Well, after trying to build the vintage Saturn V, I am back to building the easier faster vintage Estes kits. Today I started on the Estes Maverick kit, simple and fun. As you can see from the parts there are two launch lugs but only one is used in the kit. The balsa is the typical die crunched wood from back in the day, but I am ok with that. I like the days when Estes instructions were full of wording so anyone could build a rocket, very descriptive. Also like Estes used to recommend using balsa sealer vs primer only that is now recommended. On some Estes instructions they have you seal the balsa before gluing to the BT such as this model, then other kits they have you seal the balsa after building. For me I can seal the balsa much faster when the parts are off the rocket, only took 2 hours to seal and sand the fins. I am always amazed how smooth the balsa is after sealing and no real weight is added. Anyway she is all build in less than a day and tomorrow I will spray a light coat of primer. Should have her done in a couple of days.

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