To my great surprise, there have been a number of updates lately.

http://www.spacemodeling.org/jimz/


Bill

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It is well past time to Drill, Baby, Drill!

If your June, July, August and September was like this, you might just hate summer too...

Please unload your question before you ask it unless you have a concealed harry permit.

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Give a man a rocket and he will fly for a day; teach him to build and he will spend the rest of his days sanding...

Yeah, he started really updating things a few months ago. He now has a link to donate to the upkeep of the site, so considering how much use I'd gotten out of the site over the years, I donated.

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Bill Eichelberger
NAR 79563

http://wallyum.blogspot.com/

I miss being SAM 0058

Build floor: Estes - Low Boom SST Semroc - Marauder, Shrike, SST Shuttle

In paint: Canaroc Starfighter Scorpion Centuri Mini Dactyl 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

Interesting . . .

On page 12 of the 1967 Estes catalog, there's a picture of a Saturn descending on two parachutes.

It IS NOT a Saturn 1b! It looks like a model of an earlier Saturn 1 variant, similar to the real rocket on the cover.

That prototype model would be an amazing collector's item!

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NAR #27085 - Oregon Rocketry - SAM

When I read your post I was thinking it could be a pic of a block II that someone modeled for an NAR or international competition. Upon seeing it, the fins aren't scale for a block II and it looks to me to be an illustration instead of a photo.

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I love sanding.

That was my thought too.

It is one of the early prototypes. Bt-50 tank tubes and whatever they could cobble together. It did exist and did fly. That photo was converted into a line illustration later, but on page 123 of the 1969 catalog, there's a liftoff photo of the model.

Roy

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Roy
nar12605

Just looked it up!

I love those old catalogs. It is interesting to see the shift from mostly-illustrations to most-photos.

The illustration in the 67 catalog was definitely "enhanced," with inked-in shroud lines.

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NAR #27085 - Oregon Rocketry - SAM

Me too.

It's a treasure chest of rocket designs for the youth of today.

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"Old Rocketeer's don't die; they just go OOP".....unless you 3D print them.

JimZ has started to add Semroc plans to his website:

http://www.spacemodeling.org/jimz/s...sJlPEy6-xGE-tbk

He only has about a dozen plans posted so far.

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Bob
S.A.M. # 0014