10-01-2016, 09:27 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: Fairbanks, Alaska
Posts: 6,507
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Originally Posted by the mole
Look what arrived on the doorstep.
The box is just a little different print wise but the box is the same size.
The instruction is different but basically the same.
The page in the instruction for the fins is different.
The fins are in their own bag
Sorry about the pictures I did them in a hurry.
Have had time to read the instruction. They're laid out nice. The paint instruction is real good. Looks like everything you need to construct a sturdy model.
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Thank you for posting those! I'm curious about the Command Module--does it have the molded-on surface details of the earlier Estes Saturn V kits, or is it smooth like those in the Centuri 1:100 scale Saturn V and Saturn IB kits? The reason why I ask is because a smooth CM could more easily be used to build a matching 1:100 scale Little Joe II (the 1990s-vintage Estes Apollo Little Joe II kit required a lot of sanding on its Command Module in order to smooth it down, while the Centuri 1:100 scale Little Joe II kit didn't require that sanding). An Estes 1:100 scale Little Joe II would be a very nice kit, even with a molded-on-detail-equipped Command Module (in that case, the kit could depict the last Little Joe II round, which used a space flight-rated Command Module (with its BPC--Boost Protective Cover) and Service Module (minus the Service Module's main engine, with its large nozzle). |