Enerjet News, Mercury Little Joe I, Part 3, Capsule Gluing

Look close at the capsule base shoulder.
That raised ring at the bottom of the three piece capsule sides should be the same width all the way around.
The sides will be glued from the inside after it is in the base. Leave the rubber band on around the top.
It'll take some coaxing and downward pressure to get the sides to SNAP into the recessed ring. When you think you've got everything in, rotate the capsule and base together completely and check to make sure the lip is even.

Once the sides are snapped into the base you can turn it over without any worry of it falling out. It should be friction fitted into the base.

Brush some liquid glue over the seams from the inside rear.







Here's the assembled capsule.
The antenna housing hasn't been glued on. The only parts that have glue now are the capsule sides and the shoulder base .