Estes Industries

Estes Industries is an American company which specializes in the design and manufacture of operational model rockets for the general public. 
Founded by in in 1958, the company managed to survive the severe decline of interest in the hobby during the 1990s by acquiring its competitors and subsequently being taken over by affluent holding companies. The company is still in existence today and was sold to in 2010.
==Star Trek association==
In , Estes became the third company after AMT and Aurora Plastics Corporation (or fourth if KSN Midori can be counted as a licensed company) to be licensed to market Star Trek model kits, and the second one to do so in the US, although their products were strictly speaking model rockets, despite requiring assembly. 
Estes released models of the and the Klingon Battle cruiser which were originally packaged in a polypropylene bag with a cardboard liner. In 1991, both models were re-packaged in cardboard boxes for Star Treks 25th anniversary. Until that point in time, Estes, together with AMT/Aurora and Midori, were the only companies that had been formally releasing Star Trek model kits. Subsequent releases were also sold in cardboard boxes.
Estes Industries 1975/1992 publicity	Estes Industries 1975/1992 publicity	Estes Industries 1975/1992 publicity	Estes Industries 1975/1992 publicity
 	 	 	
1975 Catalog cover 	1975 Interior spread catalog 	1975 Publication 	1992 Interior spread catalog
Item 	Item No.	Issue	Scale	Notes 	
Klingon D7 Battle Cruiser	1274 	 	1:700	– 	
Klingon D7 Battle Cruiser	1274 	 	1:700	25th anniversary re-packaging	
 	1275 	 	1:700	– 	
 	1275 	 	1:700	25th anniversary re-packaging	
==See also==
* Star Trek starship miniatures
* Star Trek model kits
==External links==
* – official web site
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Category:Collectible companies