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Old 01-15-2019, 11:15 AM
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Originally Posted by Earl
I have a couple of each of the similar (but single stage Lancer) and a couple of the Lance Corporals, and each of them feature the shorter, more rounded PNC-76.

It gets even a little more confusing sometimes lookng at catalog photos of other Centuri kits. When introduced in the 1972 Centuri catalog, the photos of the Excaliber kit showed it definatley with the more pointy PNC-74 cone. However, I have several of these in unopened form and NONE of them contain that cone, including a definate first year edition of the kit. They all contain the more rounded PNC-76 cone, which I don't think really looks right for that rocket. So, when I built one of those kits 5-6 years ago, I pulled one of my pointed PNC-74 cones out of my vintage parts stash to use in the build.

So, it certainly can be hard to know at times which part may have been used to kit a particular model, even in the face of catalog photos. Intersting to investigate though.
The box art for the Lance Corporal seems to show the "pointier" PNC-74, as well.

And that's *definitely* a PNC-74 on both the Excalibur and Bandito in the aforementioned 1972 Centuri catalog. I chose its counterpart for my Excalibur clone, and even found the "catalog" color spray paint, as well.


Thanks and cheers,
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