Gern's Pegasus Mercury 9

[Gern]

'e's off again! Having done a wartime dio and a couple of civilian vehicles, I thought it was time for a change so I picked this.



Like a numpty I forgot to get pictures of all the sprues etc before I started - my next post will include pics of these. The rocket comes with some sort of control building and assorted re-fuelling machinery which is all very basic and frugal with the details. Just as Pete - all hail the 'Dark Lord of the Toons!' - has done with his dockside buildings, I have decided to tart these up some.

Cut out the large viewing window. Before anyone asks, no, I'm not going to do all the little ones.


Added doors and a skylight to the workshop areas



I've managed to find some machinery for the workshops and knocked up a dividing door



I've got a floor for the admin building and I've started to put together control panels etc to give something to be seen through the large viewing window

[Gern]

As promised, the missing pics



I'll also be putting the whole thing onto a base and I have a few ideas about that. Be warned though - it'll be Earth based so no moonscape full of craters and certainly no little green bug-eyed monsters from planet Zog!

[stona]

Great project and something I've never seen.

As an expert, can I just say that the control building looks a bit close to the launch pad!

Freundliche Grüße

Werner von Braun

[Gern]

Great project and something I've never seen.

As an expert, can I just say that the control building looks a bit close to the launch pad!

Freundliche Grüße

Werner von Braun

You're right - much too close. I gotta take a leaf out of the railway modellers book here. They have stations just a few feet apart when in reality there should be hundreds of yards between them. Although the building and the rocket are supposed to be in scale, I'll have to put them too close else I'll be knockin' on your door asking for space to put my launch pad!

[spanner570]

Dave, what scale is it?

Can you put something by it please?...... NO! Not that, put the disgusting thing away!

[Gern]

There's no scale given on the box or instructions but online sites quote it as 1/350. I hadn't planned on using that as a reference - after all, you have no idea how big it is! I've gone with the standard reference:


The building is quite small (as you can see, I'm still adding details); but the rocket is quite large. I couldn't see this thing getting off the ground if it's really that large compared to what looks like a five-storey building


That bit of the rocket is probably just about half of the total height. There's a large base, plus the fin extensions and there's a small detachable rocket pod that fits on top. Overall I'd say it's about 15" tall (375mm in new money).

[Neil Merryweather]

There's no scale given on the box or instructions but online sites quote it as 1/350. I hadn't planned on using that as a reference - after all, you have no idea how big it is! I've gone with the standard reference:
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The building is quite small (as you can see, I'm still adding details); but the rocket is quite large. I couldn't see this thing getting off the ground if it's really that large compared to what looks like a five-storey building
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That bit of the rocket is probably just about half of the total height. There's a large base, plus the fin extensions and there's a small detachable rocket pod that fits on top. Overall I'd say it's about 15" tall (375mm in new money).

Maybe the building is in the distance..... :tears-of-joy:

[Gern]

Maybe the building is in the distance..... :tears-of-joy:

No, not really. It's on my desk with the rocket :tongue-out3:

[Gern]

OK. Here's the big question. Does anyone manufacture 1/350 civilian vehicles - other than Shapeways miniatures who make a selection I'd need a second mortgage to buy!

[stona]

Maybe the building is in the distance..... :tears-of-joy:

I had a flashback to the unforgettable Father Ted sketch when I read that.

Cari saluti

Brunelleschi

[Neil Merryweather]

OK. Here's the big question. Does anyone manufacture 1/350 civilian vehicles - other than Shapeways miniatures who make a selection I'd need a second mortgage to buy!

https://modelshop.co.uk/Shop/Model-Detail/1-333-Scale/Vehicles?orderby=1

[stona]

I couldn't see this thing getting off the ground if it's really that large compared to what looks like a five-storey building... Overall I'd say it's about 15" tall (375mm in new money).

375 mm at 1:350 would be over 420 feet high, which is a bloody big rocket! I googled the Saturn V and that was 'only' 363 feet tall.

It's still feasible, a mere 60 feet taller than the Americans best effort

Heil mein Fuhrer

Dr Strangelove

[Gern]

https://modelshop.co.uk/Shop/Model-Detail/1-333-Scale/Vehicles?orderby=1

What a star! Just what I'm looking for - sorted. Thanks Neil.

[PaulTRose]

im liking this, something very different

[Gern]

Well I've been faffing about with this build all day and most of the night with not much to show for it. Loads of searching through my spares box and head scratching (you've no idea how many splinters I got!) for potential ideas. Two full days work so far and the only four bits of the actual kit that I've glued together are the front and back halves of the building and the searchlight and it's tower!

The viewing balcony. I know it looks dangerous because the rocket is so close, but that's a bit of poetic license. In reality the rocket would be at least a couple of miles away, but Steve won't let me set up my launch site in his house, so I'm going to have to compress the scale a little.



I did a little more for instrument panels etc in the control room - still need some bits of paint for the instruments, doors, worktops etc.



... and these. Don't ask!



Figures in blue are staff for the control room, the other two will go on the balcony. I have another dozen or so figures but you'll be lucky if you get to see more than maybe a couple in the car park!