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Old 07-14-2010, 04:25 PM
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Originally Posted by ghrocketman
The fins on the Estes ASP kit were NOT balsa of any thickness.
I built an original MANY years ago that I still have.
They were fibreboard like Centuri used in many of their kits including all the Super Kits.
That may have been a later production run of the kit, as the one on JimZ's web site definitely has balsa fins.
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