09-23-2009, 12:26 AM
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Another thought regarding the Akela-1 decal sheet--since the Boy Scouts of America sell the 12-pack of the Estes Viking (the Akela-1's very similar descendant) on their Scouting supplies web site (see: http://www.scoutstuff.org/BSASupply...V=3&item=179VRK ), why not also make a second, slightly reduced-size Akela-1 decal sheet that would fit on the Viking? (The original Akela-1 body band decals--made to wrap around the Centuri #7 body tube--would be a bit too long for the BT-20 size Viking.) The decal sheet could have 12 individually-numbered Akela-1 decal sets (to go with the 12 Viking kits in the 12-pack) instead of the 8 sets on the original Akela-1 decal sheet. Both decal sizes (the original for #7 tubing and the slightly-reduced size for BT-20 tubing) would be popular.
There are a lot of BARs who are into Scouting with their children who built the Akela-1 when they were Cub Scouts or Boy Scouts, and this would be a way that they could share a bit of their youth with their children. Also, the slightly reduced-size, individually-numbered Akela-1 decal sets would enable the Scouts to know which rocket is whose if two or more of the Viking rockets in a 12-pack happen to have identical paint schemes. |