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Cloning the Estes #0817 AERO-HI
I thought I’d share a few photos of a little model I’ve been working on as of late. It’s a clone of the old Estes #0817 AERO-HI.
Not having an actual kit on hand meant that I had no decals available to me, so this reality was used as an excuse to take a few liberties with the build. I don’t know the genesis of this kit, but it strikes me as a derivative of the old MMI Aerobee-Hi, and so I’ve taken a couple of cues from that model into my build. So in fairness, it’s not an orthodox clone in the strictest sense. Nevertheless, a fun little build. Construction and finishing details are covered in the attached article.
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Outstanding!!
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Nice clean build. Yeah, I like the orange over the suggested red also.
Earl
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love it, well done.
I like the fin root detail, very scale-like |
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Very cool clone of a rarely seen kit.
Love the vintage Testors Plastic Cement bottle.
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Awesome, what are the bolt heads?
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Thanks for the kind words, all.
The bolt heads are injection molded Styrene replicas of socket head bolt heads. They come on a sheet of various sizes, produced by the plastic model company MENG. I usually get them at my LHS, but they can be found from various retail sources. Googling "Meng nuts" will conjure up a multitude of those sources.
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Great work as always, John!
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One of the Mini-Brute line I have never seen in the field. Nice work!
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I've never seen a Hornet in the field either. I meant to bid on the one that Matt Steele recently sold but forgot.
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