Re: Mercury Atlas Plans

I have the kit (for sale actually, but in Australia), but it has some vacuform parts that would be diffcult to reproduce without the molds etc. In Art of Scale (Peter Alway book, well worth buying if you can find it) there are some plans in there for a scratch build kit which fabricates the detail.

Des Bromilow brisbane Oz

John Stogiou wrote:

To which I say if it is so easy start with cloning the Centuri Saturn V parts and expand to the Centuri Saturn iB parts. I will buy you mold parts and plastic.

Jerry

Ok what size tube is the Estes main BT size?

i.e. BT-101 ?

Oh yeah .... no plastic except the capsule

It's an odd-ball size - same, or close to, the tube used for the Centuri 1/45 LJ-II

Brett

Jerry

Well, I'll be. I had never looked that close. Sure enough, it's not BT-80. I measured it to be 8.8cm ID, but still quite thin-walled, on the order of Estes' standard 0.021". So it's bigger than BT80, smaller than BT-100. Also bigger than LOC 3" tube.

BTW: The p/n in the instructions is 031525.

Doug

Coolness! But, I'd have to wonder who's going to cover the moldmaker's pay. That's where the finesse begins. Unless, of course, you've got access to the original molds?

Tod "I'll stick to balsa, cardstock, CA, and patience!" Hilty

Proceeds from "free" plastic sales of course.

Jerry

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Nah, molds is easy. Leave out a piece of moist bread for a few days. Touch it a few times to kickstart it.

Or for really interesting stuff, a cup of coffee for a few weeks....

len.

Or ice tea. We had a jug sitting in the 'fridge for about a month when I decided to have a glass. Pressed the little spigot thingy, and

SplurrrrrddddooooshhhhhIPPP!

At first, I thought it was an errant slug or something, but then I took a sniff... Ewwwww!

tah