Project Mercury Launch Complex and Atlas rocket

[ProfKSergeev]

Today I worked on the attachment points for the open-web trusses. I started by laminating some styrene.

Which I then sawed, filed, and sanded into shape.

And glued in place.

Then I turned my attention on the trusses themselves and made another little jig to keep these "fingers" aligned.

 

[Wes R]

Looks amazing. I'm always jealous of folks who can make styrene look so good, I need to make I-beams for a Donkey Kong model and it's a nightmare.

 

[nick daring]

Mercury!! Great project!

 

[ProfKSergeev]

Wes R, no need to make them from scratch! Just order the I-beams from Plastruct.com (unless you're after some weird size or something).

In other news, truss me; I got this.

 

[ProfKSergeev]

Merry Christmas to my friends at the RPF!

 

[JMChladek]

Oh my!!!! WOW!!!

 

[ProfKSergeev]

I'm not dead!

 

[feek61]

Wow, looks fantastic! The detail is amazing!

 

[DaveG]

Looking great!

 

[Lord Hater]

Inspiring work! Subscribed!

 

[joberg]

Incredible details. Glad that the project is still on!

 

[ProfKSergeev]

Day Zero of The Big Push (to get this d*** thing done) -- Spot the mannequin!

 

[DaveG]

So... This isn't one of those projects someone builds in their basement only to discover it's too big to get out the door?

 

[ProfKSergeev]

Ha! No, though it is too big to fit in my Volvo, which has the most cargo space of any car I've ever driven.

 

[ProfKSergeev]

Day 1

The first station (almost!) done. Now to make eleven more.

 

[DaveG]

Love the B&W photo! It's like you really shot it with Tri-X Pan.

 

[stevielewis]

Incredible work and detail! Wow!

 

[ProfKSergeev]

DaveG, it does kind of look like Tri-X, doesn't it? Guess I'd better get used to seeing it in black and white since that's how we're shooting.

Stevielewis, thanks!

Now, Day 2

Scott Carpenter, his wife Rene, and Chubby Checker (not pictured) test the service tower's stability.

And station 27 is complete! #notarecognizer

 

[ProfKSergeev]

Day 3

Level up.

 

[joberg]

And I thought that my Space Station was big Love the details and the work involve making that model! The B&W shots makes it even more "vintage".