1/48 Mercury Redstone Part 6

Work continues on the Redstone. I added the turbine exhaust port to the bottom of the propulsion section. I created it with some 1/8 inch tubing and cut a slice out of the side of it to make the diameter shorter so it would fit in the smaller hole of the turbine exhaust. After inserting … Continue reading 1/48 Mercury Redstone Part 6

1/48 Mercury Redstone Part 5

I started by gluing the upper two halves, parts 11L and 11R, together. I noticed that they were quite out of round. I decided to try to round them out with some clamping and a soak in hot water. Here it is all clamped up and ready for its bath. Well, that didn't turn out … Continue reading 1/48 Mercury Redstone Part 5

1/48 Mercury Redstone Part 4

I started back in by painting the window area of the capsule. Gus's capsule had silver below the window and like all the capsules with a window, the window area was surrounded by a red silicone seal. I used Vallejo Silver RLM01 and the red was Vallejo Red RLM23. When those had cured, I glued … Continue reading 1/48 Mercury Redstone Part 4

1/48 Mercury Redstone Part 3

To begin this update, I glued the instrument panel onto its place on one of the cabin walls. I used a bit of pigment lightly brushed onto the raised areas to add some visibility to the controls. I then painted some of the details on the cabin back. Most of it was just gray. I … Continue reading 1/48 Mercury Redstone Part 3

1/48 Mercury Redstone Part 2

With the tower legs cleaned up, I started on the other nose parts. The nose cap was masked and then primed and then painted with Tamiya TS-14 Black. I then used some MicroScale MicroMask to cover the painted part. This will protect it when the tower is painted red later on. Once the red is … Continue reading 1/48 Mercury Redstone Part 2