AHHHI I Wasn't just imagining them!

[stefanj]

The Ninfinger site still occasionally posts new stuff. A few days ago an MPC mini-catalog appeared:

http://www.ninfinger.org/rockets/catalogs/MPCInsert/MPCInsert.html

Look at the motor listings!

C9-3

C9-0

I remember seeing this catalog years and years ago and wondering about those.

I'm going to guess that they were vaporware.

More than a C9, I'd love to have every one of those kits to build again.

[SEL]

The Ninfinger site still occasionally posts new stuff. A few days ago an MPC mini-catalog appeared:

http://www.ninfinger.org/rockets/catalogs/MPCInsert/MPCInsert.html

Look at the motor listings!

C9-3

C9-0

I remember seeing this catalog years and years ago and wondering about those.

I'm going to guess that they were vaporware.

More than a C9, I'd love to have every one of those kits to build again.

And for $1.30 per pack!

S.

[Initiator001]

The Ninfinger site still occasionally posts new stuff. A few days ago an MPC mini-catalog appeared:

http://www.ninfinger.org/rockets/catalogs/MPCInsert/MPCInsert.html

Look at the motor listings!

C9-3

C9-0

I remember seeing this catalog years and years ago and wondering about those.

I'm going to guess that they were vaporware.

More than a C9, I'd love to have every one of those kits to build again.

Years ago, I spoke to Bill Stine about the MPC C9 motors.

He said they never went into production. At best, a few prototypes were made.

[Scott6060842]

The Ninfinger site still occasionally posts new stuff. A few days ago an MPC mini-catalog appeared:

More than a C9, I'd love to have every one of those kits to build again.

Uncle Mikes Rocket Shack sells some old MPC kits still in the shrink wrap...and some of the others occasionally come up on ebay fairly cheap. :)

[LW Bercini]

Uncle Mikes Rocket Shack sells some old MPC kits still in the shrink wrap...and some of the others occasionally come up on ebay fairly cheap. :)

I still have my Martian Patrol that I picked up in the late 70s. No matter what I do with the stupid saucers, they always cartwheel down.

[Bill]

I still have my Martian Patrol that I picked up in the late 70s. No matter what I do with the stupid saucers, they always cartwheel down.


When my brother and I first saw that kit, we both broke out in laughter, said, "two eggs, over easy."


Bill

[Bazookadale]

Years ago, I spoke to Bill Stine about the MPC C9 motors.

He said they never went into production. At best, a few prototypes were made.

Harry Stine had one to show at a Pittcon in the early '70s, never saw one after that! I am still waiting for the "DELTA VEE" motors I paid for back then :mad:

[wilsotr]

The Ninfinger site still occasionally posts new stuff. A few days ago an MPC mini-catalog appeared:

http://www.ninfinger.org/rockets/catalogs/MPCInsert/MPCInsert.html

Look at the motor listings!

C9-3

C9-0

I remember seeing this catalog years and years ago and wondering about those.

I'm going to guess that they were vaporware.

More than a C9, I'd love to have every one of those kits to build again.

Cool stuff. The MPC pad and controller were the first I ever owned ... still got 'em, in fact. I still think the pad design trumps any I've seen.

[Rocketflyer]

Cool stuff. The MPC pad and controller were the first I ever owned ... still got 'em, in fact. I still think the pad design trumps any I've seen.

Lordy yes. I'd really like to get my hands on another pad like that. Then too, I'd like another Nova Ind. p :D ad as well!

[stefanj]

I have a couple of MPC pads, although they are missing parts. e.g., the little wind indicator.

I don't recall ever getting my hands on a launch controller.

[Scott6060842]

I have a couple of MPC pads, although they are missing parts. e.g., the little wind indicator.

I don't recall ever getting my hands on a launch controller.


Here's one

http://cgi.ebay.com/VINTAGE-MPC-MODEL-ROCKET-LAUNCHER-LAUNCH-CONTROLLER-/280700181743?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item415b08dcef

[Initiator001]

I still have my Martian Patrol that I picked up in the late 70s. No matter what I do with the stupid saucers, they always cartwheel down.

Here's the Martian Patrol kit I built in the early 1990s.

A warehouse full of old MPC/AVI product was found in 1988 or 1989 and got into the hobby distributor pipeline. I picked up many MPC kits (and motors) at a hobby shop in Henderson, NV.

[Chas Russell]

I like tbe Strategic Air Command decals Bob! I was SACumcised at a young age. Okay, I was 21 when I was assigned to the 17th Bomb Wing, WP AFB, Ohio.
I do not have a Martian Patrol, but did pick up several of the MPC 13mm and 18mm kits, both in the day and after the warehouse find. In my collection I have Zenith II kits from MRI, MPC (also sold by AVI), and Quest.

Chas

[stefanj]

OK. I ordered a Lunar Patrol, Microsonde, Nike Patriot, and two Pegasi from Uncle Mike. The prices are just barely reasonable. Just about exactly a month of "fun money."

I intend to do "catalog perfect" finishes and fly them sparingly. Kind of a tribute to the models that got me started Back In The Day. (Well, I think I sloppily built an Alpha before sloppily building a Redstone Maverick.)

The Martian Patrol is so goofy . . . MPC couldn't be convinced to spring for a special set of decals?

[Initiator001]

I like tbe Strategic Air Command decals Bob! I was SACumcised at a young age. Okay, I was 21 when I was assigned to the 17th Bomb Wing, WP AFB, Ohio.
I do not have a Martian Patrol, but did pick up several of the MPC 13mm and 18mm kits, both in the day and after the warehouse find. In my collection I have Zenith II kits from MRI, MPC (also sold by AVI), and Quest.

Chas

Those decals came with the kit.

The decal sheet was pretty generic. I made up the finishing scheme.

I have a Nike-Patriot I built around the same time. I'll have to find it and take some pictures. :)

[Doug Sams]

OK. I ordered a Lunar Patrol, Microsonde, Nike Patriot, and two Pegasi from Uncle Mike. The Microsonde just begs for a B14-0 in the first stage. That said, since it's not available, make sure you build it very light. I suggest upgrading the launch lugs to 3/16" and using a longer rod. Even then, fly it on a calm day. Also, one trick I use to relieve demands on the first stage booster is to motor down in the upper stages - use a B6-0 to A8-0 to A8-5 combo. The lighter upper stage motors will help the first stage get it going better. (Not that you don't already know these things...I'm just thinking out loud :) )

Doug

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[stefanj]

The Microsonde just begs for a B14-0 in the first stage. That said, since it's not available, make sure you build it very light. I suggest upgrading the launch lugs to 3/16" and using a longer rod. Even then, fly it on a calm day. Also, one trick I use to relieve demands on the first stage booster is to motor down in the upper stages - use a B6-0 to A8-0 to A8-5 combo. The lighter upper stage motors will help the first stage get it going better. (Not that you don't already know these things...I'm just thinking out loud :) )

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All good to know.

I actually have a few B14-0 left. Also some 1/2A6-0.

[hcmbanjo]

I still have my Martian Patrol that I picked up in the late 70s. No matter what I do with the stupid saucers, they always cartwheel down.

I've built and flown a Martian Patrol this last year.
At ejection, one saucer "hovers" the other one flips end over end.

Here's a link to the build thread:
http://modelrocketbuilding.blogspot.com/search/label/Martian%20Patrol

That first blog entry is from a guy selling a Martian patrol on Ebay.
He's had it listed as "buy it now" for months. Heck, he only wants $99.00 for it.

[stefanj]

It would be interesting to re-envision, rather than clone, the Martian Patrol.



Start with two saucers, perhaps but not necessarily made of foam, and create a more alien carrier ship.

[dlazarus6660]

It would be interesting to re-envision, rather than clone, the Martian Patrol.



Start with two saucers, perhaps but not necessarily made of foam, and create a more alien carrier ship.

Something like a Venus Probe with saucers! :D

[stefanj]

Something like a Venus Probe with saucers! :D
Hmmm. You know, I have the parts for an Exo-Skel . . . just missing instructions and the body wrap.

Having bizarro bio-tech saucers hanging off of a mothership would be way cool.

(I adapted my first Exo-Skel, sold before my last move, to D power. I replaced the fin can with a transition to a bit of BT-60 with a 24mm motor mount in it. The fins were scaled up versions of the original plastic ones. Basswood, TTW.

I made "veins" of plastic goop over the body tube and fins. It came out pretty good. I wish I'd kept it.