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Horizon Models 1/72 Mercury-Redstone

by Brian Powell on April 28, 2022 · in Uncategorized — 7 Comments

“I’m a hell of a lot cooler than you guys. Why don’t you fix your little problem and light this candle?” So remarked Alan Shepard, first American in space, as he sat inside his tiny Mercury capsule on May 5th, 1961, atop a Redstone [...]

Failure is not an option

by Stellan Schroeder Englund on July 30, 2019 · in Uncategorized — 2 Comments

After watching so many documentaries on the Mercury and Apollo programs a man can possibly take, I kept thinking of those über nerds in similar outfits of white short sleeved shirts and black ties. Who were they, what did they do? Was it [...]

Mercury Spacecraft from HORIZON MODELS 1/72

by Michael Gosse on January 10, 2019 · in Aviation — 14 Comments

HORIZON MODELS from Australia are specialized on spacecraft from the cold war era. They produce launch systems and modules, too. The kit was a birthday surprise from my lovely wife. It also includes a stand and the Mercury logo. I built an [...]

Mercury and Gemini Space capsules 1/48 Revell, reissue

by Robert Royes on December 5, 2018 · in Aviation — 14 Comments

This a 2012 selected subjects program reissue of a kit originally issued in 1964 of, which I built as a spaced out kid, This time I wanted to do it 'right'. Granted, I don't recall how the original kit was. but Revell should be ashamed of [...]