Estes - Maxi Honest John

Estes - Maxi Honest John Kit

Estes Maxi Honest John By John Lee (July 12, 2008)
Brief: This kit was an eBay find. It was already opened but all pieces were reportedly present. I took a chance and bid on it, paid too much, and squealed with delight when it arrived. Construction: The Hojo starts, as do most kits, with the motor mount. A spacer is marked at 1/4" and used to push a thrust ring into the motor tube. On inspection, I noticed that one end of ...
Estes Maxi Honest John By Robert Tung
This is a good kit! You have to make sure you glue the fins on good or it won't be a stable flight! The kit contains: 1 body tube 1 nose cone 2 sets of plastic molded fins 1 boat tail 1 nose cone tail The instructions were very good and easy to follow. It was hard to make the fins stick onto the rocket. Finishing: I forgot to add glue fillets to the body tube to get ...
Estes Maxi Honest John By John Lee
Brief: This is a re-release of the early 80's Estes kit. A 1/9th scale model of the famous U.S. Army surface-to-surface, supersonic ballistic missile. This highly detailed model comes with pre-shaped, accurately scaled fins and molded plastic nose cone. Spectacular recovery with giant, dual 24" parachutes. It makes an impressive display model. Construction: This is the Maxi ...