster stripe on a few minutes ago. The only thing left to do is let the decals completely dry and then apply a coat of future.

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That first shot of the "bits and pieces" is a true work!
After reading about many modelers finding (and probably paying way too much for) original Centuri vacu-form wraps, it's refreshing to see someone do it from scratch.
When you think about it, you actually made master vacu-form mold pieces, the same way the designers at Centuri did years ago!
Great work - I'm inspired to follow suit.

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Spectacular!

Those wraps look better than the ones I purchased from Ebay

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Very nice.

OUTSTANDING CRAFTSMANSHIP Intruder!

Cool build! Hard to believe you made all those little doo dads for the wraps. Looks great.

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Great looking Orion, your work is fantastic.

Looks like you guys have some more painting to do.

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Lots of painting....and even more sanding.

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