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1/72 V2 Bumper WAC


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Here is another Real Space model of mine, a V2 "Bumper" with WAC Corporal sounding rocket on the end. These were developed up to 1950 to study the feasibility of multi-stage rockets and could attain an altitude of up to 93 miles! The Bumper was the first rocket launched from Cape Canaveral in July 1950.

The kit is basically the 1/72 Condor V2 with a scratchbuilt WAC. This is tubing, sheet and a piece of sprue filed and sanded to shape. When making a part like this, one technique is to "turn" the part in a piece of wet or dry between your fingers, ensuring a reasonably even section. Whatever, you don't need aftermarket as much as some would have you believe... anyway there isn't an aftermarket part for this! The roll markings were strips of solid decal.

I first built one of these about 1978 using the old Revell "box scale" V2, so like a lot of my space models this is a "build it again better" exercise.P1010180.jpgP1010182.jpg

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