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Kit | Kit Manufacturer | Scale | Price | Flying/Static | Engine Range | Rating |
Mercury-Redstone | Estes | ?? | $20 | Flying | C | 7 |
Jupiter-C | Estes | ??? | $20 | Flying | B-C | 7 |
Titan IIc | Estes | ??? | $15 | Flying | D | 7 |
All three of these were victims of my move again. All had lower control fins (except the Titan, which had seperate insertable fins) The Redstone and Jupiter both had upper sections which disappeared (both plastic display secitons.)
They all turn in pretty good flights, and are easy to assemble for anyone
with moderate rocket building AND plastic model building experience. (The
escape rocket framework - missing in this picture - on the Mercury takes
a little aligning, and might work better if it were scratch-built.)
Except for the Titan II (which has a plastic display "cap") no nozzles
are included in ANY of these kit, so you can slip a model rocket engine
in. More fun for scratchbuilders. =]
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Nice memories, and a nice glimpse into our past ideas on space flight.
OK, so I'm a Star Wars fan. <G> Both of these kits are by AMT/ERTL, and both are pretty easy, quick building kits. The fit isn't perfect all the time, but nothing a little work won't fix. For the most part, it's OK though.
The T. Shuttle is in fictional markings (just plain grey gets so boring, so I added warning stripes and unit "markings.") The Falon's a little more colorful than most folks recall, and the red (warning?) areas are painted on here. These are also rather big kits - have some room handy!
Not yet pictured or reviewed:
Aerotech kits:
(Can you tell I'm a fan?)
Public Missiles Quantum
Estes kits
THOY Ibis