Title: Starship Vega

Kit number: KV-78

Background Information brief: The original Starship Vega was designed by Wayne Kellner at Estes Industries. It was released as a futuristic planetary exploration vehicle in the style of illustrations by Frank Tinsley in the 1950’s. It was first offered in the 1971 Citation Catalog as Catalog Number MK-4 and retailed for $5.25. The number was changed to KC-4 and was offered for a short time in the 1973 and 1974 catalogs. A simplified version was re-released in 1979 as Catalog Number 1320.
The Semroc Retro-ReproTM Starship VegaTM is very close in design to the original. Precision laser-cut fins and rings make the assembly easier. The addition of a Kevlar shock cord mount increases reliability. A large full-color waterslide decal sheet adds the finishing touches.

Designer: Wayne Kellner

Release Date: 03/22/2012

In Production: 2012-2014


Instruction PDF

https://www.oldrocketplans.com/semr...arship_Vega.pdf


Requested attachments:
Fin patterns (200 dpi grayscale PDF)
Decal scan (600 dpi color PDF)

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Semroc-Starship Vega.rkt (115.8 KB, 11 views)

Archived Semroc product page: https://web.archive.org/web/2016021...s.asp?SKU=KV-78

Announcement of release in Semroc Minute 10, March 22, 2012:

“New Kits...
We have just released four more kits for the spring. The Bandit has been in the works for some time. The internal baffle or ejection ducting system is one of the most elaborate engineering designs from the early days. Most of the "beauty" of this kit is hidden inside, but the baffling system works great!

The Blue Bird ZeroTM is one of Mike Dorffler's classic designs from the 80's. It has been cloned, upscaled and downscaled over the years, proving it has stood the test of time. We have released it as MagnumTM so it flies on a wide range of engines (18mm and 24mm) on all sizes of fields.

The NomadTM is a much requested Centuri kit. We changed the fiber fins to balsa and basswood to make it more rugged. The original had aluminum foil bands that are not included with this kit. As a final step, it made it too easy to mess it up. If you insist on the aluminum foil bands and swear to Sheryl that you can apply them without having to start over, tell her in the notes and she will include the bands while we still have them.

Starship Series...
We have just released the Starship VegaTM as the first Starship entry. Over the coming months we will release the Starship ExcaliburTM and the Starship CorreyTM We are starting a competition within the SAM Team to design the fourth model in the Series, the Starship _____ (the winner will fill in the blank.) Only SAM members can enter their designs, but everyone will be able to vote on the winning design and purchase the final release.

SAM Team
If you are a SAM member and are not registered on YORF, please register so you can get the latest updates! We will be posting another contest shortly as well as details for the Starship Design Contest. If you are not a SAM, you need to see what else you are missing.

Thanks for your support of Semroc. We owe our continued success to you and we sincerely
appreciate all your help.
/ The Semroc Crew/

Sheryl, Lisa, Bruce, Carl, Gizmo, Beans, Abby, Sami and Scooter”

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Semroc Minute-10.pdf (79.5 KB, 14 views)

Requested attachments:
Fin patterns (200 dpi grayscale PDF)
Decal scan (600 dpi color PDF)

Bagged kit pictures front and back, and parts laid out

The instruction PDF has been added to the original post.

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Build floor: Estes Pro Series Jayhawk, Estes Vigilante

In paint:

Ready for 1st flight: Custom Rockets Bullet, Semroc/Centuri Renegade, Semroc Laser X, Estes Beta Launch Vehicle, MPC Flare Patriot, Estes Nimbus, Estes SR-71, Estes Nebulon Warrior, Semroc Ruskie, Estes Nike -X, Estes Mini-Shuttle Clone. Estes Renegade, Estes Big Red Max, Estes Phoenix, Fliskits Shadowlord, Custom Rockets SAM-X, thanks Texas Winds and rain.
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Not per the requested resolutions nor with a ruler to scale the scans: I scanned these two years ago when I built mine. I have not had any problems with using Adobe Photoshop to print out scans (I select Actual Size).

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Thanks to Kelly Irwin (RZNS60) for sending this 600dpi scan of the decals with a ruler.

https://www.oldrocketplans.com/semr...ecal_600dpi.pdf

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