Gern's Pegasus Mercury 9

[boatman]

HO Dave im really enjoyin this build its given me a good laugh with the expressions you use an this is my opinion please don't fill in that entry door cause its big it could be a cargo bay door an its more detail to me anyway but carry on sir im lookin forward to your next post an the next an the next an nxt an nx an nx an nx :rolling: :smiling2:
chris

[Gern]

Thanks guys. I want to have a rant so you might want to cover your ears!

B****y Pegasus designers! They got some sort of fixation with angled connections which are turning what could be a nice build into a nightmare. I already told you about the fins on the small pod. They've been and gone and done something even more stupid with the fins on the main booster.

All the fins attach to large tabs which are fitted to the body. Nice, simple, straightforward right? Wrong! One tab (part 14) goes directly into the body so once the fin is pushed on, a seam of plastic putty down both sides and job's a good 'un. The other two fins each have a humungous recess cut into the body of the rocket. Inside this recess you insert an angled plate which forms the tab for the fin, then there's a curved plate which fits into the gap (parts 12, 13, 15 & 16) left. So now you have to fix the huge gaps between the inserts and the body of the booster!



Well OK you say. But then the imbeciles go one stage further! The two halves of each fin have pegs which must be inserted into holes in the fixing tabs - which means you can't build the fin and do any painting or seam work until it's fixed to the rocket!!



Are you b****y morons at Pegasus reading this? If so - why by the names of all the Gods did you come up with such a crazy method of doing things when you've already demonstrated you can do the job properly?? You've just lost yourself a customer 'cos I'm not risking my hard earned pennies on stupidity like this!!

OK guys. Rant over. Back to my usual half-insane self.

Apart from a little filling to hide a small gap underneath, the tractor is ready for paint. I haven't fixed the brackets which hold the rocket pod in place. That will have to wait until I've decided what to do about the locating tabs on the fins. I may remove them completely and fill the holes in the main body so I can show the pod either on the tractor or being hoisted by the crane.

[Mini Me]

Big headline..........tomorrow's paper....... PEGASUS ROCKET MODEL CRASH LANDS ON MOON!!!
Rick H.

[spanner570]

Rick, not the moon, the Pegasus Factory!

[Gern]

I swear this thing's mutating! Had another idea about the tower crane. The one used for the Saturn rocket I believe folds away from the rocket once the launch starts. Didn't like that so how about it being mounted on tracks and moving away? Then of course it needs a motorised body to stand on and tracks to run on.



Not finished with the tower yet, but I've run out of angle. On order and I've got plenty to be going on with so no worries. I remembered to put fold-down stabiliser arms (those things sticking up) for when the crane is lifting the pod.I was going to use ordinary railway track but don't have any flanged wheels. I found some plain wheels and some channel which will be embedded in the ground.

Amazing the sins that can be covered by a good coat of black primer, but I don't think that will be the final colour. Probably a dark green.

I put a coat of white primer on the little tractor, mainly because that's what I primed the rocket pod with, but again, I don't think that will be the final colour.



Gotta stop now 'cos my little tomcat has just walked over my keyboard. Don't know what keys he's trod on, but now my typing overwrites what's already done instead of inserting new text. Anybody know how I can stop that?

Off to find a bigger base board for it. That Steve keeps filling up his shelf space with his own builds! You'd think a mate would consider his friends wouldn't you?

[Mini Me]

The tracks on that tractor look sort of........Russian. Perhaps a T-34? Your efforts are paying off re. all the ground support equipment.
Keep up the good work and good luck in your search for a new base. Rick H.

[papa 695]

And you call me MAD with the flying car Dave :upside::smiling2:

[Gern]

And you call me MAD with the flying car Dave :upside::smiling2:

Yeah well. You had all the makings of a normal, well-balanced life - there never really was much hope for me!

[boatman]

Yeah well. You had all the makings of a normal, well-balanced life - there never really was much hope for me!

HAHA well dave its just as well there are mad b*ggers like you around on this forum if there not it would be pretty dull without you guys
chris

[Gern]

The tracks on that tractor look sort of........Russian. Perhaps a T-34? Your efforts are paying off re. all the ground support equipment.
Keep up the good work and good luck in your search for a new base. Rick H.

Spot on Rick! Not sure if they're from the Zvezda or PSC T34 but one of them. The other sources for bits for this include - but are not limited to:

1/35 Dora Railway Gun
1/100 Panther tank
1/100 Raupenschlepper & PAK 40
1/35 German Infantry
1/35 Panzer IV Tank
1/35 Tiger Tank
1/400 Bismarck
1/35 Workshop accessories
1/32 Aircraft missile (unknown)
1/32 Jet Engine (unknown)
1/48 Ju 52
1/72 USS Gato
Assorted 28mm window frames
An old printer
An old video player
Bass wood strips
Assorted brass tubing
Assorted Foam Insulation board
Assorted Plasticard sheets, strips, angle and channel. (I did look at getting some Plastruct trusses for the crane. They come two in a pack but are only 150mm long so I'd need 6 packs. Have you seen the price of Plastruct! I live in a rented house so can't get a second mortgage to buy them!)

My bases are cut from an 8'x4' sheet of MDF. My local woodshop cuts it up for me and I get four each of 24"x24"; 24"x18" and 12"x12".

One advantage of being a lousy finisher and keeper of kits - you get enormous amounts of bits for the spares box!

[spanner570]

David, my dear chap. A most excellent bit of bodging scratch dioramaringing.

You are without doubt a most welcome member of the club. By the way you haven't paid your subs yet!

[Gern]

David, my dear chap. A most excellent bit of bodging scratch dioramaringing.

You are without doubt a most welcome member of the club. By the way you haven't paid your subs yet!

Thanks for your support Ron.

About the subs. I was going to bring them to Cosford. Then I thought of posting them but didn't want to cause extra work for our overloaded postal system - with more folks than ever ordering stuff online due to lockdown. Mea culpa! What with one thing and another, I just plain forgot!

Do you want me to send them direct to your Nigerian Prince friend Ikan Connu, like I did last time?

[spanner570]

Do you want me to send them direct to your Nigerian Prince friend Ikan Connu, like I did last time?

Thanks, but no thanks. Send them direct to me. I'll forward them on to him.

You have my word and you know I can be trusted.

D. Cummings

[scottie3158]

Dave,
Lovely work.

[Gern]

About those 1/333 cars.



Quite pleased considering my shaky hands!