(Bob Kaplow)
Date: 8/27/2004 1:13 PM Central Daylight Time
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In article ,
(B2431) writes:
I had the Estes Saturn 1-C which cost 7 or 8 dollars less than the Saturn
V. I
alway wanted the Saturn V but at $36 it was more than I could afford at the
time.

That would be Saturn-IB, not C. And the S-IB was MORE expensive than the
S-V, since it was a larger scale. The 1:100 S-V was 9.95 when it first came
out, the 1:70 S-IB 12.95. The 1/242 semi-scale S-V was $2.50 but a common
"free kit" with your mail order.

We are discussing different kits, I think, since I recall the Saturn V at
$36ish in 1969 or 1970 and theSaturn 1B was cheaper. The Saturn V was on the
order of 3 feet tall and the Saturn 1-B I built was about 2 feet.

I remember last fall I found a site where one could spend almost $800 for a 7
foot (?) Saturn 1-B.

I stand corrected on the designation, thank you.

Dan, U.S. Air Force, retired