Estes Mercury-Atlas and Atomic Models Mercury

[Chilly]

Just found these photos of a couple of my favorites: the classic Estes kit alongside Atomic City's giant 1/12 Mercury capsule.
The Merc/Atlas has flown maybe half a dozen times, each time it recovered miraculously without a scratch. It was retired to permanent display status several years ago after a great flight on an Aerotech E15 composite motor. Discrection being the better part of rocketry, I figured it was best to quit tempting fate.

[rocketguy101]

Have you seen this flying 1/12th scale M-A on The Rocketry Forum?  I believe it was built to fly with the Atomic City capsule
http://www.rocketryforum.com/showthread.php?50629-Atlas-Mercury-1-12-scale

[Chilly]

Hadn't seen that, but just hopped over to take a peek and it's spectacular. I'd love to build a 1/12 Atlas but time and $$ will limit me to a Redstone. It'll make for an awesome L2 cert someday.

Soon as I get my L1 back, that is...we lost our field a few years ago so I let it lapse. Now that we're back in business it's time to start flying some H & I motors again.

[rocketguy101]

Soon as I get my L1 back, that is...we lost our field a few years ago so I let it lapse. Now that we're back in business it's time to start flying some H & I motors again.

Are/were you an NAR certified HPR flyer?  If so  the NAR changed policy last year

Eliminated the policy that HPR certifications are lost after a one-year gap in membership.  Anyone who has ever had a NAR HPR certification may rejoin and regain that certification, if it is in our records (which only go back about 10 years) or they have a copy of their NAR card to prove it.

source: http://www.nar.org/2012/04/electronic_rocketeer_april_201_2.php