Here's how the upper fins glued up -  You can see the upper fairing was rounded and the larger lower fin still has squared edge. On the ...

I built three pre-production kits. Sometimes there are corrections to be made in the instructions. This "rounding the leading edge...

After the CWF fill and sanded - The pods got a shot of Duplicolor filler/primer. Sanding the sides you can see how the nose cone shoulder li...

Three pod assemblies are made -  I used my "go-to" for plastic to tube joints, Beacon Fabri-Tac glue. There is a nose cone shoulde...

All the parts - The Mars Snooper has seven nose cones and one adapter. This time around they are all plastic. The upscale body tubes are a B...

From the Estes Website:" The Mars Snooper was originally released in 1965 and earned the cover of the first ever, full color Estes Cata...

This is a large impressive launcher and can be used with 1/8", 3/16" and 1/4" launch lug models. This picture shows the Swing...