Originally Posted by Gus

There are way more scale kits available today, and because of the internet they are way easier to locate and purchase, than there were during my youth.

Here is a list of manufacturers currently producing scale kits:

Estes, Quest, Semroc, Roachwerks, Dr. Zooch, Aerospace Specialty Products (ASP), Sirius, The Launch Pad, Sheri's Hot Rockets, True Modeler's Rocket Kits, Apogee Components (Saturns, the Sky kits and Norris Raketen kits), Paul Clark Spacecraft Models (available from Deepsky), Advanced Rocketry Group (ARG), and Neubauer.