06-20-2020, 03:39 PM
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The Alpha Kid
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Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: central PA
Posts: 421
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Another moldy oldie, the HMS Carlisle. Always loved the look of the starship models of the 70's.
I built this in the summer of 1980 during Rocket Week at Camp Sequanota.
Our counselor was a high school science teacher who showed up in an Opel Manta stuffed full of rockets.
He presented our group with an Estes Designers special to share among us. I also built a 7 fin Viking but lost it years ago.
He brought along a silk screen set up and made T-shirts to commemorate the launch.
We spent the week building and then flew on the last day.
The name is derived from my Grandmother's hometown in northern England. She made a trip back there that summer so it was a recurring discussion topic at Sunday family dinners.
I've never had a mishap with this model, ever. Hard to believe that something I built when I was 12 is more reliable than my newer stuff. One of my favorite flyers.
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