ROMAN GODDESS LAUNCHES THE FIRST US SATELLITE
THIS 1:72 SCALE REDSTONE SPACE LAUNCHER is a recent issue from Horizon Models, a relatively new Australian model company. Mat Irvine: This latest Horizon Models 1:72 scale release features a Redstone launcher, which can be assembled to make any one of the following versions: Juno I with Explorer 1 satellite, US Army PGM-11 Redstone IRBM (Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile), Sparta and WRESAT (Weapons Research Establishment Satellite). Horizon provides identical runners for most of the parts, as rockets tend to be vertically symmetrical. In some places, this can mean slight modifications to one half as against the other, such as filling in an indentation or drilling a hole. You also get some runners that are the same Horizon’s Mercury-Redstone kit, basically the lower section of the first stage, the fins and the launch pad. The finished colours and markings differ between the four options, so you can build only one specific rocket from the kit. Unfortunately you can’t swap them ...