Estes Trek models
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These bring back memories. Thanks for sharing. :-)
The lesser known non-canon USS Atlantis also by Estes !
http://spacemodeling.blogspot.com/2011/02/uss-atlantis-pictures-of-completed.html
http://spacemodeling.blogspot.com/2011/02/uss-atlantis-pictures-of-completed.html
Very cool... my kid-hood is flooding back to me now.
Model rocketry was a blast (no pun intended) and I've still got a bunch of these which I built in a box off in my storage unit. It's been a LONG time since I broke them out, though... something like 25 years. I suspect that there are mouse skeletons in that box by now!
I built the Klingon, but while I bought the Enterprise, I never got around to building it (so it's sitting in that big box, unbuilt... and those do go for nearly a grand now, so who knows, if the mice have left it alone...)
I used to be really, really into this. It was fun, pretty easy, and got me outdoors with my friends (mainly to the local fairgrounds). I built a lot of these... including a "Mean Machine" which was something like six feet long.
I can't wait til I have a son old enough to do this with again!
Model rocketry was a blast (no pun intended) and I've still got a bunch of these which I built in a box off in my storage unit. It's been a LONG time since I broke them out, though... something like 25 years. I suspect that there are mouse skeletons in that box by now!
I built the Klingon, but while I bought the Enterprise, I never got around to building it (so it's sitting in that big box, unbuilt... and those do go for nearly a grand now, so who knows, if the mice have left it alone...)
I used to be really, really into this. It was fun, pretty easy, and got me outdoors with my friends (mainly to the local fairgrounds). I built a lot of these... including a "Mean Machine" which was something like six feet long.
I can't wait til I have a son old enough to do this with again!
Oh, yeah! I remember her. Very sleek and elegant! Nice work, too!
I'm hoping one of my grandkids will be interested. Although all I have left is a tripod launcher and an ignition hook-up. I gave away all the models that weren't wrecked years ago.I can't wait til I have a son old enough to do this with again!
When did they put out an Ent-E rocket?
For First Contact... it's Quest, not Estes.
http://www.rocketreviews.com/quest-aerospace-enterprise-e-chris-taylor-jr.html
http://www.rocketreviews.com/quest-aerospace-enterprise-e-chris-taylor-jr.html
Interesting... I'd never heard of "Quest" before. I was a big Estes guy back in the day, and also bought a couple of Centuri kits. But mostly Estes. Heck, I even made my folks stop in Penrose when we went out to the Rocky Mountains for a vacation one year, to visit the Estes factory.
Funny, Estes has all their catalogs (and Centuri's too... apparently they acquired Centuri at some point?) from 1971 onwards available as PDFs on their website. Brought back a LOT of memories.
The Estes Interceptor and the Andromeda (both seen on p35 of the 1978 catalog) were my two favorite display models. I never launched either, because I was too proud of my build-ups!
Funny, Estes has all their catalogs (and Centuri's too... apparently they acquired Centuri at some point?) from 1971 onwards available as PDFs on their website. Brought back a LOT of memories.
The Estes Interceptor and the Andromeda (both seen on p35 of the 1978 catalog) were my two favorite display models. I never launched either, because I was too proud of my build-ups!
Built and launched an Enterprise back in the fifth grade. Lost count of how many others I cannibalized for the decals and other surface details to accurize various AMT kits.
I remember them, but I never bought them because of the modifications needed for them to fly. I got the Star Wars X-Wing Fighter as a Xmas gift, it was fun to build and launch. I only had a few model rockets in my collection (during my high school and college years in the late 1970s and early 1980s):
I remember having both Estes and Centuri catalogs. I always wanted to purchase the Saturn 1B, the Saturn V, and the Mars Lander, but never did.
I did submit a drawing of the Gemini rocket with transparent fins to either Estes or Centuri or both, but never heard from them, this was back in the late 1970s. Recently I have seen this model rocket either online or in a store I was passing by. I don't know why they didn't sell it back in the 1970s, they had NASA's Mercury Redstone and the Saturn back then, but not the Gemini. I checked and noticed in their now online copy of the Estes 1987 catalog that the Gemini Titan model rocket was available for purchase.
Thanks for the memories,
Navigator NCC-2120 USS Entente
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- The X-15 spaceplane.
- The 12 inch Alpha III.
- The 12 inch Alpha, given to me by my high school Data Processing teacher.
- The Odyssey (Rescue Ship), I painted it red, white, and black.
- The Vigilante, a 2 stage model rocket, I painted it yellow and black, it used C type engines in stage 1 and stage 2.
- The NASA Space Shuttle with External Tank and Solid Rocket Boosters. This model was always my favorite because when the model reached its apex and deployed its parachute, the Shuttle and External Tank would separate, the Shuttle would glide down, while the External Tank (with the Solid Rocket Boosters) had the parachute for a soft landing.
- The Star Wars X-Wing Fighter.
I remember having both Estes and Centuri catalogs. I always wanted to purchase the Saturn 1B, the Saturn V, and the Mars Lander, but never did.
I did submit a drawing of the Gemini rocket with transparent fins to either Estes or Centuri or both, but never heard from them, this was back in the late 1970s. Recently I have seen this model rocket either online or in a store I was passing by. I don't know why they didn't sell it back in the 1970s, they had NASA's Mercury Redstone and the Saturn back then, but not the Gemini. I checked and noticed in their now online copy of the Estes 1987 catalog that the Gemini Titan model rocket was available for purchase.
Thanks for the memories,
Navigator NCC-2120 USS Entente
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I'm pretty sure that Estes did a Mercury Redstone waaaaaaaaay back in the day, so there's a chance they saw your drawings and figured they'd already done that.
Actually, after doing some research, I just found out Estes had the Gemini Titan model rocket in their catalog from 1968 to 1973 and from 1987 to 1988.
What is outrageous is that the 43.5 inch Saturn V model rocket that cost $9.95 in 1969, now costs $99.99!
Here is a link to their catalogs from 1968 to 2011: http://www.estesrockets.com/customer-service/full-catalog/
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Here is a scan of my Estes MRN photo contest entry:One of my friends built the Saturn V model for display purposes, not to launch. The thing was massive!
I got a $25 gift certificate for it. It was in 1977.
Here is a pic of some of my model rockets (all are gone now
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The Saturn 5 is a 1/70 scale mash-up. The top parts came from a Saturn 1B kit. The main stage is balsa rings supporting poster board. The clear fins detach from the body for transport. It used 3 "D" engines. I only flew it twice and it didn't do all that well. Too heavy. Only went a couple hundred feet and landed kind of hard.
On the right is a Saturn 1B, a Mercury Redstone, a Big Bertha, and a sounding rocket (I don't remember the name).
The picture on the book case is the Skylab launch.
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The Saturn 5 is a 1/70 scale mash-up. The top parts came from a Saturn 1B kit. The main stage is balsa rings supporting poster board. The clear fins detach from the body for transport. It used 3 "D" engines. I only flew it twice and it didn't do all that well. Too heavy. Only went a couple hundred feet and landed kind of hard.
On the right is a Saturn 1B, a Mercury Redstone, a Big Bertha, and a sounding rocket (I don't remember the name).
The picture on the book case is the Skylab launch.
