Spacecraft vol.5: Little Joe I Mercury program LES test vehicle

Subject:	Little Joe I - Mercury Program LES Test Launch Vehicle
Scale:	1/144
Manufacturer:	New Ware models
Price	US$ 24,00 + shiping
Description	Resin casting with photo-etched metal parts and decals
Comments	This is another great kit from New Ware models. The Litlle Joe I was a solid fuel rocket design used to test the escape system for the Mercury spacecraft. New Ware´s kit is nicely produced with yellow resin for all the major parts, with photo-etched metal parts for some airframe details and the escape tower. Fit is very nice and construction is simple. There is a fantastic decal sheet the performs beautifully over the recessed details of the model . The base was scratch built.

1) Instructions and model parts:

2) Construction:

Note the fantastic surface detail on the spacecraft. Remember this is 1/144 scale!

3) The finished model:

Both Little Joe rockets with Mercury and Apollo capsules for test

Modelling series project vol.1: The Mercury Space Program

This is a new series of posts that will be related to a single subject. I will be building a series of kits on one specific subject. The first will be the Mercury Space Program, United State's first manned orbital flight spacecraft. The kits are listed bellow. Every subject will be posted individually, and, when all were concluded, a new post with all the kits , references and videos will be published. Stay tuned for updates!

1) The Busters:

New Ware 1/144 Little Joe 1

 New Ware 1/144 Mercury-Redstone

New Ware 1/144 Mercury-Atlas

Revell-Monogram 1/110 Mercury-Atlas with launchpad

2) The spacecraft:

Revell-Monogram 1/48 Mercury Spacecraft

Atomic City 1/12 Mercury Spacecraft