Model Profile - Estes Vostok, Kit #1272

Here's a rare one, the Estes Russian Vostok.
It was only available for two years, 1975 and 76.

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It was 19.75" tall and BT-55 based.

I remember seeing it in the catalog and thinking: "What a cop out! Profile fins?"
I hated the look but understood it was a simpler way to make a flying Vostok for the masses.
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I'd never seen it (other than the catalog pictures) until one showed up on Ebay.
The upper body shows more detail than the lower end.

The back end view:
The profile fins are hollow wedges. It reminds me a little of the Centuri Bandito.
At the fin tips the double thickness card stock is bent.

Compared to the detail on the other Estes scale kits, this one seemed silly.