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Old 12-06-2016, 12:48 PM
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I know Carl at Semroc originally planned to clone the Enerjet Athena, but he never came up with a reliable source to reproduce the Vacu-formed wraps for the kit.
The original wraps for the Athena were also shared with the 1/100 scale Centuri Saturn 1B.
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Old 12-06-2016, 04:52 PM
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GOOD GRIEF !
1744, Dean ????
I thought my couple hundred was bad, but I'm pretty selective of what I call my 'collection' vs 'builder' kits.
I have way more motors than kits....


Aye, carumba! ...and I thought I had a lot! I AM NOT WORTHY!

There's a fine line between a hobby and a mental illness.
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Old 12-06-2016, 09:15 PM
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I've had a database of the kits for almost 20 years. It's gone through a series of tools as technology advanced. It's been on Lotus Approach, Microsoft Access, PalmPilot JFile, and currently lives in my iPhone as a HanDBase file. But I created that database in the first place because of EXACTLY what you posted --- I bought a model, got it home, opened the box it would belong in (I had a filing system, even back then) and there was already one of them in the box.



I am so much worse...I built one before realizing I had built it before,
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Old 12-06-2016, 09:54 PM
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Aye, carumba! ...and I thought I had a lot! I AM NOT WORTHY!

There's a fine line between a hobby and a mental illness.
The truly genuine privilege here is enjoying how many of us are all nodding together on this thread !!

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Old 12-07-2016, 05:19 AM
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I needed to update my inventory spreadsheet - I realized it had multiple errors.
And I decided to reorganize the storage tubs by vendor

So while everything was out, I took a group photo!

18 years - 59 different manufacturers (well, 60 if you count me and my scratch builts)


59 manufacturers?! I DO believe it but I had no idea there have been so many! I can probably rattle off 25 or 30, but not 59.
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Old 12-07-2016, 08:10 PM
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3D Rocketry Aerotech Peter Always Apogee BaddAzz BMS Centuri
Cosmodrone Custom Cygnus DFR Dynastar EAT Edmonds Empire
Estes Excelsior Fat Cat Fliskits Hawk Hostile Hotrod K&S Launch Pad
Loc Mad Cow Model Minutes More MPC NCR New Way Oddl PDR
Pemberton PML Q Model Quest Red River Roachworks Rocket in a Box
Rocketarium Rocketpad Rogue Rokitflite Semroc Sheri Shrox
Sirius Sky Space X Squirrel Work Sunward Tango Papa Wildman Zooch

And I am real tempted to pull the trigger on a Binder kit....
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Old 12-08-2016, 10:48 AM
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3D Rocketry Aerotech Peter Always Apogee BaddAzz BMS Centuri
Cosmodrone Custom Cygnus DFR Dynastar EAT Edmonds Empire
Estes Excelsior Fat Cat Fliskits Hawk Hostile Hotrod K&S Launch Pad
Loc Mad Cow Model Minutes More MPC NCR New Way Oddl PDR
Pemberton PML Q Model Quest Red River Roachworks Rocket in a Box
Rocketarium Rocketpad Rogue Rokitflite Semroc Sheri Shrox
Sirius Sky Space X Squirrel Work Sunward Tango Papa Wildman Zooch

And I am real tempted to pull the trigger on a Binder kit....
Don't forget AVI, MRI, FSI, MicroClassics...probably others, I'd have to look.
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Old 12-08-2016, 11:08 AM
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How about Canaroc, North Coast, LOC and CMR ?
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Old 12-08-2016, 01:43 PM
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....and Neubauer.
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Old 12-08-2016, 06:24 PM
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And here I am with a build pile of 2 and struggling with the decision of whether to order Estes bundle #3.

How do you pick your next build when you have a collection like that?


That Estes Bundle #3 is too good to pass up! (6) excellent rockets for $31.00. I added a Nike Apache kit and some rings to it and got free shipping on my $50+ order.

Now THAT'S a sale!
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