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Old 02-06-2010, 08:42 PM
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I need to update those pages!

The original Orion used an unnumbered Centuri nose cone (our BC-1315) and a paper shroud to go from ST-13 to ST-20. The original pods were Centuri BC-71 (our BC-711) and were later replaced by Centuri PNC-71 (our BC-710). A few months later, the balsa-shroud nose cone was replaced with the Centuri PNC-231 (our BC-2032). Dr. Bob Craddock from the Smithsonian loaned us an early production Orion to use to create a close to original model. I do not think very many were made with all balsa cones, so that is the one we want to recreate.

We have everything ready to kit the Orion except the wrap. We had considered a paper and balsa-detailed wrap since it is hard to get a perfect styrene wrap.
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