Rocket Garden Photos. New addition: 1/7 scale WAC Corporal Bumper B-8

New project photos: 1/12 Scale Mercury Atlas.

Purchased some super expensive photo paper to do the Atlas with. 100ft roll was almost $500 including shipping.

Paper is MOAB Slickrock Silver Metallic 300gsm. Super heavy weight, almost like plastic. Ink looks good. White is not an option. Paper is a dull silver color, my printer doesn't have white ink.

Real hard to work with. Use too much glue? shows up as a stain instantly. Aleene's works but is interesting how it grips. Need to clamp longer than normal. Doing the fuselage shell was time consuming and difficult.

Photo shows shell and nosecone. Have to wear sunglasses when working with this stuff. 300gsm is a heavyweight. Shell and capsule weigh in at 18.4oz already. Looks like shiny stainless steel.

Wish I had a scale Launch system, wonder if the red would reflect?

Yes the escape tower sheet has a heat shield. Designed a 1/4 scale capsule boiler plate designed for beach abort testing. Wanted to see if the heat shield would fit this size capsule and had a spare area to print on. Printed 3-extra 1/12 towers as well. Plenty of 1/12 scale Redstones to do. The red ink looks like shiny paint on this paper!

Main engine order arrived. Waiting on some T-29 tubes and other items from Apogee.

Mike

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