Skill Level 4 Model Rocket Kits
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Skill Level 4 kits are moderately challenging to build. They may have smaller parts that are harder to grasp, and usually have more complex paint schemes, meaning they will take longer to apply the finish. Below is our selection of Skill Level 4 kits. Click on the "more info" button to learn about the kit, and to order it for fast delivery.
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Skill Level 4 - Slightly Challenging
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DynaStar LexxJet
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Skill Level: 4 - Slightly Challenging
Product No. 05037
NEW! Can you see yourself flying the next generation of rocket-powered business aircraft? This gorgeous rocket is a magnet for attention and flies like a champion. (Created by by the famed rocket designer Shrox)
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DynaStar Firefox-SHX
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Skill Level: 4 - Slightly Challenging
Product No. 05036
This rocket kit has a shape reminiscent of a Soviet-era fighter jet. (offset body tube, designed by Shrox)
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Noris Rockets - Ariane
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Skill Level: 4 - Slightly Challenging
Product No. 07230
Scale Model
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SR-72 Darkbird
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Skill Level: 4 - Slightly Challenging
Product No. 05010
Sci-Fi glider rocket
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Skill Level: 4 - Slightly Challenging
Product No. 05017
Slow descending helicopter; it seems to float in the sky.
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DynaStar Snarky
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Skill Level: 4 - Slightly Challenging
Product No. 05030
You Wanna Piece of Me? Here's a BIG rocket with a bad-attitude!
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Space Shuttle Intrepid
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Skill Level: 4 - Slightly Challenging
Product No. 07022
Skill Level Four fun, and great for 4H Projects.
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QModeling Hawkeye
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Skill Level: 4 - Slightly Challenging
Product No. 07212
Mega Retro Upscale of the classic rocket from the 1980's.
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QModeling Bullpup
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Skill Level: 4 - Slightly Challenging
Product No. 07210
Mean-looking rocket that makes a big impression on spectators.
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Cosmodrome Rocketry Nike Smoke
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Skill Level: 4 - Slightly Challenging
Product No. 07260
A big mid-power rocket. It's a 1/6th scale model of the famous Nike Smoke rocket. Uses 29mm diamter rocket motors.
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Cosmodrome Rocketry Black Brant II
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Skill Level: 4 - Slightly Challenging
Product No. 07264
This big, 2.63 inch diameter mid-power rocket will turn heads at your next launch because of the stunning paint pattern and large size. Uses 29mm diameter rocket motors.
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Cosmodrome Rocketry Nike Apache
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Skill Level: 4 - Slightly Challenging
Product No. 07266
This 1/6th scale rocket of the famous NASA sub-orbital rocket is a great addition to your fleet. In fact, it could easily out-class everything else you have. While it looks like a two-stage rocket, it is actually a single-stage model. That makes it easy to build, and simple to prep for launch. Uses 29mm diameter rocket motors.
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Sunward Gravity Rider
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Skill Level: 4 - Slightly Challenging
Product No. 07744
Here's a complex rocket that will have everyone asking you: "Does that thing really fly?" Takes two 18mm diameter motors, and produces an awesome column of smoke at lift-off.
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Sunward King Tut's Pyramid 9"
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Skill Level: 4 - Slightly Challenging
Product No. 07724
King Tut is the big one. The bold one. The bad one. It's a tremendous value and a seriously impressive flyer.
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Sunward Khufu's Pyramid
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Skill Level: 4 - Slightly Challenging
Product No. 07722
Khufu's Pyramid is one of the seven wonders of the model rocketry world. It has a cornucopia of quality parts and is a high-drag bargain. Great for small-field demonstrations.
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Semroc Mars Lander
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Skill Level: 4 - Slightly Challenging
Product No. 07404
This unique kit will grab everyone's attention when you go to launch it! Launching off 18mm motors, it is a fun change from your standard rocket kits.
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Semroc Hydra 7
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Skill Level: 4 - Slightly Challenging
Product No. 04707
More features per ounce than any other rocket. It has: 21 fins, large payload bay, ability to launch 1 to 7 engines, 2-cluster parachute, wedged fins, and a ring tail.
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Madcow Rocketry: Sea Wolf
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Skill Level: 4 - Slightly Challenging
Product No. 07241
This high-power missile kit is a good easy-to-build kit for Level 1 certification! Uses 38mm diameter rocket motors.
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Red River Stratos
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Skill Level: 4 - Slightly Challenging
Product No. 07506
The Stratos is an Air Force Space Command defensive craft designed to fly high and look great doing it.
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Dr. Zooch Sputnik
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Skill Level: 4 - Slightly Challenging
Product No. 07301
The Dr. Zooch Sputnik rocket is an "ant scale" model. Though small (only standing 11" tall), this detailed scale kit is an important part of history, and no scale modeler's collection would be complete without it. Flies on A,B,C motors.
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Dr. Zooch R-7 Luna
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Skill Level: 4 - Slightly Challenging
Product No. 07313
The Dr. Zooch R-7 Luna rocket is an "ant scale" model, flying on A,B,C motors. No good Soviet space connoisseur would leave this out of their collection.
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Dr. Zooch Ares 1
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Skill Level: 4 - Slightly Challenging
Product No. 07305
The first model rocket kit available of NASA's next manned space vehicle which also replaces the Space Shuttle. This Ares-1 is a must have for every collector. Flies on A,B,C motors.
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Dr. Zooch Ares 1-X
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Skill Level: 4 - Slightly Challenging
Product No. 07321
The first rocket launched in the Ares program will be the Ares 1-X. It will carry a dummy upper portion. But this model is all REAL, and flies on A,B,C motors.
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Dr. Zooch Titan IIIC MOL
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Skill Level: 4 - Slightly Challenging
Product No. 07319
The Titan IIIC MOL rocket may never have been launched by NASA, but you can send it to space in this "ant scale" version. It flies on A,B and C motors.
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Dr. Zooch Titan IIIC SLV
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Skill Level: 4 - Slightly Challenging
Product No. 07307
The Titan IIIC SLV was the first of the Titan IIIC rockets to launch. Now you can be part of history with your very own "ant scale" model kit. It flies on A,B and C motors.
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Dr. Zooch Soyuz
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Skill Level: 4 - Slightly Challenging
Product No. 07300
The Dr. Zooch "ant scale" Soyuz kit is super detailed, making it a fun challenge to build; yet it is a bargain to buy! It flies on A,B and C motors.
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LOC Precision: V2 (4" diameter)
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Skill Level: 4 - Slightly Challenging
Product No. 07652
The V2 is a classic rocket shape because of its drag reducing boattail that gives it a swoopy look. The rocket also has a place in history, being the first big rocket to fly outside of the USA. As a high-power flyer, you'll love this kit because it uses 38mm diameter motors and is built strong and durable.
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Pemberton Technologies M2 Mars Challenger
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Skill Level: 4 - Slightly Challenging
Product No. 07576
If you like old Sci-Fi movies from the 1950's, you're going to love this retro design model rocket. It is one of our favorites for its stylistic appeal. A great mid-power rocket on 29mm diameter motors.
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Pemberton Technologies 3FNC
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Skill Level: 4 - Slightly Challenging
Product No. 07577
The simple concept of three fins and a nose cone is taken to its farthest extreme with this kit. It is literally a nose cone with three fins. This sleek, sliver beauty is everything a rocket should be: short, stubby, stylish, and light weight with rakishly swept fins tipped with cool retro, fin-tip pods.
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Pemberton Technologies Space Ark Sr.
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Skill Level: 4 - Slightly Challenging
Product No. 07574
Are you a raving fan of the 1951 movie "When World's Collide"? The cool spaceship from that movie is now available in a beautiful mid-power model rocket kit. Even if you know nothing of the movie, your status is sure to go up when you show up at the next launch with this kit.
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Quasar One Orion Star
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Skill Level: 4 - Slightly Challenging
Product No. 07294
The Orion Star luxury liner is a futuristic craft that features pods on the tips of the fins. It is a big rocket that uses the 24mm diameter mid-power engines from the C11-3 to the Aerotech F32-8T. You'll love how straight and true this sleek craft flies!
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Do you need help selecting a rocket kit for someone that is just getting started in model rocketry? See our selection criteria page to get our recommendations based on the age and ability of the child. Click Here!
Easy assembly is a major goal whenever we at Apogee Components design any rocket kit, as this makes using our products fun! But some rockets require more assembly skills that make them slightly more challenging. We have developed the following skill levels to aid you in selecting kits appropriate to your level of construction experience.
If you need additional help selecting a rocket kit as a gift for someone else, please give our rocketry experts a call at: (719)535-9335. We'll be happy to assist you.
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