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randyc
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posted 04-20-2022 05:57 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for randyc   Click Here to Email randyc     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
I have a model made by the Marshall Space Flight Center model shop that needs some restoration. I need to have the launch escape tower made and the United States decals on the Atlas replaced.

I looked for photos of the model on the internet and only found two photos on a website with the Smithsonian Institution label. I'm not sure if that one is 100% original because it is not on a base with the MSFC model shop nameplate.

Since the lettering of the United States decals on the model I have are thicker than the ones I found pictures of I would like to confirm which decals are original. I would also like to have closeups of the launch escape tower from different angles to help having a replacement made.

If you have this model and can send me photos that would be great. Or if you locate other photos on the internet please let me know where to find them. Thank you.

Headshot
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posted 04-21-2022 05:30 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Headshot   Click Here to Email Headshot     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
There are some photos and diagrams of the launch escape tower in the NASA Mercury Owner's Workshop Manual by Haynes. Also, Apogee's Freedom 7 book includes a great color picture.

Kenneth Gatland's Manned Spacecraft Encyclopedia has a very clear airbrush diagram of the Mercury capsule with escape tower and also includes a dimension scale.

Retro Rocket
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posted 04-21-2022 08:22 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Retro Rocket   Click Here to Email Retro Rocket     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
i could ask my contact at the MSFC model shop if they have one or the blueprints. I've gotten pdf copies of the original blueprints for the 1/96th scale Saturn V and Saturn 1B through FOIA. it takes a little time but it's worth it.

randyc
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posted 04-22-2022 10:38 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for randyc   Click Here to Email randyc     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
If you can get information from the MSFC model shop that will help in making a replacement launch escape tower that would be great. Please let me know. Thanks.

NASA Glenn
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posted 05-02-2022 07:40 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for NASA Glenn   Click Here to Email NASA Glenn     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Here are some photos that will help.

As for the lettering on your model, it is not like a water transfer decal, it is instead lettering on a thin clear plastic actually glued onto the model.

randyc
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posted 05-02-2022 09:46 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for randyc   Click Here to Email randyc     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Thanks for the photos NASA Glenn!

GACspaceguy
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posted 05-13-2022 12:06 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for GACspaceguy   Click Here to Email GACspaceguy     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
I wonder if you could contact the auction house and see if there is any info on the bottom of the base. The typical place the manufactures outside of MSFC place their info.

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