Now on the Estes website - Coming Soon page: CLICK HERE
#7281 Space Corps Corvette Class
25" tall, BT-55 based
"The first release in a new Estes series, the Estes Space Corps." More Space Corps designs could be on the way.
I have already built one for Estes. It has three piece fins with launch lug/dowel "guns" on the outside edge.
BIG, detailed water slide decal sheet with lots of color.
18mm B and C motors with the new 18mm retainer.
The Starship Octavius #7284 is interesting for an E2X model -
No glue used in the assembly. Check out the instructions: CLICK HERE
The two lower fins are new molded plastic. I thought at first they were the same fins used in the upcoming MAV. These are different and could be easily used in other E2X slide in fin cans.
I like the direction Estes is apparently taking with the trademarked Destination Mars and Space Corps monikers - why pay licensing fees when you can build your own “world” in-house? Somebody at Estes must have spent time building rockets with elementary age kids and realized how useful glue-free assembly could be for younger beginners. Seems young kids have two settings for dispensing glue: too much and even more!
ReplyDeleteHi Openroad,
DeleteIf you haven't yet, check out the clear tape fin can retention on the Octavious. I'm not big on E2X rockets. But when I look back on how many plastic models I assembled as a kid, it's not much different. At a young age I did get a feeling of accomplishment putting things together.