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The lot previous to this one was all kid-built. None of the rockets had ever been flown. Kinda sad.
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Hey Bill,
Pic's or it didn't happen! Let's see it all!
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Today I received a lot purchase in the mail, four and a half rockets from an auction that I thought I'd be the only board waving for. One of the rockets, a Beta, had 1.75 motors stuck in it and the stages seemed to be glued together. I did a little shimmy with it, hard enough to hear something crack loose, like a glue seal, but not hard enough to break anything. It's a delicate balance. Anyway, the crack was the paint seal on the connector giving way. When I pulled the stages apart, the upper stage had a perfectly good 1/2A3-4T in it. It's blue, with a born on date of 5-11-73. The booster motor had been savaged by someone trying to get it out and could only be called 3/4 of a motor at this point. I managed to get it out by pulling it up through the booster instead of out the back end. Not sure what motor it was, but I'm thinking 1/2A3-0T based on how little propellant is present. That would have been a cool combination to fly it on. Party like it's 1977. I've got a soft spot for Betas anyway, so this one will definitely get to fly at some point this summer. Whoever built it did a nice job on the fins. They line up nicely and are almost seamless, so it's nothing like 1977 in that regard.
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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 |
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I'll give you a quarter to fly it with that 1/2A3-4T motor in it.
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I'll up you a quarter.
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I just got a great fixer upper lot from ebay. About $3 a rocket with shipping.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Scratch-and...cvip=true&rt=nc |
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I didn't see that one. Nice pickup. Post more pics when you get a chance or when you start working on them.
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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 |
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Yeah, I saw that one. A steal! Because I'm in Canada I couldn't bid on it. But what a nice find! Lots of old rockets to restore, including two Mars landers, and a treasure chest of vintage parts.
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Model Rocket Restoration 101
I love the task of taking a model that has seen it's better days and giving it new Life.
#1&2. Here is a before and after of an Astron Mark, (Blue Tube/ Silver N.C.) #3 . this Goony had all of it's fins broke off, I just could not bring myself to repaint this one. #4. the S.P.E.V. was in really bad shape. I had to completely rebuild the lower section. Now this S.P.E.V. has 24 m.m. Motor Mount. Fly s great on a C11-5. # 5. This X-Ray is from around 1966, It was missing all of it's fins. It has the original Dark Brown Gun rubber Shock Cord and the Type 1 Checker Board Parachute. I have flown all of these Rebuilds at least once since they were restored. I have no idea how the pictures changed the order from that they were posted ?
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Here is the rest of the story: #1. X-Ray #2. S.P.E.V. Ebay Smash ans Bash. #3. 1966 Astrobee 350 Was Missing fins added new shock cord and paint. #4. This WAC Corporal was Started all of the parts were loose mixed in with other kits.
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