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Old 01-24-2010, 10:17 PM
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The "Classics 1954-1995" list sort of works that way, at least for the models that have complete parts lists. It is a hugely helpful resource for those who know how to use it effectively. It requires a little bit of work to find designs on it that have complete or nearly complete parts lists, but perhaps it could be used as a prototype for another, simpler page that just contains designs with complete parts lists. That page could also include EIRP, MRN and DOM designs, none of which are included in the Classics list. (No doubt because they weren't kits, which is what the Classics list represents.)

When Estes Industries published those plans, though, they didn't provide anything like an order sheet already filled out with the parts needed to build the designs; readers were expected to do that by finding the parts in the EI catalog and putting together the order themselves. (... and we LIKED it! ) I can't imagine that anyone back then had a conniption because someone from Estes Industries wasn't holding their hands and guiding them through the process. Semroc's website provides the same functionality as the old EI catalogs from the 1960's (and much, much more, of course). Is it asking too much to expect customers now to do what we were expected to do as kids back in the late Pleistocene?

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