Revell's 1/110 scale model of the Mercury-Atlas of John Glenn's orbital flight, was first released back in the 1960s as "All Systems Go!" The model was re-released as part of the Revell "Young Astronauts" series int he 1970s, and again as part of the "History Makers" series of model kits in the 1980s.
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We recently added the LVM Studios "Pad 14 Launch Umbilical Tower (LUT)" model to this old Revell model, and along with some "sprucing-up" of other elements of the model, it looks like a whole new project!
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In January of 2019, we decided to revise the Atlas Booster and its support cradle. All of these parts came from a kit purchased through eBay, which was opened, unfinished and incomplete, but contained all of the spare parts I needed.
We used Alclad Chrome Lacquer to put a more realistic gleam onto the skin of the Atlas. Placing the revised "Friendship 7" spacecraft from the previous build on top, the results were quite fine indeed.
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