12-20-2017, 03:40 PM
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Craftsman
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Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: Jefferson, Georgia
Posts: 347
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Originally Posted by blackshire
I'd forgotten about that one! If its depicting drawing is accurate, that blast deflector was yet another design--a section of a circle, with "near edgewise" pressed-in stiffening ribs, with one bent-over section at the top where the launch lug slipped through a punched hole. (The "Fin-Kwik" also looks like it was a versatile, heavy-duty tool; I'd buy one of them, too, if Estes re-issued it...)
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I remember hearing 'reading' that Estes had acquired some (if not all) of MMI's inventory. That curved deflector looks to be same one included in the MMI Arcon kit. In the 2nd 1961 Estes catalog a complete MMI style launch pad was offered, at least it looks like one. |