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Old 04-15-2014, 10:41 PM
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Question [Solved!] Mystery decals... Estes PN 37582

I have a set of decals that I cannot for the life of me figure out where they belong. It's labeled ESTES INDUSTRIES PN 37582. Unfortunately, I don't have the plans for whatever rocket it was intended for.

It is printed in black and red. It has three red 4's and four red squares. The remainder of the decals are black, and consist of two U.S. ARMY decals (written in the vertical orientation) three decals with the words "TEST CONN" in rectangles with triangles below them, three stripes (about 1mm wide, probably capable of wrapping a BT-55), six rounded edged rectangles, and what looks like four "hinged" fin decals.

I wish I had a scan, but that'll have to wait until tomorrow. Just uploaded a bad cell phone photo...



Any help here would be greatly appreciated.
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Old 04-15-2014, 11:18 PM
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A Patriot missile?
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Old 04-15-2014, 11:46 PM
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A Patriot missile?


Can't be.
1) I've never purchased one.
2) I've looked at all the versions of the Patriot Missile I can find in Estes' catalogs (just in case I picked these up as a spare set somewhere), and the decals from those have the U.S. ARMY decals in horizontal orientation, not vertical.

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Closest match is the Nike X from 1975, which predates my first rocket by 8 years.
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Old 04-16-2014, 12:00 AM
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Lightbulb Found it!...

It's the Estes SAM 4 (1357)'s decal (circa 1983).

Now, where in the world did I pick that up from? I never bought one.

Thanks for looking!
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Uses most of the same elements as the Nike-X decal sheet.
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Uses most of the same elements as the Nike-X decal sheet.


Yeah, it was the Nike-X which put me on the right track to the SAM-4.

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Here's the scan...

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Here's the scan...



I first thought "Honest John" looking at the fin shapes...

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I first thought "Honest John" looking at the fin shapes...

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I checked all the HOJo's I could find, and it clearly wasn't any of them. I'm glad I was able to solve the mystery, and help Gord out in the process.
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I checked all the HOJo's I could find, and it clearly wasn't any of them. I'm glad I was able to solve the mystery, and help Gord out in the process.


Yeah, I didn't say anything because I didn't recall the HOJOs having fin decals at all... the US ARMY markings looked about right, but the fin decals threw me...

This was about the time I think you posted that you had the answer anyway...

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