Estes Coldpower Convertible Marauder, photographed in my backyard in Thalwil, Switzerland, in May of 1999. The Marauder made its first appearance in Estes' 1973 catalogue; it was part of an expansion of the original Vashon Industries cold propellant rocket product line Estes had acquired.
The rockets in the Coldpower Convertible line could be converted from flying on liquid RP-100 cold propellant (i.e., R-12 Freon) to flying with standard Estes black powder rocket motors. This particular Marauder was purchased as an unbuilt kit in the late 1990s and completed as a regular (black powder) model rocket. It is displayed here on an Estes Porta-Pad II launch pad.
Estes #1103 Marauder face card © by Estes Industries, scanned from my actual kit.
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