I was just getting back into the hobby when this whole "smells like dead Fish-man" thing was rising up like a zit that needed popping. Doug had allowed himself to be drawn into the idea of converting his Holverson Designs product line, which featured nicely done kits with laser cut balsa, into the Fun Rockets product line, which featured cheesy foam. The rocket buying community responded, as they will, with a collective "Huh?" We were out for dinner on Memorial Day weekend at the Cheeseburger In Paradise in Eastgate, and after dinner I decided to stop in to check a Hobby Lobby that I hadn't known existed. They were in the midst of a cheesy foam and Quest liquidation, and I made out like a bandit. One of the kits I picked up was a Tangent for $.99, and I actually enjoyed flying it at B6-4 Field for most of that summer until I eventually overdid it and hung it in a tree. Another was the Zoomie, and I never could get that one to fly right. I passed on the Silver Hawk and Swinger, regretted it, and went back to stock up only to find them gone. I eventually picked up a Swinger, but have yet to fly it.

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Bill Eichelberger
NAR 79563

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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