Just finished this difficult to build kit. It took much longer than anticipated. I’ll need to find a better place to display it. While not 100% accurate…it’s good enough for me!
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Looks like you’ve done a great job with it. I have this kit in my stash. Hope it will turn out as good as yours!
Gary
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I think that you did a fantastic job on this project. It looks so good and it makes me realize how old I am now.
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Looks great. It’s not a kit that I am familiar with. Is that Alan Shepherd’s Mercury?
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Yes, not Glenn…my bad.
How did you get the yellow to come out so good? Yellow and white are two of the hardest colors for me to get nice even coverage.
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Is this the Atlantis kit? Very cool.
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The reason the yellow looks good is because I didn’t take any close up pics! Yellow is a pain for me too. I cleaned the parts, removed what mold lines and blemishes I could, primed with white primer, then laid on several light coats of yellow Testors enamel. Some parts came out well, others not so much. I think the primer really helps. I used Mr. Surfacer white primer, but I doubt the brand of primer matters much. Thank you for your kind comment.
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I think this was the original Revell\Monogram kit, but I’d have to look at the box again to make sure. I do have 2 of the Atlantis repop kits in my stash that I’ll get rid of at some point. Thanks for your comment.
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No, Alan Shepherd and Gus Grissom flew on the Mercury Redstone rockets, which was a smaller type and only flew suborbital.
Mercury Atlas on the left, Mercury Redstone on the right.
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What a spectacular build, looks like it would have definitely been a tough one.
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I just read for yellow, first prime with pink!
Rob
Iwata Padawan
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That looks like a really fun build, nice job it looks great.
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