Estes - (Astron) Mark (K-2 or #1202) Gallery

[JAL3]

Welcome to the Estes (Astron) Mark (K-2 or #1202) Gallery on TRF.

This gallery showcases the Estes (Astron) Mark (K-2 or #1202) and those rockets derived from it. Particularly appropriate in this thread are the following:


Estes: (Astron) Mark: K-2 or #1202
Estes: (Astron) Mark II: K-2A or #1202
Semroc: Mark xKit: XES-K2



as well as any upscales, downscales, clones, kitbashes or other derivative works. Even Goonies qualify!

[JAL3]

Estes (Astron) Mark (K-2 or #1202) Basic Information.

Estes Industries

MODEL NAME: Astron Mark Also known as: Mark

NUMBER: K-2 or #1202

Introduced: 1961
Final Year: 1971
Designer: G. Harry Stine

Type: Sport
Motor Mount: 1x18mm
Recovery: Streamer
Stages: 1
Length: 9.12"
Diameter: 0.765"
Span:
Weight: 0.65 oz

Mfg. Description: The Astron Mark is excellent for the beginner in model rocketry. This kit is easy to build, and acquaints the rocketeer with the methods of streamer recovery. Ideal for demonstrations and sport flying. (Estes 1961 Catalog)

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1963 Catalog text identical to 1961 Catalog

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An excellent bird for novice or experienced rocketeer. Easy to build, ideal for sport and demonstration flying, the Astron Mark gives top notch performance. Kit comes complete with all parts and instructions (but no engines). (Estes 1964 Catalog)

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1966 Catalog text identical to 1964 Catalog
1967 Catalog text identical to 1964 Catalog
1968 Catalog text identical to 1964 Catalog
1969 Catalog text identical to 1964 Catalog
1970 Catalog text identical to 1964 Catalog

Advertising Liveries

Estes 1961 Catalog Estes 1963 Catalog Estes 1964 Catalog

Estes 1966 Catalog Estes 1967 Catalog Estes 1968 Catalog

Estes 1969 Catalog Estes 1970 Catalog Estes 1971 Catalog

Face Card(s)

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If you have any additional information on this rocket and/or catalog photos please let us know.

[JAL3]

Estes (Astron) Mark II (K-2A or #1202) Basic Information.

Estes Industries

MODEL NAME: Mark II Also known as: Astron Mark II

NUMBER: K-2A or #1202

Introduced: 1971
Final Year: 1984
Designer: Larry Renger

Type: Sport
Motor Mount: 1x18mm
Recovery: Streamer
Stages: 1
Length: 9.1"
Diameter: 0.765"
Span:
Weight: 0.7 oz

Mfg. Description: Ideal for sport or competition flying. Top-notch performance every time. (Estes 1972 Catelog)

Advertising Liveries

Estes 1972 Catalog Estes 1973 Catalog Estes 1975 Catalog

Estes 1977 Catalog Estes 1981 Catalog Estes 1983 Catalog

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[JAL3]

Semroc Mark xKit (XES-K2) Basic Information.

Semroc Astronautics

MODEL NAME: Mark xKit Also known as: Mark

NUMBER: XES-K2

Introduced:
Final Year:
Designer: G. Harry Stine

Type: Sport, Clone
Motor Mount: 1x18mm
Recovery: Streamer
Stages: 1
Length: 9.2" (23.4 cm)
Diameter: 0.767" (1.9 cm)
Span: 3.1" (7.9 cm)
Weight: 0.4 oz (11.3 g)

Mfg. Description: 1961 Retro Repro (Semroc 2012 Web Ad)

Advertising Liveries

Semroc 2012 Web Ad

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EMRR
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If you have any additional information on this rocket and/or catalog photos please let us know.

[Mike Howie]

Another classic rocket dressed up in Halloween colors is my Mark II. A great
flier on those A8-3 left over from buying bulk packs of motors.

Post copied to gallery with permission

[Initiator001]

The Astron Mark was the second kit Estes produced (K-2). It was one of the few kits to use BT-30 tubing.

I bought my Astron Mark in 1970 but never flew it. When Semroc released their xKit version of the Astron Mark, I bought one of those and launched it.

Here's pictures of my original Mark and my Semroc xKit Mark. One picture includes the instruction sheets for each kit.

[Micromeister]

We must have been buying and building at about the same time. I purchased my K-2 Mark in September of 1970, but didn't get around to building it until 71. When the 13mm mini-Brutes motors came out it was one of my "test beds" conversions. Kept trying to loose it on those Old B3's

Somewhere I have a couple pics of it I'll post it when I can put my finger on it.

Edit: Took a little digging but I found a couple old Poloriod pics one b&w and one color.. and one I'd completely forgotten about the Astron Mark-II (K2) built a year later. To be honest I don't even recall launching it??? Amazing what ya find in the piles.

[plano-doug]

The Astron Mark was the second kit Estes produced (K-2). It was one of the few kits to use BT-30 tubing.

Here's my recently completed Semroc Mark. Doug .


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[Fishhead]

My clone, all done up with BMS BT-30 tubes and cone, 3/32" basswood fins and GEN-YOO-WINE JimZ decal.

[plano-doug]

How about Mark clones (vs Mark II)? Here's mine with a finish scheme well removed from the catalog. Doug .



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[Fishhead]

How about Mark clones (vs Mark II)? Here's mine with a finish scheme well removed from the catalog. Doug .



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Nice, Dougie! Very Alpha-esque!

[plano-doug]

Nice, Dougie! Very Alpha-esque!

Thanks, BillE. I was inspired by one of TBZep's finishes, which was on an Alpha, IIRC.

Doug

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[Fishhead]

Thanks, BillE. I was inspired by one of TBZep's finishes, which was on an Alpha, IIRC.

Doug

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Mine was inspired by JimZ including a Mark II decal in with the Condor and Andromeda decals I bought. I also built the Hornet out of that BMS BT-30 order, but I didn't care for the way it came out. It was one of the rockets I lost when the floor guys pulverized the old hearth in our house when they redid our wood floors.

[MarkII]

You'd think that I would have a million of these. But no, not a single one, either now or in the past. I need to correct that.

I do have a Semroc Mark II, but that's a different rocket. And I also have a Semroc Earmark, which is a very different rocket!

Really nice paint jobs on yours, Doug, Mike and Bill. I'm inspired now.

[Fishhead]

I probably would never have built one, but I ordered some decals from JimZ and he included a Mark II decal with the order. I went and ordered BT-30 and a nose cone from BMS and used basswood for the fins.





Sorry, can't get this one to show correctly no matter how many times I rotate it, recopy it, etc.

[StefanJ]

I purchased a Mark, mail order, in one of the first big orders I purchased from Estes. It might have even been a free kit.

I remember building it, accidentally gluing in the dummy motor casing (my dad got it out in time), and putting reinforcing adhesive paper on the fins. Then my lummox cousin played with it and snapped the fins. (And then asked "can we launch it?") I don't know what happened to that Mark.

I had a Mark II, but don't recall its fate.

When I started my cloning career after moving to the Bay Area, I was thrilled to see that Totally Tubular had a BT-30 equivalent tube. I had BMS make me up a bunch of cones and made part bundles for a bunch of Marks, Sky Hooks, Space Planes and Scouts. Most went unbuilt, used as gifts. But I made a Mark for myself and painted it with dope.

It's a great flyer. You can see the fins are eroded a bit at the bottom of the body tube. This is an authentic clone with a balsa thrust ring. The engine mounts flush with the bottom of the body tube.

[teflonrocketry1]

I made mine after I purchased an original set of Estes Mark II decals. I used BMS nose cone and BT-30, custom rolled my own tube coupler, used basswood for the fins. Sanded to 400 grit between 3 coats of Krylon white primer, then Krylon gloss yellow and gloss black masked with green frog tape, Excellsior decals, then FFW. Flies great on a B6-4 motor.

[Initiator001]

Here's my original Estes Mark II model from the mid-1970s.

I did not use yellow/orange paint like the catalog models. I used red instead.

[Rocketcrab]

I purchased a Mark, mail order, in one of the first big orders I purchased from Estes. It might have even been a free kit.

I remember building it, accidentally gluing in the dummy motor casing (my dad got it out in time), and putting reinforcing adhesive paper on the fins. Then my lummox cousin played with it and snapped the fins. (And then asked "can we launch it?") I don't know what happened to that Mark.

I had a Mark II, but don't recall its fate.

What was the fate of your lummox cousin after he snapped the fins??

I had an original Mark, circa 1970, then cloned one in the early 90's. I bought and built the Semroc version, and dressed it up with a decal set from Gordo at Excelsior. Weird thing was, on it's first flight, under mighty A8-3 power, a fin broke, length-wise, during the boost phase.