eugenefl
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Greetings everyone! Today Jason (jetra2) and I were at it again sitting with a library coordinator to plan our summer "camp" or volunteer appearances to talk to kids about rocketry and science.
After our meeting we headed over to Ralph's Hobbies which is just down the street from Jason's house. Now Ralph's is one of these gold mines that has stuff tucked away in the rear corners of the shop. There are some good finds in there if you really look hard or ask nicely. I typically spend a few minutes just browsing some of the old plastic models on the shelves and his small assortment of rocketry products. Today was a great day for me. Aside from the OOP BT80 based V2 that I bought for $24.99 (and OOP Super Big Bertha I picked up for Jason's birthday), I rediscovered this really old magazine printed back in 1969. What had grabbed my attention initially was a curious looking Saturn V on the front cover. Low and behold, it was an old Revell model of the famous Apollo spacecraft. The article was printed because apparently there was a new line of plastic rockets that were being sold as flyable models.
Well, rather than give you the gritty details of each page, I've taken the liberty of scanning them in for all to see. I think this is a real treasure to the rocketry world. I'm glad I found it! (Inside you'll find some Honest John stuff too!)
Attached is the front cover. The magazine title is "1001 New Model Airplane Ideas." The issue is from winter of 1969 and sold for $.75 at the time of print.
Enjoy!
After our meeting we headed over to Ralph's Hobbies which is just down the street from Jason's house. Now Ralph's is one of these gold mines that has stuff tucked away in the rear corners of the shop. There are some good finds in there if you really look hard or ask nicely. I typically spend a few minutes just browsing some of the old plastic models on the shelves and his small assortment of rocketry products. Today was a great day for me. Aside from the OOP BT80 based V2 that I bought for $24.99 (and OOP Super Big Bertha I picked up for Jason's birthday), I rediscovered this really old magazine printed back in 1969. What had grabbed my attention initially was a curious looking Saturn V on the front cover. Low and behold, it was an old Revell model of the famous Apollo spacecraft. The article was printed because apparently there was a new line of plastic rockets that were being sold as flyable models.
Well, rather than give you the gritty details of each page, I've taken the liberty of scanning them in for all to see. I think this is a real treasure to the rocketry world. I'm glad I found it! (Inside you'll find some Honest John stuff too!)
Attached is the front cover. The magazine title is "1001 New Model Airplane Ideas." The issue is from winter of 1969 and sold for $.75 at the time of print.
Enjoy!
