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ARTU 03-10-2005 12:32 PM

Four New Semroc Kits
 
Semroc last night changed their front page at

http://www.semroc.com

They have the SpacePlane, Batroc, Recruiter and Snipe Hunter listed as new kits today.

They say they will have these at NARCON, w00t !


Art Upton
BoosterVision.com

stefanj 03-10-2005 12:51 PM

Arrr, it happens again . . .
 
I go through the trouble of putting together parts for an olde timey kit, and Semroc goes and makes a clone.

In this case, I don't mind having two Space Planes.

Stefan

Ltvscout 03-10-2005 09:42 PM

Quote:
Originally Posted by ARTU
Semroc last night changed their front page at

http://www.semroc.com

They have the SpacePlane, Batroc, Recruiter and Snipe Hunter listed as new kits today.

They say they will have these at NARCON, w00t !


Art Upton
BoosterVision.com

On top of that, a little birdie (Carl) told me in a message last night:

"The first Space Plane is free to all attendees this weekend that stop by and
register."

Bonus! I told him I'd be sure to be the first in line. ;)

I'm getting BatRok #6 from him. (They keep 1-5 of all their kits for themselves.) #7 is going to Ron Maggiano(sp?) the designer of the BatRok. I'm going to try to get Ron and Carl to sign the kit for me. I'll be buying a second to build.

Tau Zero 03-10-2005 11:20 PM

Is it just me, or is my timing bad?
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by ARTU
Semroc last night changed their front page at

http://www.semroc.com

They have the SpacePlane, Batroc, Recruiter and Snipe Hunter listed as new kits today.

They say they will have these at NARCON, w00t !


ACK! I just spent most of my discretionary cash for this month on an order to Semroc last week! :eek:

And even after Carl invited me last week to come to NARCON this week if I could swing it... I just can't. But I mentioned it to my wife, and she said she'd like to go to some rocketry shindig with me, and leave our (now 7 and 8.25 year old) girls at home.

I'm thinking... *maybe* NARCON 2006. ;)


Cheers,

--Jay Goemmer
"Centuri Guy"

Ltvscout 03-11-2005 07:06 AM

Quote:
Originally Posted by CenturiGuy
I'm thinking... *maybe* NARCON 2006. ;)

There's a strong possibility that we'll be hosting NARCON 2006 as well. I may get to meet you yet!

Tau Zero 03-11-2005 05:16 PM

Quote:
Originally Posted by Ltvscout
There's a strong possibility that we'll be hosting NARCON 2006 as well. I may get to meet you yet!

"*Dude*... *Sweet!*" ;)

(chuckling) I made it a point to download everybody's pictures from the NARCON site so I'll be able to identify a few folks when I see them. And I made it a *point* to get yours! :D

Hope to see you next year! :eek: (I *love* that particular smiley!)

Cheers,

--Jay
"Centuri Guy"

Ltvscout 03-13-2005 05:15 PM

Quote:
Originally Posted by CenturiGuy
"*Dude*... *Sweet!*" ;)

(chuckling) I made it a point to download everybody's pictures from the NARCON site so I'll be able to identify a few folks when I see them. And I made it a *point* to get yours! :D

Hope to see you next year! :eek: (I *love* that particular smiley!)

I just got back from a successful NARCON 2005 weekend. It's been confirmed by Trip Barber and our club president that WOOSH will be hosting NARCON 2006.

I was extremely honored to be able to meet the Estes'. They are a great couple, and would answer any question you asked of them. They taught us a lot about the history of Estes. Did you know that the original body tubes for Estes were hand rolled by Gleda using discarded mimeograph paper? Did you know that Gleda was the first operator of "Mabel", the machine that Vern designed to produce the engines? Do you know how "Mabel" got its name? I'll leave that one dangling to see if anyone else knows. ;)

We had the Estes' this year and video recorded their keynote address. Next year we're going to attempt to bring in another big name from the early days of rocketry. Let's see, the people from MMI have passed away, we just had the Estes', hhmmmmmm, I wonder who it could be? :D

A Fish Named Wallyum 03-14-2005 12:29 PM

Quote:
Originally Posted by CenturiGuy
But I mentioned it to my wife, and she said she'd like to go to some rocketry shindig with me, and leave our (now 7 and 8.25 year old) girls at home.


Wink, wink. Nudge, nudge. SAY NO MORE, Squire. :D

Bill "Tomorrow I'll be EXACTLY a 42.5 year old" Eichelberger

A Fish Named Wallyum 03-14-2005 12:33 PM

I was amazed when they just walked into the Old Rocketeers Open Forum on Saturday like they were just a couple oldies like the rest of us. Nice people and they give a great presentation. Anyone want to try to get the Centuri people to show up next year? (Not you, Jay. Sounds like we'll be lucky to pry you out of your room.) ;)

Ltvscout 03-14-2005 12:56 PM

Quote:
Originally Posted by A Fish Named Wallyum
I was amazed when they just walked into the Old Rocketeers Open Forum on Saturday like they were just a couple oldies like the rest of us. Nice people and they give a great presentation. Anyone want to try to get the Centuri people to show up next year? (Not you, Jay. Sounds like we'll be lucky to pry you out of your room.) ;)


Who do you think I'm talking about when I said this in a message above? ;)

Quote:
We had the Estes' this year and video recorded their keynote address. Next year we're going to attempt to bring in another big name from the early days of rocketry. Let's see, the people from MMI have passed away, we just had the Estes', hhmmmmmm, I wonder who it could be?


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