Lindberg Space Base Build

After doing three Mercury Redstone models with varying degrees of detailing I decided I wanted to do a fairly easy model for a quick project. I looked through the stash and found the Lindberg Space Base and Satellite Explorer kit. I'm not particularly excited about the Satellite Explorer part of the kit but I did … Continue reading Lindberg Space Base Build

1/200 Mercury Redstone Part 2, Finish

When spraying primer on the escape tower I noticed that the side where you could see the mold line had no diagonal braces molded in, even though they were on the other two sides, as seen here. I searched through my inventory of styrene rod and found a close match, 0.3mm (about 0.010). I cut … Continue reading 1/200 Mercury Redstone Part 2, Finish

1/200 Mercury Redstone Part 1

The final part of this build is the 1/200 scale Mercury Redstone kit which is part of the AMT Man In Space kit. It is a very simple kit consisting of only 6 parts. Here is the parts tree. The extra two parts at the bottom of the picture are from a spare kit in … Continue reading 1/200 Mercury Redstone Part 1

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