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Topic:	MegaHobby/Revell 1:110 Jupiter C with gantry

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Your Reply: HTML is ON UBB Code is ON Smilies Legend	[QUOTE]Originally posted by Headshot: [B]I remember building this kit when I was a kid. I thought it was really neat. Then I had the brilliant idea to replace the Jupiter C rocket with Revel's Mercury/Redstone combination, which was at the same scale. I tried to make an enclosure for the Mercury capsule, similar to the old Surfside 6 enclosure, but discovered that wax paper could not be successfully painted or glued.[/B][/QUOTE]
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<table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 width="600"><TR><td bgcolor="#000000"><TABLE BORDER=0 cellpadding=4 border=0 cellspacing=1 WIDTH="100%"><TR bgcolor="#660000"><TD COLSPAN=2><CENTER>T O P I C     R E V I E W</CENTER></TD></TR><TR bgcolor="#494949"><TD valign=top>Robert Pearlman</TD><TD>From MegaHobby for $39.95 in October 2024: <BLOCKQUOTE>Announcing our next special run: Revell's Jupiter-C in 1/110 scale! This kit, exclusive to MegaHobby, is 14.5" long when completed, and comes with the movable gantry as well. We expect this to arrive by October — enter your email address <A HREF="https://www.megahobby.com/products/jupiter-c-rocket-revell.html" TARGET=_blank>on the product page</A> to be notified when it is here!</BLOCKQUOTE> <center><a href="http://www.collectspace.com/review/megahobby_revell_1110_jupiter_c_gantry01-lg.jpg" target="AirLock"><img src="http://www.collectspace.com/review/megahobby_revell_1110_jupiter_c_gantry01.jpg" width="400" height="556" border="0"></a><a href="http://www.collectspace.com/review/megahobby_revell_1110_jupiter_c_gantry02-lg.jpg" target="AirLock"><img src="http://www.collectspace.com/review/megahobby_revell_1110_jupiter_c_gantry02.jpg" width="400" height="564" border="0"></a></center></TD></TR><TR bgcolor="#333333"><TD valign=top>Headshot</TD><TD>I remember building this kit when I was a kid. I thought it was really neat. Then I had the brilliant idea to replace the Jupiter C rocket with Revel's Mercury/Redstone combination, which was at the same scale. I tried to make an enclosure for the Mercury capsule, similar to the old Surfside 6 enclosure, but discovered that wax paper could not be successfully painted or glued.</TD></TR><TR bgcolor="#494949"><TD valign=top>dtemple</TD><TD>Any comments about this kit now that it has been released, or any photos of a completed model? This is a versatile kit, offering the chance to build it with various launch vehicles also offered by Revell in 1/110th scale - Redstone, Mercury-Redstone, and Jupiter IRBM. The latter can be modified into a Juno II. How about a model representing the Jupiter that launched Able and Baker? I have seen some nicely modified kits depicting MR-3. I have thought of that but am probably going to install an early Redstone in place of the Jupiter C. <BLOCKQUOTE>EDIT: I discovered the Revell Redstone and Jupiter (IRBM) are not 1/110th scale — maybe around 1/120th. The Jupiter does not fit on the launch pedestal, though the Redstone barely does. The latter's diameter should be the same as the Jupiter C if it were the same scale, but is not. The Jupiter C can be modified to become a Mercury-Redstone, though, by trimming off some of the upper section of the "C" and using a 1/110th scale Mercury spacecraft from the, "Everything is Go," Mercury-Atlas Revell/Atlantis kit. Convert the Atlas to an early Atlas A or B.</BLOCKQUOTE> There are some errors in this kit. The tracks for the mobile gantry are not correct. The rails were embedded in concrete for the actual system, not tracks with cross ties on the ground. The markings are not correct for the Explorer 1 launcher, but are right for an early test Jupiter C. Overall, though it is an extremely nice kit, especially considering when the tooling for it was made - the late-1950s. The gantry can represent the ones at Pads 4, 5, and 26. Pad 6 was very similar, but the gantry had a square top rather than the A-frame design.</TD></TR><TR bgcolor="#333333"><TD valign=top>Ronpur</TD><TD>By using the Mercury spacecraft from the "Everything is Go!" model, a nice Redstone pad can be built.</TD></TR><TR bgcolor="#494949"><TD valign=top>mercsim</TD><TD>The Redstone was extended for the Mercury missions. It was about 6 feet longer/taller.</TD></TR><TR bgcolor="#333333"><TD valign=top>dtemple</TD><TD>Dimensions of the <A HREF="http://www.astronautix.com/j/jupiterc.html" TARGET=_blank>Jupiter C</A> and <A HREF="http://www.astronautix.com/r/redstonemercury.html" TARGET=_blank>Redstone</A> can be found on the Encyclopedia Aeronautica website.I found that some of the Jupiter C would need to be trimmed off - maybe 1/2-inch, but don't recall the exact amount - to build the Mercury-Redstone. Anyway, I suggest anyone wanting to build the Mercury conduct their own research. Look at photos of it on the pad to see at what level the spacecraft is relative to the where the white room is on the gantry. There were a lot of changes made to the gantry for Mercury-Redstone flights, so lots of photos are needed to build an accurate model. Furthermore, there were changes between MR-1A and MR-3 as revealed by photos. Research, research, research again... necessary to build an accurate model.</TD></TR><TR bgcolor="#494949"><TD valign=top>PeterO</TD><TD>These two diagrams are from NASA TMX 53107 - The Mercury Redstone Project.<center><a href="http://www.collectspace.com/review/petero/nasa_tmx_53107_mercury_redstone_project01-lg.jpg" target="AirLock"><img src="http://www.collectspace.com/review/petero/nasa_tmx_53107_mercury_redstone_project01.jpg" width="400" height="519" border="0"></a><a href="http://www.collectspace.com/review/petero/nasa_tmx_53107_mercury_redstone_project02-lg.jpg" target="AirLock"><img src="http://www.collectspace.com/review/petero/nasa_tmx_53107_mercury_redstone_project02.jpg" width="400" height="519" border="0"></a></center></TD></TR><TR bgcolor="#333333"><TD valign=top>dtemple</TD><TD>That's a great reference. The Jupiter C model in the kit, though, seems too tall (without upper stages and payload). I placed a 1/110 scale Mercury spacecraft on top and it just looked wrong. I also used the dimensions given on the websites I listed earlier and thought somewhere around a 1/2-inch, give or take (forgotten the exact figure), needed to be removed from the top of the main body of the Jupiter C to convert to a Mercury-Redstone. In the end, I decided to build it as a Jupiter C, so did no further research in regard to building an MR-3 model. I don't dispute the diagram, but not completely sure the Jupiter C is scaled exactly 1/110. I've read the Revell (now Atlantis) Atlas is one scale in height and another in width. I haven't checked; it is what it is. The point is the old kits weren't necessarily highly accurate. I just recommend diligent research before diving into a conversion to build the model as a Mercury-Redstone.</TD></TR></TABLE></td></tr></table>

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