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 Rocketry Product: Estes - SpaceShipOne {Kit} (2191) [2005-2008]

Rocket Dungeon: Estes SpaceShipOne in RockSim-9 (2009-01-12)

The fins are pretty close in shape and size but may be not be positioned properly. I had fins to measure from my bashed kits but didn't have a built kit nor could I find a set of instructions. I'll ... [Read More]

Rocket Dungeon: Reviews: Estes SpaceShipOne (2011-01-25)

After many months with breathless anticipation, the Estes SpaceShipOne® finally arrived (circa 2005, this is a republished review). This kit is a 1/30th sport-scale kit based on a BT-200 ... [Read More]

Neurotic Ape Rocketry: The Outsider and Vanishing (2008-07-18)

Vanishing - This is my final prep rocket before building my super-sonic Aspire kit. It will be a minimum diameter 24mm rocket to fly on D+E engines. Last night I started the e-bay, nose cone prep and ... [Read More]

Rocket Dungeon: Goonies! (2009-04-29)

The Goonybirds were a goofy, "cartoony" line of kits developed by Estes - "The zaniest flying freaks of the universe" (I think that's an original quote). Sport rocketeers have since been kitbashing ... [Read More]

Rocket Dungeon: Review: Goonball XL5 (2010-12-24)

This 'goony' version of the Fireball XL5 sci-fi spacecraft is based on the Estes SpaceShipOne kit. That rocket is now my favorite kits to bash. The modifications included replacing the stock ... [Read More]

Rocket Dungeon: Review: SpaceShipY (2011-01-09)

This is a sci-fi-style model inspired by the Star Wars Y-Wing Fighter. When I converted an Estes SpaceShipOne into the SpaceShipSqrt(-1) , I had the fin set left over. Mix these fins with a pill ... [Read More]

Rocket Dungeon: New build: "Zoomie" P-51D (2011-08-24)

Recently, TRF user Daddyisabar posted a thread on his Estes SpaceShipOne to P-40E kit bash.  I am a big fan of the SpaceShipOne as a subject for kit bashing (ref. Goonball XL5 , SpaceSh ... [Read More]

Rocket Dungeon: Review: Zoomie P-51D (2011-10-04)

Recently, TRF user Daddyisabar posted a thread on his Estes SpaceShipOne to P-40E kit bash.  I am a big fan of the SpaceShipOne as a subject for kit bashing (ref. the Goonball XL5 and ... [Read More]