Tuesday, April 21, 2020

Estes MRN Orbital Transport Laboratory Build, Part 15, Windows & Nose Trim




It's hard to see in the instructions picture, but the Gemini style capsule has a white circle disk on the nose and the hatch windows are white.

These would bee a tough mask. Hand painting white over black would take a few coats.





I needed something to trace around.
A 13mm "T" engine is just about the right size.

The engine casing was a close fit the to the curve of the  hatch window.
I traced around the engine casing onto the self-adhesive paper used on the previous Argus build.

The nose circle was cut inside the pencil line.
The hatch windows took a few tries - they ended up being a bit smaller than the 13mm casing.






Here's the finished capsule.
Considering the small size of the window stickers, they should stay in place.

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