Estes Wizard #1292 Build, Part 1, Parts

I rarely build smaller models anymore. When I got started in 1969, BT-20 sport models were the norm. This one reminded me of those early builds.

I picked up some Estes Wizard kits on Ebay. They were reasonable and shipping was cheap.
This is the original Wizard with the purple fins and stars band decal.

Here's all the parts.
This one is late into the kit run, a two piece plastic nose cone is included.

The BT-20 is very good quality, stiffer and stronger than recent tubes.

Parts of interest:
The die-cut balsa sheet is not cut all the way through the 1/16" balsa sheet. The cuts are rough.
The shock cord is only 9" long! An inch and a half is in the tri-fold mount and another inch ties to the nose cone lug. Recess the mount inside the tube end about 1", that leaves only 6" between the tube and nose cone.
One end of the BT-20 is a little out of round. The nose cone base should reshape it in time.