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Originally Posted by Faithwalker

Here is an early version Estes K-31 Star Blazer kit plans that I recently found. Anyone ever seen this early version of kit plans for the Estes K-31 Star Blazer kit or know when it may have been printed? This one has the designer Bill See's initials under the kit name on the facecard section. None of the other versions of the K-31 instructions that I've seen have those initials. The instructions also do not have the reddish swish over the rocket image like the common versions of the K-31 kit plans have. Any additional information that anyone has concerning these plans would be appreciated.

I am going to take a guess that this was probably the earliest version of the K-31 instructions and probably printed sometime during 1967 to early 1968. The first two or three years the K-31 Star Blazer was available, it was only available as a bonus kit if you placed a large enough order to Estes. It was only in the 1970 and 1971 catalogs that the Star Blazer (K-31) was available as a regular kit.