Found And another longshot for Nike Ajax

[Forever_Metal]

Have you ever heard or seen the Estes Nike Ajax (#1279)?

Have you possibly seen one lying around in your piles of stuff?

And now the $1,000,000 question... do you have a kit lying around collecting dust?

Well, if you do please contact me! Even if you don't want to sell it out right, maybe i can rent it for a period long enough to capture all the pertinent data so I can build my own (actually it will be my 3rd) clone and then upscale it!!!

Any and All assistance would be greatly appreciated!

fm

 

[markkoelsch]

I bet you could find the real items dimensions on line. A little exercise in scaling and you are set.


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[neil_w]

Try emailing Gordon at Roachwerks. I get the impression that he has a lot of kits gathering dust, but they're not listed anywhere.

 

[Forever_Metal]

Wow...

Thanks to a guy named Bill and a (very sneaky guy whose name rhymes with floored 'em :cool2, I have my very own Ajax...

You have made my week! Now I understand the "misunderstanding" G

Added:

If you folks have a moment check out Gordon's work; the kit is very nice and apart from me not noticing that the drawing was rolled up inside the body tube, this will turn out to be a great model... Thanks Again!

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year ALL!!!

from the FM & Famiy

 

[Forever_Metal]

Still looking for the Estes version, even if the tubes are hurt!

fm

 

[tbonerocketeer]

Still looking for the Estes version, even if the tubes are hurt!

fm

This one? Fly's on a b and c motors.

 

[tbonerocketeer]

This one? Fly's on a b and c motors.View attachment 372068

Nevermind, I read Apache not ajax

 

[kuririn]

Plans and templates/decals are here:
https://www.spacemodeling.org/jimz/estes/est1279.pdf

TLP had a kit, 3x24mm motor cluster. Don't know if Uncle Mike's still has the plan pack for that one. Cheers.

 

[Forever_Metal]

Plans and templates/decals are here:
https://www.spacemodeling.org/jimz/estes/est1279.pdf

TLP had a kit, 3x24mm motor cluster. Don't know if Uncle Mike's still has the plan pack for that one. Cheers.

If anyone has the TLP kit K060 (or the plan), let me know!

fm

 

[Forever_Metal]

Still looking for either the Estes version or the TLP version of the Ajax; trying to (as of yet, unsuccessfully) relive a dream from my youth.

fm

 

[Forever_Metal]

CWB, please mark as found

FM

 

[tim cubbedge]

CWB, please mark as found

FM

Done

 

[Ez2cDave]

https://www.rocketryforum.com/threads/tlp-nike-ajax-2-stage-build-thread.2828

 

[Forever_Metal]

And now i have an Estes version as well...

Found it at a hobby shop in Albuquerque NM. Wonders never cease...

fm

 

[Cl(VII)]

And now i have an Estes version as well...

Found it at a hobby shop in Albuquerque NM. Wonders never cease...

fm

Did you hear a chorus of angels and see a glow around it when you saw it?

Glad your quest is complete.

 

[Jon Dubrick]

Have you ever heard or seen the Estes Nike Ajax (#1279)?

Have you possibly seen one lying around in your piles of stuff?

And now the $1,000,000 question... do you have a kit lying around collecting dust?

Well, if you do please contact me! Even if you don't want to sell it out right, maybe i can rent it for a period long enough to capture all the pertinent data so I can build my own (actually it will be my 3rd) clone and then upscale it!!!

Any and All assistance would be greatly appreciated!

fm

Great rocket, check out my profile pic. That's mine on an M1939

 

[Forever_Metal]

it was one of those...

Nothing to do and the base is not letting retirees in the exchange (after a 3 hour drive to get there) except on tues/thur/Sat...
So may as well find a hobby shop and buy something to occupy my time for the next 2 weeks...
Only to find the hobby shop is suffering from covid by way of no shipments being receivrerd for weeks...
On my 3rd and final circuit through the small shop, there it was. Still hanging on the board (with a lot of dust on it).

I still love this hobby

fm

 

[Forever_Metal]

for those that have asked...

You DO NOT want to know what I paid for it... It was so cheap I almost felt bad; I mean really felt like I was stealing it for 1970's prices... And other than the bag, it is in great shape. On top of that, I found a big brute x-wing, an early k-coded mercury, a sandhawk, aaaaaaand a Centuri Saturn 5. All of which are un-assembled, and in original packaging... though it appears that someone started the Saturn but realized that it is a LARGE model and fairly complex.

Again...

Wonders never cease...

fm