My version of Surfduke’s Mercury Atlas.

**PEB** · #1 08-30-2009, 07:43 AM

Hi all,

Here is my go at Surfduke's Mercury Atlas. It is my 3rd build in the papermodelworld, and without instructions it proved to be a tough one.

I planned to build the Atlas as it was without any changes, except I wanted to use the escape tower from Michael Urbans Mercury Redstone. I like the design and believe it better show the similarities between the capsules on my Mercury rockets.

As the build progressed I did however make a number of changes to the Atlas. E.g. I had to add stringers to cover my glue fingerprints :o, and I had trouble building the bends in the tubes, so I created my own. The exhaust pipe at the bottom of the rocket has been shortened so that the model can stand on its own, and I added further details to the Vernier engines, unfortunately the engines turned out to be a little bit too big.

Overall I am very pleased with the way the rocket turned out. It was a difficult model for my experience level but that just makes the final result even more satisfying. Build time? More than 6 months.

Peter

**the hermit** · #2 08-30-2009, 08:03 AM

that is a really beautiful build

i allways admire a well build clean model

kudos to you :D

**londonbluemisty** · #3 08-30-2009, 08:05 AM

Fantastic Build:D

**APA-168** · #4 08-30-2009, 08:13 AM

Gorgeous build of a gorgeous rocket! Where can this kit be found? I'd like to build one.

**Darwin** · #5 08-30-2009, 08:35 AM

Very nicely done....I doff my hat to you.

**BARX2** · #6 08-30-2009, 08:45 AM

You can be very proud of that model. You did a superb job building it!

**Retired_for_now** · #7 08-30-2009, 08:51 AM

Beautiful job - very nice detailing!

Yogi

Avery - Niels has a link through the wayback machine Nielspapermodels - links .

Surfduke is here, so you might also ask him. It's also on his other projects under Mercury - instructions as well. http://www.mos95b.com/

Yogi

**dhanners** · #8 08-31-2009, 04:47 AM

Very clean and nice build! Thanks for sharing the photos....

**PEB** · #9 08-31-2009, 09:03 AM

Thank you guys for the comments! :D And thank you Sufduke for creating this kit!

I started the build using the instructions Yogi mention, but unfortunately they are not complete and end just as the rocket body is completed. It is a good way of getting started though, but be careful with the engine cutouts in step 27 & 28 . The gaps became too large on my model leaving gaping holes on either side of the booster fairings.

Here is some links I found useful in building the model:

www.siloworld.com - Hidden around in this site is tons of pictures and info about the Atlas Misile.

www.spacearchive.net - I can spend days just looking at these pictures.

www.http://www.aircraftresourcecenter.com/Gal6/5301-5400/gal5372_Atlas_Weeks/00.shtm - Sorry I know it's a plastic model, but it really shows of some nice details difficult to find in other pictures.

Peter

**Gideon** · #10 09-01-2009, 10:55 AM

One word... WOW!

That is an incredibly clean build! Display it in a place of great prominence!