Some Vintage Kits In My Collection
 

Hi, Here are some Photos of Vintage Rocket Kits in my collection for you Guys and Gals to Enjoy, Take Care, Jimi

Estes First Edition Uprated Saturn-1 Still New in Factory Sealed Unopeded Box

Some of my built kits

Very First Packaging of the Centuri Payloader II Mint Unopened

Pre-Damon Estes Astron Mark before Hang Tags were added Mint Unopened

Enterjet A Div. Of Centuri 2650 Sounding Rocket Mint Condition

More Photos to follow....

Super!! That's the first Astron Mark I had, too (same packaging). More photos, please.

Here are more photos to Enjoy, Take Care, Jimi

Centuri 1960s Large Rocktry Kits Mini Max Scorpion Mint Condition

Centuri Very First Packaging Aero-Bat Mint Unopened

Pre-Damon Estes Astron Sprite Early Packaging before hang tags were added Mint Unopened

Pre-Damon Estes Astron Space Early Packaging before hang tags were added Mint Condition

Some Containers Of Mint Unopened Vintage Kits


More Photos to follow...

Hi Dave, Yes Nice old kit, I have a few types of packaing on this kit. Yes I have more photos going on very sortly, Glade you are enjoying them, Take Care, Jimi

Her are a few more Photos to enjoy, Jimi

Pre-Damon Estes Astron Drifter Before Hang Tags were added Mint Unupened

Pre-Damon Estes Astron Big Bertha Before hang Tags were added Mint Unopened

Pre-Damon Estes Mars Lander Very First Packaging before they were boxed Mint Unopened

Pre-Damon Astron Invader First and only packaging of this kit Mint Unopened

Pre-Damon Honest John Before Hang Tags were added Mint Unopened

More Photos to follow...

More Photos to Enjoy, Jimi

Centuri Very First Packaging of there Centur Mint Unopened

Pre-Damon Estes Apogee II Before Hang Tags were added Mint Unopened

Centuri Very First Packaging of there Marauder Two Stage Kit Mint Unopened

Centuri Very First Packaging of there IRIS Mint Unopened

Container Of some Vintage Kits Mint

More Photos to follow....

A Few more to Enjoy, Jimi

Pre-Damon Estes Astron Scrambler Mint Unopened

Pre-Damon Estes Before Hang Tags Apollo Capsule Mint Unopened

Pre-Damon Estes Gemini Titan Before Hang Tags Mint Unopened

Estes SPEV Mint Unopened This Kit was never listed in any Estes Catalogs

Pre-Damon Estes Before Hang Tags Little Joe II Mint Unopened

Pre-Damon Estes Before Hang Tags were added Astron Falcon Mint Unopened

More to Follow...

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More Photos to Enjoy, Jimi

Pre-Damon Estes Before Hang tags were added Astron Avenger Mint Unopened

Pre-Damon Estes Before Hang Tags were added Arcus Mint Unopened

Centuri Very First Packaging of there Honest John Mint Unopened

Pre-Damon Estes Before Hang Tags were added Astron Streak

Estes First Packaging of there Astron Interceptor Mint Unopened


More to Follow...

More to Enjoy....

Pre-Damon Estes Before Hang Tags were added Astron Constellation Mint Unopened

Pre-Damon Estes Before Hang Tags were added Astron X-Ray Mint Unopened

Pre-Damon Estes Before Hang Tags were added Astron Scout Mint Unopened

Centuri Very First Packaging of there Defender Space Prob Mint Unopened

Container of some Vintage Kits Mint

More to Follow...

More to Enjoy.....

Centuri Saturn Vs and Saturn 1Bs Two Types of boxes Mint

Centuri Orion Bag version and Boxed version Mint Unopened

Centuri Apollo Little Joe II Mint

Pre-Damon Estes Big Bertha with Face Card Added Mint Unopened

Enerjet a Div. of Centuri Nike-Smoke Mint Unopened

Centuri 1960s Large Rocketry Mini Max Series Hustler Mint

More to Follow...

Here are a few more to enjoy

Enerjet a Div. of Centuri Athna Mint Unopened

Pre-Damon Estes First Packing of there Saturn V Mint

Pre-Damon Estes Mars lander Boxed version Mint

Centuri MACH-10 Boxed Version Mint Unopened

Centuri Laser-X Boxed Version Mint Unopened

Centuri Quasar Boxed Version Mint Unopened

Estes Cineroc Movie Camera Mint

Jimi

Very nice collection. :)

Oh, if I knew then what I know now ...

At least I had the sense to buy a reissued 1/96 scale Revell Saturn V about four years ago at a Hobby Town.

Greg

Hi Greg, Thank You, The Revell Saturn V, very nice kit. Jimi

Hi Jimi,

Would you mind if I used some of the images for my website's individual kit pages. It would sure beat waiting for some of these kits to show up on eBay.

Thanks....Gerry Fortin

Hi Gerry, Sure you can use any of these Photos, I will be posting more so use all you like. If you need to know a kit number to go with the photos just let me know and I will be happy to send the numbers to you. Thanks and Take Care, Jimi

Is your bagged Enerjet Athena one of the ones recently (within the last year) sold on ebay ?
There were I think two bagged Athenas and one Boxed Athena that sold on ebay in the past year.

Hi, Yes I did get this one from Ebay several months ago. Thanks, Jimi

Wow, what a stroll down memory lane! The photo of the boxed Estes Uprated Saturn 1 in the thread starter was just as I remember seeing it for the first time when I went to our local hobby shop in 1968 and discovered model rocketry. Of course, back then $9.50 was big bucks to a 12 year old! I never bought one, but I'm painting my SEMROC Saturn 1B in the same fashion as the old Estes original.

Thanks for posting all of those pics guys! :cool:

Hi, Your are Very Welcome, Glade you are enjoying the pics. More will be comming. Take Care, Jimi

More Pic to Enjoy

Estes Citation Series....

Estes Citation Red Max Mint Unopened

Estes Citation Patriot Mint Unopened

Estes Citation Starship Vega Mint Unopened

Estes Citation Bomarc Mint Unopened

Estes Citation Starter Set with Quasar Rocket


Take Care, Jimi

Ahh, yes, Jimi!
Those Citations were well-wanted when I came along! I wanted them all, except for the Quasar. Ended up with the Max, Bomarc, Vega, and the Patriot. Boy, I thought I had really arrived!!!
Spent the weekend organizing my kits: 16 x 72 qt bins full of bagged kits!! Geez! (Mywife had several OTHER colorful comments, though)! :eek:
Allen

Here are a few more pic to enjoy, Jimi

Estes Pre-Damon Astron Fireside Mint Unopened

Estes Pre-Damon Mars Snooper Mint Unopened

Estes Pre-Damon Astron Skyhook Mint Unopened

Estes Sprint Mint Unopened Red Hang Tag hard to find in this packaing Mint Unopened

Estes Pre-Damon Before Hang Tags were added Astron Mark Later packing then the one I had on earler Mint Unopened

More to follow, Thanks, Jimi

A few more

Estes Pre-Damon Mercury Redstone Mint Unpened

Estes Pre-Damon Astron Space Plane Mint Unopened

Estes Pre-Damon Astron Cobra Mint unopened

Estes Pre-Damon Astron Fireside-X Mint unopened

Estes Pre-Damon Astron Delta Mint Unopened

Jimi

Hi Allen, That is the only Citation kit I do not have also is the Quasar in the box by itself. I no longer have my commander with me, single again after being married over 28 years. But I will say back in 1974 she was building some rockets with me. By the way I just put more pics up on more vintage kits. Take Care, Jimi

[QUOTE=Jimid123]A few more

Estes Pre-Damon Mercury Redstone Mint Unpened

Estes Pre-Damon Astron Space Plane Mint Unopened

Estes Pre-Damon Astron Cobra Mint unopened

Estes Pre-Damon Astron Fireside-X Mint unopened

Estes Pre-Damon Astron Delta Mint Unopened

Jimi[/QUOTE

Here are a few more pic to enjoy, Jimi

Estes Star Blazer Mint Unopened

Estes Sandhawk Mint Unopened

Estes Astron Saros Mint Unopened

Centuri X-29 Bug Mint Unopened

Centuri Marader Mint Unopened

A few more...

Estes Pre-Damon Aerobee 300 Mint Unopened

Estes Pre-Damon Orbital Transport Mint Unopened

Estes Astron Avenger Red Hang Tag a bit later packaging Mint Unopened

Estes Astron Alpha two types of packaging the one to the left Pre-Damon and the one to the right Estes Damon Mint Unopened

Estes Astron Stinger Avalible as a free kit only Mint Unopened

More photos to enjoy, Jimi

Centuri Astro i Mint Unpened

Estes Pre-Damon V-2 Mint UNopened

Estes Pre-Damon Thor-Agena B Mint Unopened

Estes Pre-Damon Before Hang Tags this is the very first packaging Semi-Scale Saturn V Mint Unopened

Estes Astron Drifter later packaging Mint Unopened

and a few more....

Estes Pre-Damon WAC Corporal Mint Unopened

Estes Pre-Damon Honest John Mint Unopened

Centuri Long Tom Mint Unopened

Estes Pre-Damon Astron Midget Mint Unopened

Estes Astron Shrike Mint Unopened

A Few More Pic...Jimi

Estes Bandit Mint Unopened

Centuri T-Bird Mint Unopened

Centuri Space Shuttle Mint Unopened

Estes Astron Omega Mint Unopened

Estes Astron Omega with Payload Mint Unopened

Hi Jimid,

Just started to add images from your posts to the Estes kit databases. Was able to upload the Big Bertha and Spaceman no hangtag kits. More are on the way as time allows. I had never seen the early Big Bertha until you posted. Please keep up the sharing and thanks for allowing me to use the images for building the different K kit varieties. This is turning out to be an insightful project.

Great Gerry, Very Happy to help. This is the very first packaging on the Big Bertha when this kit was released. The other photo I have of this kit has a face card Pre-Damon with Hang Tag packed around 1968/69. Yes I have a few more Estes K series kit left to put on. Will be up very soon.

You Take Care, Jimi

Hello,Jimi

I've been spending part of the last few days drooling at the photos of the mint Estes and Centuri kits you've posted. With every scrolldown,I keep thinking "Geez,he's got all of them!" Absolutely magnificent! Thank you so much for allowing us to enjoy them.

I noticed on the picture of some of your completed kits on the first post,the paint schemes on the Apogee,X-Ray,Farside X,Ranger,and Star Blazer are the same as the ones in the '71 and '72 Estes catalogs. I've done many,if not most of my kits with those same paint schemes. I'm currently working on the finish of an X-Ray x-kit with that design.

Were your models the ones that were actually featured in those catalogs? I always wondered who came up with those beautiful paint jobs.

-Steve

Jimi, I am glad there are people like you to keep the history of rocketry alive. Someone sick like me just wants to open each of those kits, smell the old balsa, paper and put it together. Also my collection is from the late 70's and newer so they are not as expensive as your collection. Once again awesome job.

Hi Steve, Glad you are enjoying the pic of my vintage kits. The ones that are built, Apogee II, X-Ray, Firside X , Ranger and Star Blazer are ones I built copying the ones in the Estes 71/72 cacalogs. When I get some time I will be posting a few more pic of more vitage kits in my collection.

Take Care, Jimi

Hi, Glad you are enjoying the pic, I will be posting a few more vintage kits from my collection as soon as I get a chance.

Take Care, Jimi

Hi Everyone, Here are a few more pics to enjoy of my vintage kits. Sorry for delay in getting more on, my Dad passed away.

Estes Pre-Damon Astron Nighthawk Mint Unopened

Estes Astron Starlight Mint Unopened

Estes Pre-Damon Astron Trident Mint UNopenedn

Estes Astron Beta Mint Unopened

Estes Astron Alpha II Mint Unopened (Kit #EK-25)

Take Care, Jimi

Hello,Jimi;

So very,very sorry to hear about your father. My sympathy to you and your family. My mom passed away a little over two years ago,and I still miss her terribly.

When was the Alpha II in circulation? I recall Estes having the standard Alpha,with balsa nose cone and fins,then introduced the Alpha III in 1971 with plastic nose cone and fin unit,and I always wondered why I never saw an Alpha II. So it did indeed exist,huh? What was the difference?

-Steve

Thank You Steve, The Estes Alpha II I have is from the very early 1970s. I do not know the date these came in production, can not even find them listed in there catalogs. As far as the difference I can not see any difference with this or the standard Alpha.

You Take Care, Jimi

Jimi,

could you check the Alpha II balsa sheet and tell us if it is die cut?

If so then that would be the difference to the normal Alpha.

Thanks,

Leo

PS: Sorry to read about your dad.

Hi,Jimi;

Wow,that's a real mind-boggler. The very early seventies was when I got hooked on model rocketry. In fact,I remember the very day;my oldest brother built an Estes Aerobee 300 and we launched it in the field behind our house-on April 13th,1970,the day Apollo 13 lifted off.

Anyway,I too never saw the Alpha II in any catalog,never saw one in any of the local hobby shops back then. I wonder if they manufactured a limited number of them then decided not to put them on the market,or only sold them in certain parts of the country. One can only guess. I believe you have a real museum piece there,buddy. And the Starlight and Trident-drool city!

Talk to ya later-
-Steve