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Old 09-06-2015, 08:43 PM
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Originally Posted by ghrocketman
...I have seen that facecard before but I do not know what year it is from other than it is between 1973 and 1977...


That makes sense, as I bought my first Big Bertha in late 1977 and it had that face card.

Even though I had the catalog, I based my paint scheme on that face card because I was neither skilled enough to copy the catalog pattern nor did I have any yellow paint. And since the face card image was black and white, I decided I would go with that and use what I had: white spray paint and black electrical tape. I cut out the "BIG BERTHA" header from the instructions and glued it to the rocket as a decal, since at that time there were no decals in the kit.

That was a great rocket that served me well in junior high school (see first photo) but it eventually disappeared. Recently I built a reproduction. I could not find an image of this face card anywhere so I had to guess by the few photos I had of the original, but I got it done in time to take to NARCON last year and had the great honor of having it signed by Himself and Herself (see second picture). Now it resides on my highest shelf.
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