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Old 09-14-2019, 07:31 PM
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For those whom have ever written instructions, know what a time communing task this is. If there was any similarity with the kits, he would use the same instructions, changing building techniques if required.
Amen! That was why it took me 2 1/2 years before Carl could release my Tau Zero design as a kit. (shuddering, sweating)
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Old 09-22-2019, 08:07 AM
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Your memory is not wrong. We did do a plain Mark xKit. The xKits were produced because some kept asking for these kits but Carl didn't have time for the instructions plus he wanted to see how well they were received. If they were popular, he would take the time to write the instructions and we made it into a regular kit.


Sheryl do you recall if the Trident was first released as an x-kit? The Semroc x-kit page lists a price for it so I think it was. If it was and anyone got one, I would love to see it and get the release date from it.
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Old 09-22-2019, 09:14 AM
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Fairly sure the Trident I built LONG ago was a Semroc X-kit, but I can't find the kit bag/header/instructions with my stash of empty kit bags. Sorry.
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Old 09-22-2019, 12:55 PM
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Thanks, I didn’t include it in the list as I can’t find evidence of release yet.

Also thanks to all the help here I created a thread with all the kits released by Carl except commemoratives:

https://www.oldrocketforum.com/showthread.php?t=18077

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Old 09-22-2019, 07:47 PM
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I did find good evidence for the Trident xkit
https://www.oldrocketforum.com/show...=Semroc+trident
but would love to see if someone has the instructions to see if there is a date.
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Old 09-23-2019, 09:35 AM
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Found my Trident X-kit. No dates on the front of the facecard, nor any printing on the back. The facecard mainly protects the balsa sheet.
I will try to see when I ordered it when I get time to wade through the invoices.

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Old 09-23-2019, 01:59 PM
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Found my Trident X-kit. No dates on the front of the facecard, nor any printing on the back. The facecard mainly protects the balsa sheet.
I will try to see when I ordered it when I get time to wade through the invoices.

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Thanks, There is a post in the forum 7/18/09 where someone said they found it on the Semroc site for sale, and Karl said in the same thread it was a quiet release but didn’t say when it was released.
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Old 09-23-2019, 02:20 PM
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I checked my invoices and found that I ordered two of the XES-33 Trident X-kits on July 18, 2009. So it was released on that date. Sheryl sent them right out as usual. I apparently sold one kit. I have built, but not painted one of the later Trident kits with the two piece side tubes.

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Old 09-23-2019, 03:22 PM
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Thank you so much, I think we have all the data we can get from all the kit instructions and I have good release dates for the rest.
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Old 12-10-2019, 02:19 PM
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I was on the eRockets website last week and noticed several Semroc kits had discounted pricing.

I decided to stock up on some of these models and placed an order.

My e-mailed invoice showed the following comment:

Semroc Flying Model Rocket Kit Scrambler™ SEM-KV-34 Discontinued
Semroc Flying Model Rocket Kit Aerobee-Hi™ SEM-KV-2 Discontinued
Semroc Flying Model Rocket Kit Egg Crate™ KV-39 Discontinued
Semroc Flying Model Rocket Kit Lil Hercules™ KV-14 Discontinued
Semroc Flying Model Rocket Kit Midget™ SEM-KV-68 Discontinued
Semroc Flying Model Rocket Kit WAC Corporal™ KD-1 Discontinued

Folks may want to pick these up for their collection/future building.
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