ESTES ROCKETS MASTER SERIES MERCURY ATLAS BUILD!

[JoeFilgas]

Just getting around to reading this. Really nice work Joe, your attention to detail is superb. This thread will come in handy when I get around to building one of these. (When I retire!)

Thanks so much! It was a fun kit to build!

 

[Blast it Tom!]

Just getting around to reading this. Really nice work Joe, your attention to detail is superb. This thread will come in handy when I get around to building one of these. (When I retire!)

Just be careful... I'm two years and a couple of months into "retirement" and still don't have much time for hobbies. I'm surprised at the challenge that this transition has been.

 

[JoeFilgas]

Approximate 40 days after the color coat was shot I painted the adapter skirt, capsule and tower with RustOleum Clear Satin. This finishes the build. I do need to do one thing though. I need to seal all the edges of the Mylar strips with plastic safe thin CA glue as many are beginning to come up. I know this procedure will work because I had to do the same at the very top with the last ring of Mylar. This post concludes this build log.