To answer question #2: How many doesnt matter my understanding is Carl has carte blance on remaking kits as long as Estes isnt manufacturing them currently.

Cant answer question #1: But i'm sure only Semroc could answer that one. And I bet there no going to

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On the other hand, marslndr, I'm sure Uncle Mike would be glad to sell you *several* once he gets them in stock.

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Now that was a great answer to question #1

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I picked one up first thing Saturday morning - got #55. Not that the number matters since I plan to build the model

I suspect demand was quite a bit higher than Carl expected. I was glad to see that they did a lot of business both days.
John

The Mars Lander is an cultural icon for geeks of a certain age.

I'm debating submitting Carl's re-release to Boing - Boing. One of the editors (who is also the editor of MAKE) was a rocket geek in high school. Not active now, but he'd recognize it.

My Semroc KV-54 Mars Lander and my KV-11JTP Hustler Just The Parts Shipped Yesterday. I was flipping through some old pictures and I found one from 1979 of my original Estes Mars Lander. It was a few years old when I took this picture and it could have used a few more silver paint details here and there but I was real proud of it at the time.

I have a question for any forum members that have ever built the Mars Lander. A buddy of mine used an ink pen to fill in the little hatches and details on the embossed shrouds. Anyone else ever try this? His looked better at a distance than mine because of this but I was afraid to "color out of the lines" on mine. Any method to getting those details to stand out or just leave well enough alone? What are your opinions?

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I think mine is 54. I think they keep the first five or six kits back, so it's possible that you have the last or second last that they trucked to Wisconsin.

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Build floor: Centuri Mini Dactyl Estes - Low Boom SST Semroc - Marauder, Shrike, SST Shuttle

In paint: Canaroc Starfighter Scorpion Estes F-22 Air Superiority Fighter, Multi-Roc, Solar Sailer II Semroc Cyber III

Ready to fly: Estes - Solar Sailer II Semroc - Earmark, Groonie Der V 1/2

I used an ink pen on one of my original Mars Landers to color in the lines just like Estes used to show the model in the catalog. It takes a steady hand and LOTS of patience !

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Semroc was very busy the first nite. I picked up mine then, #61. Being the honest (naive?) fellow I am, I told Bruce the # doesn't matter since I'll build it anyhow. By Saturday afternoon, they were down to their last kit.

-Paul

From the comments and pics I'm seeing of SEMROC's Mars Lander, it looks like I'll have an
excuse to retire my old Estes Mars Lander from flight status after 35+ years and keep it for
display purposes.

Thanks, Carl, for keeping the dreams of us "oldies" alive with kits that reminds us of the good old days.

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