Mid-70's Centuri Saturn 5
I recently have come into possesion of a Centuri Saturn 5 kit. I got it from the original owner who got it directly from Centuri, probably back in the mid-70's. It is kit #2140 in its original unopened shrink-wrapped box. The box is printed on all six sides and the shrink-wrap covers about 90% of the box, with only the ends frayed. I would be interested in getting some input from the kit collectors out there on the value of the kit before I put it up for auction on eBay. If there is enough interest in this forum, I'll put it up for sale on the forum itself.
Chris Pearson |
Those don't go for as much as one might think....usually they only go for a little more than an original Estes K-36 Saturn V.
Centuri it seems kitted a TON of these that still exist; much more so than the Saturn 1B. I have seen them sell for as little as $90.00 (opened unbuilt kit) and as high as $165.00 (pristine, showroom-new kit) in the past year. I would consider anything over $125.00 doing about average for the condition you describe |
I have a buillt flying Saturn 1B by Centuri with the 2 engine 18mm cluster. Always good for a demonstration launch. (I demo for scouting groups). Had to use Estes' decals, though...
Do you still have the Saturn V? I might be interested. Let me know. Thanks. |
I still have Centuri Saturn 5. Haven't put it up on eBay yet. Back in the 60's, I built one of the first Estes Saturn 5's and had a Centuri Saturn 1B sitting next to it. I did that because they were both 1/100th scale and you got a good idea of the actual size difference of the two real vehicles. I always thought the Centuri Saturn 5 was better looking, but it was more expensive than the Estes one (I didn't have a lot of money in 8th grade!). If I were to build one today, I would substitute thicker HP tubes and plywood parts when possible. I had a complete set of the Estes Maxi-Brute kits and all the Saturns from both companies that I was going to convert to high power years ago, but as it often does, life got in the way and I sold them to a collector.
Chris Pearson |
Re: Saturn V
I was @ a girl scout 'camporee' at the county fair ground back in the "good years" of the space shuttle & met a NASA educator who put a 'bug in my bonnet' - He asked me if I could come up with a complete set of Estes Scale models of all of the manned launch vehicles. The longer I thought about it, the more I wanted these 'birds' at a constant scale of 1/100. Only trouble was, doing a Shuttle at 1/100 would REALLY stretch the skills. Having built & flown the 'E' shuttle before the real thing lifted off, I thought, I CAN do this.
The Mercury & Gemini program rockets were done by Neubauer Rockets - Their sport scale series. Nicely done kits! Got them all - Just waiting for build time... As for the Shuttle, George Gassaway tipped me off to a styrofoam 'catapult' shuttle glider at close to 1/100. He suggested if I was going with R/C recovery to use only half the rudder height for control surface. The tid-bits are being collected, soon to be assembled! I say all that to say, I am a huge fan of scale! :cool: |
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Chris, One of these just sold on eBay for $306. |
In my experience in following Centuri kits, $306.00 is EXTREMELY high for a Centuri Saturn V in ANY condition short of being hand-signed by Lee Piester. This price is closer to what I would expect one to pay for a 1/45 Little Joe II.
But then again, one could refer to the old saying about a Fool & his money are soon parted. This kit is not even what I would consider rare. Although I never liked them, the Super Kits are much more rare than this kit and those do not sell for anywhere near $306. |
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