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Here's a picture of a Little Joe I that was on display at the Air Power Park in Virginia.
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Thank you. Since the vehicle in this photo definitely has 4 orange tipped fins and no ALL orange fin, I'll go with tips only.
Besides, it's far easier to add more orange than to remove it.
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5b had a single orange fin and the tips painted. Real Space shows this marking pattern on the kit.
http://www.realspacemodels.com/html/72ljpg.html In the thumbnails below you can see the color on an image purported to be of 5b on the rail, and the launch image attributed to 5b. Based upon the orientation of the fins even in the B/W image you can detect the strip at the tip of the fin on the left hand, while the fin to the right appears to be a solid painted fin. This would be consistent with the color image and ROTW. There is also some anecdotal information that the LE of each fin was booted with a black strip on the boilerplate launchers, but not sure if this was carried into the production capsule launches. http://www.rocket.aero/littlejoemodel7.html
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Perfect! Thanks! Plus, the color definitely appears to be what I would consider to be International Orange.
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Take a look at the attached photo. It looks more like a different shade of aluminum. For those of you who like modeling every little detail, there are some marks that look like they were made by a sander to the right of the orange rectangle that would present a real challenge.
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Maybe some Bozo had sprayed "CCCP" on it the night before.
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[QUOTE=billspad]Take a look at the attached photo. It looks more like a different shade of aluminum.QUOTE]
This HAS to be mission LJ-1 (as opposed to LJ-1A), and that means I have color photos of both sides of the same vehicle. No all-orange fin on this vehicle.
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But you are still doing LJ-5B right? That mission was a reflight of capsule 14, not a boilerplate.
Is it a Little Joe 1? Is that the same as it was not referred to as World War 1 until there was a World War II
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Yes, I'm doing LJ-5B. It will have one all-orange fin. I'm preparing to do a paint compatibilty test to see if Mary can paint Model Master Intl. Orange enamel over the metallic aluminum I shot the booster and fins with.
Metallic paint can be REALLY funny sometimes.
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What about painting some white trim film with International Orange? Not sure how well that would work, but if it did, it'd be a whole lot easier than masking the metallic.
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