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HI,As im building the atlas mercury manned rides,i thought i might have a go at some of the atlas variants,as they all basically used the same collapsible,thin skinned tanks,btw....whats Atlas brought into nearly every household,in the world,........yes WD-40,made to stop the shiny stainless tanks corroding,in salt air,whilst they waited to annihalate the world?.....youve got to have a shiny,finger of death?...sorry just thought id throw that one in.... The early atlas sm-65 only had 2 engines,the sustainer engine,the middle one was,nt needed,so i will have to remove that?,anyway thought id have a go at the nosecone,the only bit apart from the engine,which is different from any other Atlas....visually?first off look up references,photos,peter always rockets of the world,the bible? The nose cone has a straight adaptor from the tank to warhead,then a couple of steps to intergrate the warhead,looked easy,? right what can i use? thats the common base, leftover upper stage from a mach 2 thor missile, only need the interstage junction.... on top of the atlas shoulder... sorting a couple of increments with the angles right, found that the tops of the shuttle srb,s was a match for the angle,if cut in the right place? was going to use a missile as the warhead,but it was wrong diam? so,found that martins models,resin thrusters off a saturn kit,in a box,havnt got round to building yet,wayhay....great fit,had to round off the warhead though. the bits,also a section off a upper stage saturn ib. so needs some milliput on the joints yet,and some ribbing strips,around the cone,and a little bit of sanding..... but to me thats a not bad build? alongside the score variant,more of that later? cheers off too sand /paint Don