Particle image velocimetry flow measurement has been performed to measure the laminar boundary layer over an axisymmetric body. A torpedo-shaped model is used as an axisymmetric body. The Reynolds number based on the diameter of the body ‘D’ is varied from 3500 to 10,500. The boundary layer is tripped by a 2.5-mm nitrile rubber placed at 60 mm from the nose of the model to see its effect on the stability of the boundary layer. The laminar boundary layer gets disturbed by the trip wire and relaminarizes again to match the Blasius profile at Re = 3500. Whereas, for higher Reynolds numbers, the boundary layer undergoes a transition, and the velocity profile tends to obtain power law. The local coefficient of friction (C′f) is reported for laminar and transition boundary layer cases. The C′f distribution over the model is lowest for Re = 3500 and found to be lower than the planar laminar boundary layer case throughout the length of the model. The C′f  for higher Reynolds numbers is higher than the planar turbulent boundary layers for X/D ≤ 2.2 and lower for the downstream locations, which owes to the thickening of the viscous sub-layer.