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Old 02-01-2006, 07:04 AM
Chris Pearson Chris Pearson is offline
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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
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