MRC Enforcer Build, Part 1, Parts

MRC got into the rocket business in the late 1980s. They sold rockets for just a few years.

The Model Rectifier Corporation still sells model trains, RC planes and plastic kits. 

The face card illustration makes a model rocket launch seem very dramatic. Big flame and a tower.

To see their 1988 catalog - CLICK HERE

Lonnie B. picked this one up at a raffle and gave it to me for some blog fodder. It's a good little piece of model rocket history.

Here's all the parts. The kit was in a big bag, almost too large for the parts. Notice the Mylar body tube wrap.

The plastic parts were very well molded. There were no visible seams in the nose cone or what MRC called the "bat" plastic fin unit.
The down side are the body tubes. Too thin with a wide interior seam. The wall thickness reminds me of the old CMR tubes. These are not the quality of the CMR tubes.
The main air frame tube is a standard BT-50 diameter. I'll swap it out for a real BT-50.




Here's the parachute after being cut to size.
The width is 10 1/4", flat to flat.
The three shroud lines were pre-cut from very strong rug and button thread. The lines were 24" long.