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Tau Zero
01-13-2006, 12:53 AM
I've been poking around old Centuri Enerjet catalogs, etc., and came across this interesting picture from _Enerjet News #3,_ in the upper left-hand corner:

http://www.dars.org/jimz/enerjet/ejn03d.jpg


Oddly enough, it reminded me of Bill Eichelberger and Buzz Nau's Tauruses... I mean, "Taurii," as well as Bill's Taurus upscale (which isn't reviewed on EMRR):

http://www.rocketreviews.com/reviews/oop/cen_taurus.html

http://www.rocketreviews.com/reviews/kits/sem_taurus.html


Bill, this Enerjet News was released in September 1972... along about your 10th birthday. ;)

Apparently, great minds think alike, eh?


Cheers,

--Jay

A Fish Named Wallyum
01-13-2006, 01:22 AM
I've been poking around old Centuri Enerjet catalogs, etc., and came across this interesting picture from _Enerjet News #3,_ in the upper left-hand corner:

http://www.dars.org/jimz/enerjet/ejn03d.jpg


Oddly enough, it reminded me of Bill Eichelberger and Buzz Nau's Tauruses... I mean, "Taurii," as well as Bill's Taurus upscale (which isn't reviewed on EMRR):



Not yet. The review is written, just waiting for repairs, decals, and photos. NARAM was tough on it.
I saw this a few months ago when we were still at the other house.



Bill, this Enerjet News was released in September 1972... along about your 10th birthday. ;)

Apparently, great minds think alike, eh?
--Jay

It took this "great mind" about 32 years to catch up. :rolleyes:
Seems about right.

Tau Zero
01-14-2006, 05:43 PM
Not yet. The review is written, just waiting for repairs, decals, and photos. NARAM was tough on it.
I saw this a few months ago when we were still at the other house.
It took this "great mind" about 32 years to catch up. :rolleyes:
Seems about right.Yeah, well, it look *me* that long to find it. :rolleyes: :o

But his "main" Taurus fins are simple triangles, instead of the original fin shape... so *maybe* (even though it's rather unlikely) we're a little bit "more sophisticated" (translation: "fussier") than he was? :confused:

Hard to say... :p


Cheers,

--Jay

A Fish Named Wallyum
01-14-2006, 06:29 PM
Yeah, well, it look *me* that long to find it. :rolleyes: :o

But his "main" Taurus fins are simple triangles, instead of the original fin shape... so *maybe* (even though it's rather unlikely) we're a little bit "more sophisticated" (translation: "fussier") than he was? :confused:


I don't think so. Look again. I think it's just the camera angle and the fact that it's a b & w picture. Those are the regular fins.

Tau Zero
01-15-2006, 04:38 PM
I don't think so. Look again. I think it's just the camera angle and the fact that it's a b & w picture. Those are the regular fins.Actually, you're right. I "backed off" on the closeup I was looking at the picture, and sure enough, the white lower part of the fins becomes clearer. Hmm... a "low-res" optical illusion, I guess.

Cheers,

--Jay

A Fish Named Wallyum
01-15-2006, 04:54 PM
Actually, you're right. I "backed off" on the closeup I was looking at the picture, and sure enough, the white lower part of the fins becomes clearer. Hmm... a "low-res" optical illusion, I guess.

Cheers,

--Jay

I just noticed that the fins on my upscale (what's left of them,) are solid black. Oops. :rolleyes:

Tau Zero
01-15-2006, 11:57 PM
I just noticed that the fins on my upscale (what's left of them,) are solid black. Oops. :rolleyes:Yeah, well, um... (looking the other direction) ;)