http://www.semroc.com/Store/scripts...ts.asp?SKU=KV-1

Here it is. I should get one to go with my golden scout.

There hasn't been much movement in this thread lately but, I thought my info belonged here.

Earlier in this thread I mentioned that the Leeds Sweete crayon sharpener that I have in the package does not say "Rocket Crayon Sharpener" on it, the way the one Ted Mahler used in his Sport Rocketry acticle about building a Mark II. I thought that maybe mine was an early version of the crayon sharpener and that Leeds Sweete changed the package after they found out Orville was using them for nose cones.

So, if you look very closely at the photo from the Quest Museum photos, (link below)
http://www.questaerospace.com/Image...0Jan%201958.jpg
the photo looking over the shoulder of a young man, in the upper left hand corner you will see 2 Leeds Sweete crayon sharpeners still in the package. The one laying down just says "crayon sharpener" on it. You can check it with the photo I had in this thread. Thus showing that the crayon sharpeners did not say "rocket" on them until sometime after Orville was using them. I just found this to be very interesting.

Not much new in this thread but, I wanted to share this photo for any of you guys that enjoyed Orville's Mark II Rock-A-Chute. I'm guessing that not too many of these boxes still exist. I DO NOT own this box. The photo was sent to me by the owner who was not into rocketry. I do know that this entire box has moved on to someone else but, I don't know who. . . maybe one of you guys.

That's an interesting foot sticking out of it!! :D

Hahahaha. I was just going to say the same thing. Creepy!

Rick,

I had the immense pleasure of seeing your amazing collection of Mark II reproductions, with original cones, at NARAM 50 (I was the guy sharing Sandman's tent). For those not as fortunate as me, Rick has made an incredible effort to reproduce each version of the Mark II he has found in old photos.

Is there any way you could take photos of each of your models, front and back, and post them here along with a copy of the original photo upon which you based each model?

No one else has even come close to your level of documentation of these early models and I'd hate to see such great research go unpublished.

And Ted, thanks again for your great Sport Rocketry article. It inspired a number of us to pay way more attention to this great old model.

Steve

Here's a pic I recently received from the Smithsonian of their Carlisle Mark II Rock_A-Chute they have in their collection. Its hi-resolution and it scales up to 200-400% in photo editiors that I have really nice to see it up close and personal.

You can clearly see the staples and paper fin reinforcement and the plastic nose cone "strakes".

enjoy

terry dean

That baby's got a face only a mother could love :)

Seriously, while I appreciate the historcial significance of that rocket, I can see why other, later kits were so much more popular. As Detroit figured out so long ago, it's gotta function well, but it's gotta be pretty, too!

Doug

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Thanks for posting that photo Terry. I think it's awesome.

I will try and get photos of my group of Mark II's in the near future.

I immediately thought of Terry Gilliam.