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Honest Fins (2018-07-06)

Over 25 years ago I built an Estes Maxi Honest John. High power was beginning to really "take off" (pun intended), so I used my 29mm motor mount from an NCR Phantom 2600 (that met a less than ... [Read More]

Honest Check-In! (2018-09-23)

Well, my Estes Maxi Honest John rebuild/ upgrade must be the slowest project ever (we're on about twenty something years now), but I did make a little progress this weekend! You see, this weekend ... [Read More]

Maxi Honest John Rebuild- Construction Finale! (2018-11-03)

Well, it seems like this project has been dragging on FOREVER. That's probably because it has. If you remember our last post (way back in September, I think) we were waiting to slap on the "motor ... [Read More]

The Estes Maxi Honest John...A Long Awaited Conclusion! (2018-12-03)

  I now have the pleasure to write a post that was literally decades in the making...the conclusion of the rebuilding of my Honest John! When we last left off, I had created and installed ... [Read More]