It is a combination of Estes and Centuri parts from their combined releases of the kit. From what I have read of prerelease reports the kit is a good one. I am happy to say that Estes (Damon (Nomad spelled backwards)- Centuri-North Coast) has also decided to rekindle rocketeers dream of the moon with their rerelease of a Saturn V rocket. If you have one or more of these rockets please email me so I can keep track of who has what and what we need to build so that this might be a complete representation of the Golden Years of the Space Race. I'll bet dollars to donuts we have the bulk of NASA's and most of the former Soviet Union's fleet of rockets amongst our illustrious membership. I have seen a couple of Mercury-Atlas (one beautiful rendition by Geoff Canham, LUNAR #493), a semi-scale Saturn V (built and flown by Bob Herzberg), a Titan III if I recall correctly, and a Mercury-Redstone at the previous launches. What would be really fun would be to get some type of inventory of what is actually in the "LUNAR" fleet. I urge all likeminded Lunatics to dredge their closets and hideyholes to find their prizes, dust them off, and get them flyable in preparation for the coming launch. Many might be languishing on your bookshelves, in a box in the garage, or (gasp) bagged and sealed as part of your retirement fund. I believe all these kits have been available at one time or another either from Estes or Centuri.
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