I've been a huge space buff since I was a kid and built my first Apollo space suit when I was 14. I'm pretty obsessed with space suits and some of you might remember my Star Trek Tholian Web suit from last year:
But I've ALWAYS wanted a replica Mercury space suit. I've been researching it for about 2 years now. I completely patterned this out and sewed it myself. All the hard parts are casts of original parts or scratch-built. I spent the better part of the last year finding all the correct webbing, buckles, and pulleys. All of the flown Mercury suits were a little different, but this is the most accurate replica of Shepard's Mercury suit ever made, even more accurate IMO than the one made by Global Effects for From the Earth to the Moon. I also have an accurate Apollo space suit and a set of Apollo inflight coveralls in the works.
But I've ALWAYS wanted a replica Mercury space suit. I've been researching it for about 2 years now. I completely patterned this out and sewed it myself. All the hard parts are casts of original parts or scratch-built. I spent the better part of the last year finding all the correct webbing, buckles, and pulleys. All of the flown Mercury suits were a little different, but this is the most accurate replica of Shepard's Mercury suit ever made, even more accurate IMO than the one made by Global Effects for From the Earth to the Moon. I also have an accurate Apollo space suit and a set of Apollo inflight coveralls in the works.
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