MPC Martian Patrol Build Part 8 Parachute

The MPC parachutes were a bit different.

Like most models back then, you were supplied with six shroud lines, all were tied to the screw eye. Take a look at the reinforcements, these were the first I remember seeing in this style.

The printed plastic sheet has an oval printed in each corner. The supplied tape strips certainly didn't fit over that shape.

Like in an Estes or Centuri kit, you did a small shroud line loop on the underside, but these were folded in a "V"at the small hole and the lower half went underneath the sheet canopy. Considering the age of the kit, the tape strips seemed to stick pretty well.

All six lines were loads of fun to tie to the snap swivel. I taped it down to hold it steady. (The snap swivel was not provided in the kit, I usually add one if it wasn't included.)