The fit of the triangular wedge in the rudder wasn't great. On the right you can see some of the distortion at the top and bottom. This ...

The wing is glued up from eight pieces of die-cut balsa. Here's the back end showing the near fit. Some block sanding was needed to get ...

The engine hook gets a soft bend to keep the ends over the top and bottom of the engine. Don't just bend it from the middle -  Try soft ...

I was very careful, used a sharp knife and still broke off the tip of one forward wing piece. Usually I glue the broken piece back on, but I...

This had to be the worst case of die-cut balsa I've ever seen in a kit! The balsa is dense, the blades only got through maybe half the 3...

The bag and face card are very large! Turn over the bag and you can see all the empty space. They could have fit everything is a bag half as...

  The first appearance of the new Space Shuttle Columbia was on the cover of the 1982 Estes catalog. Here's the catalog page for the kit...