the ANGRY RED ROCKET

[ajamodels]

Here's my latest. The rocket seen in the film "The Angry Red Planet". I liked this film, an entertianing 'B' movie from the 50's.

Fresh out of the casting machine this morning, the model was cleaned up with some minimal sanding.
I painted the whole thing with white primer - then masked off the areas for a light silver paint. Then -at this point- i painted one side of the engine covers with bright red.
All this by 5 pm! The model is about 9.5" tall.
3rd photo is the three engine bells and the nose 'spike' - which is simply a tooth-pick cut in half.

 

[Carlb]

Very cool.

 

[CessnaDriver]

Digressing a bit but it always trips me out a little these classic movie rockets depicted so quaintly landing on their tails ends up how things are actually turning out.

 

[joberg]

Nifty model/project Adam

 

[ajamodels]

I noticed the entry door goes right through the central engine. Most space rockets from this time period show this!!

 

[ajamodels]

Just mounted the engine bells, and painted the area 'light gun metal' with a very heavy coat. The 'bleeding' is deliberate - you'll see later.
I added a black band at the base of the nose cone made from 1/32" wide black Chartpak tape. nice & clean!
I found a very small American roundel decal in my stash. this will be apllied last.
At this point i am waiting for paint masks from a friend for the dark blue areas, that could be a couple of weeks. Attached is the paint guide i derived from photos of the filming model.

 

[joberg]

Niiiice

 

[JNordgren42]

Neat project! It looks like the design is based loosely on the Atlas missile/launch vehicle.

 

[publiusr]

Atlas was what you called a stage-and-a-half design:

https://www.enginehistory.org/Rockets/RPE05/AtlasCutaway.jpg

Atlas

Atlas

www.astronautix.com

Early on, it was to have five engines

Convair CGM/HGM-16 Atlas

Horizon is going to do a 1/72 Atlas-Agena

Horizon Models - Plastic Model KIts

Horizon Models - manufacturers of the 1/72nd scale Mercury⢠Spacecraft model kit

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