Hope you get it! And start building it.

I just started my Semroc 1:70 Saturn 1B, and I am going old school — the four engine cluster, and the built-up fins. (The Semroc kit also includes lasered balsa fins, and a 24mm motor mount option.)

I need someone to commiserate with. I started the Apollo capsule construction in parallel with the rocket construction. The paper shroud looks good, the escape tower is going to be a ball-buster. But, Carl included a jig to help align the cut dowels. Also included are lasered slots on a piece of cardstock used as gauges to sand down the 1/12” dowels to .041”, and .058”. Should I go slightly smaller on the dowels to account for primer and paint thickness when I put a finish on the capsule?

Note: Next to the red marks, are pencil marks showing the size of the 1/12” dowels.

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Lee Reep
NAR 55948

Projects: Semroc Saturn 1B, Ken Foss Designs Mini Satellite Interceptor
In the Paint Shop: Nothing! Too cold!
Launch-Ready: Farside-X, Maxi Honest John, Super Scamp