1/72 Mercury Redstone Part 3, Finish

Before starting to decal the Redstone booster, I did some more work on the Mercury capsule. I mixed two drops of Vallejo 71.004 Blue and one drop of Vallejo 71.001 White to get a color that will highlight the portholes on the capsule. I then used Plasti-Zap CA glue to attach the capsule to the … Continue reading 1/72 Mercury Redstone Part 3, Finish

1/72 Mercury Redstone Part 2

I started building the escape tower by putting two of the three tower sections into the aerodynamic shroud. Then I glued them together at the cross pieces. Be sure the horizontal cross pieces are level to keep tower straight. Note: the holes in the aerodynamic shroud are too small to accept the pins of the … Continue reading 1/72 Mercury Redstone Part 2

1/72 Mercury Redstone Part 1

The next part of this build will be the 1/72 scale kit from Horizon Models. I've built their Mercury kit before. You can see that build here. It is a good kit for its scale. There are, of course, some detail problems with the Mercury capsule, but it does build up into a nice model. … Continue reading 1/72 Mercury Redstone Part 1

NASA 1960’s Manned Spacecraft Group

I finally got around to finishing the the mount for the Apollo 10 spacecraft. I combined them with my Horizon Models 1/72 Mercury (Freedom 7 and Faith 7) spacecraft and the Dragon 1/72 Gemini (Gemini 6) spacecraft. I created some custom decals for each spacecraft and mounted them together on a wooden base that I painted flat … Continue reading NASA 1960’s Manned Spacecraft Group

Horizon Models 1/72 Mercury Spacecraft Build Update 2 (Final)

Here is the final dash to the finish line for this build. With the decals complete on the retro pack, I painted the small posigrade rockets red and used CA to glue the straps to the retro packs. The kit does not include any clear parts for the port holes or windows. To represent them … Continue reading Horizon Models 1/72 Mercury Spacecraft Build Update 2 (Final)