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

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

1/72 Dragon Gemini Spacecraft Build Update 4

I got the decals printed. I did a few dry runs on plain paper to adjust the sizes of some of the decals. Some of the 1/48 scale decals for the Revel kit didn't quite match the Dragon kit after they were down scaled to 1/72. But after a few modifications I decided that they … Continue reading 1/72 Dragon Gemini Spacecraft Build Update 4

1/72 Dragon Gemini Spacecraft Build Update 3

I continued painting with the astronauts and the cockpit. The astronauts are Tamiya Fine Primer White. I painted the straps with Tamiya Blue and the visors were Vallejo Gold. The cockpit interior is Vallejo White Gray. I glued the cockpit assembly to the heat shield which had previously been primed and then the edge of … Continue reading 1/72 Dragon Gemini Spacecraft Build Update 3