Centuri Screaming Eagle Build, Part 1, Parts
Should I open the bag? All the collectors are cringing right now. It's rare to find an old Centuri kit where the clear bag hasn't deteriorated. Oh what the heck, where are the scissors?
Some fun finds in the bag were the 25 cent catalog request where you tape the quarter ...
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Centuri Screaming Eagle Build, Part 2, Parts
I wouldn't normally do two posts on the parts alone, but this model is important. This was the first rocket for many. The white tubes and launch lugs have browned up on the ends. This is typical for an older white tube kit. Maybe it's just the brown tube color bleeding through the thin white ...
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Centuri Screaming Eagle Build, Part 3, Prep and Engine Mount
The edges of the fins needed some smoothing. The four sided fingernail file easily got into the tight corners. There was plastic flash at the base of the nose cone. The "nubbin" at the tip of the cone was sanded off and the tip rounded.
The engine clip is set into the notch on the ST-7 ...
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Centuri Screaming Eagle Build, Part 4, Engine Mount
The way the plastic fin can locks onto the tube is well engineered. The black coupler is glued into the top of the engine mount tube already in the fin can. The bottom of the coupler rests against the top bend of the engine hook making it the engine block. Here's the entire dry-fitted ...
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Centuri Screaming Eagle Build, Part 5, Lug and Shock Cord
The lug is glued 1" from the back of the tube. Because the tube has discolored with age it will be sprayed gloss white before being glued to the fin can unit. TIP: You can check the straightness of the lug with an aluminum angle.
I don't trust the Centuri Shock Cord Anchor. The adhesive ...
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Centuri Screaming Eagle Build, Part 6 Parachute and Nose Cone
The parachute was 12" diameter, printed in yellow and black. The sheet feels thinner than today's parachute material. On the lower right was a old Centuri logo. The instructions said to cut three 25" lengths of shroud line. Hard to do when the shroud line was only 71" long! The tape disks had ...
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Centuri Screaming Eagle Build, Part 7, Tube Wraps
The body tube seams were filled and the browned tube painted gloss white. At the back end of the white tube is a checkered wrap. Before applying I checked the length of the wrap with a strip of paper. When the marked strip was set beside the sticker, you can see the overlap. The sticker wrap is ...
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Centuri Screaming Eagle Build, Part 8, Fin Stickers
The four oval stickers go on the right side of each fin. Before removing the backing, set the sticker on the fin to visualize the centering.
To be sure the oval is centered, I traced the fin outline on some card stock and cut it out. A rectangle was cut out of the center the same height ...
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Centuri Screaming Eagle Build, Finished
You can't go wrong with a red, white and blue decor with just the right amount of chrome. Chrome is always a great accent. I wonder how many tens of thousands of Screaming Eagle kits were sold. It was the first rocket for many. A sleek, classic design.
The plastic fins are thin, you can ...
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Centuri Screaming Eagle Background Introduced in the 1973 Centuri Catalog, the Screaming Eagle was kit #KF-3 and sold for $2.00. The Screaming Eagle was released at the same time as another ARTF model, the Centuri Argus that used the Enerjet 1340 fin can. To see the catalog page, CLICK HERE Both model descriptions: "No tools or ...
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