Estes - Patrol Cruiser Excalibur (#1339) Gallery

Oh man! Back in the early days I wanted the Galactic Pirates models big time. But as with many at the time I had many other things directing time and resources As with some others these I just missed.
Recently I decided to do 3x downscale of both the Galactic Priates Patrol cursier Excalibur and Dreaded Dragon Ship-7.
Both based on Bt-5 as Micro models they are on the hefty side.
Patrol Cursier Excalibur finished fully loaded for battle has a Liftoff weight of 11.2g. While I'm not expecting high altitude It'll be great to see it in the air.

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Welcome to the Estes Patrol Cruiser Excalibur (#1339) Gallery on TRF.

This gallery showcases the Estes Patrol Cruiser Excalibur (#1339) and those rockets derived from it. Particularly appropriate in this thread are the following:


Estes: Patrol Cruiser Excalibur: #1339
MMWW: Patrol Cruiser Excalibur: #373



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

Estes Patrol Cruiser Excalibur (#1339) Basic Information.

Estes Industries

MODEL NAME: Patrol Cruiser Excalibur Also known as:

NUMBER: #1339

Introduced: 1980
Final Year: 1981
Designer: Keith Niskern

Type: Exotic, Retro
Motor Mount: 1x18mm
Recovery: Parachute
Stages: 1
Length: 20.125"
Diameter: 1.637"
Span:
Weight: 2.3 oz

Mfg. Description: Sleek and powerful, the Excalibur is the pride of the inter-galactic patrol. Hidden in the ship's nose, on a retractable carriage is a quad mounted, choke barrel, Hyper-Ballistic Vacuum Gun. Speeds in the Star-Fall category are possible and range is reported to be 63 billion miles without refueling. Our scale model of this heroic spaceship delivers really spectacular flights. (Estes 1980 Catalog)



Estes 1980 Catalog Estes 1981 Catalog










First post in this thread featuring this rocket.

See Also: LINKS
EMRR
RocketReviews
Mfg. Page


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

MMWW (Estes) Patrol Cruiser Excalibur (#373) Basic Information.

McCoy's Micro Wonder Works (MMWW)

MODEL NAME: MM Patrol Cruiser Excalibur Also known as:

NUMBER: #373

Introduced: 2011
Final Year:
Designer: Keith Niskern, John McCoy

Type: Exotic, Retro, Downscale
Motor Mount: 1x6mm
Recovery: Streamer
Stages: 1
Length: 7.032"
Diameter: 0.544"
Span:
Weight:

Mfg. Description: DESC



Plan










First post in this thread featuring this rocket.

See Also: LINKS
EMRR
RocketReviews
Mfg. Page


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

I can't believe that the Patrol Cruiser Excalibur hasn't been cloned more! What a fantastic looking rocket

I downloaded the plans from JimZ. I drafted the fins in CorelDRAW and laser cut onto 3mm ply. I didn't end up putting all the rivet decals on - too small & fiddly, just went with the main decals



Full-size images on Flickr -

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Krusty