Here's the last of the nine 54mm poses from 1961. This guy is driving the Mercury capsule and was also available later in red. Trying to photograph him by simply laying him down and turning him this-way-or-that just wasn't working, so I grabbed a crate off of the train layout and at least let him sit! For the life of me he really looks like he's driving - got that left arm on the steering wheel of his trusty '61 Merc and the right hand on the shifter LOL Enjoy! Opa Fritz
Vroom, vroom, downshift, put the pedal to the metal and let 'er rip :-)
My capsule is incomplete - it's missing the booster assembly for the bottom but these photos will still give you an idea of what the set-up was like.
Some seller on fleaBay was listing one of these as a Gemini capsule. Really? Okay, if that's what you believe, have another hit off that wacky weed you're smokin' and enjoy your toys! Good grief! Lookee here, I'm no expert on space stuff but I got that whole, Mercury, Gemini, Apollo thing down. The Dragon capsule? - still workin' on that one :-)
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