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Calling all friends of Lee Piester
Now that alot of you guys *met* the man and learned the secret handshake, perhaps one of you could give your new friend a ping about a question dealing with an obscure topic only a Centuri-rocket-loving geek would ask.
See attached photo first, then ask yourself (and Lee) these questions......... Question 1. What is the color scheme in the this picture? Question 2. Who is the gentleman pictured? Question 3. What colors were that fin-can produced of that era? I'd be guessing that the cone and transition were molded black. (the new-era Estes versions are molded yellow and paint just doesn't stick well to it) The fin can looks the original plastic hue of whatever colors were produced back then. The payload "bright white" areas could very well be flourescent red. B&W photos have that effect. |
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I think I can answer two of the questions.
I believe the person in the picture 'might' be Larry Brown. The color of the fin unit is a bright orange. I saw some examples around the Enertek shop when I worked for Lee. Bob Director of Customer Service Enertek, Inc. |
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Thanks Bob. Do you know if these were ever kitted or simply advertising eye-candy? With you being a big-time kit collector ---you be the guy who knows best! If they were kitted, the instructions might have a clue as to what the color scheme might have been. Its hard to believe that there wasn't a flourescent color in there somewhere. Chris |
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Chris, That particular model was never kitted. It was probably just something that was made up for fun by the staff. Storytime. In one of the Centuri newsletters (I think it was an Enerjet newsletter), there was a picture of the lower 2/3rds of a Saturn V model with an X-24 Bug on top. Fast forward to late 1987-early 1988. Scott Branche and I were exploring around inside the American Hobbycraft/Enertek warehouse. We would often find Centuri/Enerjet items stored in closets, up on shelves or even in non-descript boxes. Scott called me over as he had found something. He pulled it out of a closet (I think). It was the lower 2/3rds of a Centuri Saturn V. Also, there was an unfired Enerjet E24 motor in the model. The next day, Scott told Bill Stine (Our boss) about the find. Scott asked if he could keep it. Bill said 'okay'. Scott took the Saturn V, I took the E24. Bill reminded us about the Saturn V/X-24 model. We still don't know for sure, but this could have been the model that was pictured in the article. Bob |
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Bob, Awesome story! I always wonder what happened to some of those early designs and prototypes. Like the "EnerJet Boosted Space Shuttle" in the 1972 EnerJet catalog. The picture shows it was ready for flight. Did it fly? How well did it fly? http://tinyurl.com/ldxus What closet is it in so I can go get it?
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Which brings me to this question: There was/is a launch report in one of the back issues of odel Rocketeer/American Spacemodeling that mentions Larry Brown doing a demo launch of said Saturn V/Bug rocket. Can anyone point me to the correct issue? I think the launch was held at a not-yet-open highway overpass, and they were having problems with kids on bikes grabbing rockets as they landed and riding off with them. I'll admit that I havn't gone through every issue, but I have looked through most of the issues prior to 1980 with no luck. Sean |
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A year or two ago, Gary Rosenfield had a link to (I think) the RCS website where he had a six minute Quicktime movie from NARAM 16 featuring many Centuri/Enerjet rockets and flights (Plus a car fire!).
I don't see the video link on either the AeroTech or RCS website for this film anymore. Bob "Still not done with the project for my job" |
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This was the subject of a thread last year - The gentleman is larry Brown, a.k.a "Joe Enerjet" As for the colors, I had to guess for my 1340 clone (see attached). I think Steve Naquin determined that the can was red. Sean |
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Thats a sweet-looking model. Maybe now I'll get motivated to finish cloning it myself. If I could only remember where I put the fin cans, cones, and enerjet decals. Too many boxes and not enough of them are labeled! |
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