Wednesday, November 25, 2015

Estes Honest John, #7240 Build, Part 11, Band Wrap Center?

The instructions don't say whether to center the band or set it on the top or bottom of the 5" mark.
The band wrap position at 5" from the bottom looks too high to me.
A quick search online and I found the G. Harry Stine drawings:
CLICK HERE and scroll down.



The kit face card and the Stine plans show the band at the middle of the body tube section.
5" from the bottom would set it up too high.





Even the older Estes Maxi-Brute Honest John (Image at right) shows the band centered in the middle of the tube:

The online Centuri instructions look like it is centered but they are too hard to read. I'll center mine.







TRIVIA: In that same Honest John article is an old Centuri ad showing the Honest John in the Estes kit face card paint scheme.
In a post on TRF, John Boren said that was where Estes got the colors for the new HoJo release.
We've still not found a picture of a real Honest John in these red, white and black test round colors.

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