US Army Redstone 1:52 Scale – That ’70s Rocketeer

"You know, it, uh, won’t fly unless somebody pushes the button." From the movie October Sky.

Redstone Fin Can Revision 3

Posted on May 30, 2019May 30, 2019 by Rocketeer

I revised the fin can adding in some detail at the bottom of the fins, and added the wedge shaped coupling connectors.

US Army Redstone Part 2

Posted on May 29, 2019June 2, 2019 by Rocketeer

I figured out the problem with the nose cone. It was a two part issue, while some of the polygons appear to be properly touching in Tinkercad, they really were not, there was a tiny gap. The second issue was a mistake I made in Tinkercad for the wall thickness, Continue Reading

US Army Redstone Part 1

Posted on May 27, 2019June 2, 2019 by Rocketeer

While I was searching for the Mercury Redstone scale date, I was reminded of the US Army Redstone Missile. I used the scale data I came across and created a 3D model of a nose cone in the same 1:52 scale for an ST-16/BT-56 tube size. I printed a test Continue Reading