Hi. I'd appreciate it if someone could get me a link to or send a scan of (preferably not too large) the fin templates for an Estes SR-71 Blackbird? I bought one of the 2004 re-releases and the balsa wasn't die cut in the slightest.
E-mail: snipped-for-privacy@rochester.rr.com
Contact Estes customer service & explain your circumstances to them. I'm sure they'll take care of the problem. DR
Yeah. I figured I'd try and find it online first though. I doubt they could send me a template I could print out and cut off of. I would probably have to wait while they send me new balsa.
Boy, they must be busy today. Can't get through at all.
Well, I finally got through to Estes, but for 1-2 weeks until I get my new (hopefully) die-cut balsa, I'm still on the search.
-Darnon
I've got a Blackbird sitting in the box that I could open & trace the patterns needed & snail mail it to you & they ought to get to you 2 or 3 days after that. Email me directly with your address if you want to do that. -- Richard "just helped build the bridge at Higgs Farm & boy, does my back ache!!" Hickok
If you have a scanner just pop out the parts and put the "tree" on a scanner bed. Scane and e-mail
done.
Not really considering the way that Estes likes to puts parts side by side, although just scanning the balsa would do the job.
Actually, early in my search I tried taking the Centuri SR-71 kit to get the proper shapes, but the scales never seemed to match up (as soon as I got one part to be what I thought was the right size, another would be wrong. At this point I just figured it wasn't worth the trouble)
-Darnon
Wow, I have to say one thing for Estes customer support: they're fast! I'd calle dtheir customer support late Friday and no sooner than I arrived home today did I find sitting on my doorstep a box from Estes. Opening it was another complete SR-71 kit (24 mm, anyone?), which was a surprise since I was told to expect it within 1-2 weeks. And its an original on top of that with painfully thin shock chord and water transfer decals. Thanks Estes!
-Darnon
Estes customer service rocks!
I put the fin templates I traced in the mail today, but since Estes sent you a whole new kit, save the templates in case you need to make repairs/ repalcements down the road. -- Richard "what does Estes do if you have photo documentation of say a CATO-damaged Edmonds kit & the spent dud engine?" Hickok
Send you a motor and a trans-wing :-)
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Not surprising. SInce manufacturing is offshore, all they have are complete kits. It's easier to send out a kit than just the missing part.
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