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Old 12-10-2017, 03:05 PM
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Default The First All Plastic Model Rocket

Many of us of a certain generation remember the Aurora brand of hobby products. They produced a wide variety of hobby products from plastic model kits to HO scale slot racing products. While their HO slot car products dominated that realm the quality of their plastic model kits were found wanting compared to those offered by Revell and Monogram.

Aurora produced a good number of plastic model of missiles and rockets none were ever specifically designed as model rockets. Over 50 years ago G. Harry Stine attempted to change that trend with his prototype of an all plastic rocket that was demonstrated to Aurora Plastics executives at Waveny Park, just a short distance from his home in New Canaan, CT.

Stine machined the nosecone out of solid acrylic. How many modeler today could do that?



The model bears a strong resemblance to several rockets which have appeared over the years.





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