The Little Joe series of rockets were powered by various configurations of solid propellent rocket motors to simulate different flight profiles that the LES system would encounter. Over a dozen Little Joe II vehicles were fired at the White Sands Missile Range (WSMR) in Mew Mexico during the early 1960's. Each Little Joe II was slightly different in configuration due to the parameters of the LES that were to be tested.
Th model pictured here is a 1/50 scale version of test vehicle A-001 BP-12 launched on May 13, 1964. The model is the same scale as the Saturn 1b I modeled. The same construction techniques were used for the capsule and LES tower. The booster section corrugations were vaccu-formed from sheet styrene by fellow modeler Paul Graf. The model has a dual 24mm cluster and usually flies on D12-5 black powder engines with altitudes of 600'. Recovery is via a single 24" nylon parachute.
Ht. 21.75", Dia. 3.1", wt. 10oz
