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scigs30 05-08-2020 11:37 AM

My Citation rockets
 
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Going through some old kits I have...….Hope to build these in the future.

5x7 05-08-2020 01:07 PM

Can’t wait to see them!!

5x7 05-08-2020 03:38 PM

Do you have the Citation starter set also?

scigs30 05-08-2020 03:41 PM

I have the launcher I found online. It is chrome like the Quasar.

mikeyd 05-08-2020 04:01 PM

Early in my youth I got the bomarc (still have it) and my younger brother got the Quasar, actually purchased it at the company store, after we toured Penrose. Not sure the Quasar ever saw any flight time, as he played with it so much, flying it by hand that the chrome was coming off of the nose cone. Do not know what ever happened to it over the years.

But your collection brings out a little envy in me :) Good memories.

jetlag 05-08-2020 06:42 PM

I was lucky enough to possess and build every one except the Quasar.
After all when you're 11-12, it looked like a full Alpha to me.
The others, though, especially the Vega and the Bomarc, absolutely bewitched me! I had to mow a few lawns to get them.

Allen

Earl 05-08-2020 07:02 PM

Quote:
Originally Posted by jetlag
I was lucky enough to possess and build every one except the Quasar.
After all when you're 11-12, it looked like a full Alpha to me.
The others, though, especially the Vega and the Bomarc, absolutely bewitched me! I had to mow a few lawns to get them.

Allen


Just think how many lawns one would have to mow *today* to buy some those! Several of those get pricey when they come up for auction, as you are probably aware.

Earl

5x7 05-08-2020 07:57 PM

Quote:
Originally Posted by scigs30
I have the launcher I found online. It is chrome like the Quasar.


That’s neat, I hope you use I for the beauty shots.

ghrocketman 05-08-2020 09:15 PM

The Citation Quasar and Patriot were the first two rockets I got in 1977.
The Quasar flew that day. The Patriot was completely finished two days later and was flown on a C6-5

Earl 05-08-2020 09:50 PM

Quote:
Originally Posted by ghrocketman
The Citation Quasar and Patriot were the first two rockets I got in 1977.
The Quasar flew that day. The Patriot was completely finished two days later and was flown on a C6-5


Quick question on those Citation kits there GH (don’t mean to hijack thread): curious about which store you got them from in ‘77 and to verify that they were the boxed Citation versions. My impression over the years was that the Citation boxed kits were only at retail stores in the early 70s, then the remaining stock sold via mail order by Estes.

Earl


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