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Old 12-28-2010, 12:45 PM
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In looking at the Blue Star on JimZ and without opening the Zipper yet, they look identical except for the color scheme/decals.

The fin sheet looks good to my eye in the .pdf version (http://www.spacemodeling.org/JimZ/estes/est1991.pdf). From what I can see in the bag (it's one with the flight sequence over a white background on the back) it looks as if one of the fins is separated from the sheet but it certainly could be reassembled and scanned I think.

I just noticed that the BT is squashed at one end on this one, as with the Alpha.....that pretty much tells me this should be a "builder" and not a "collector". I will certainly scan it all then when I do open it.

As light as it is, it would be pretty hard to come up with a situation where where it would zipper in actual use - maybe using a way-too-short delay? A B6-2, perhaps?
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