Originally Posted by Rocketcrab

Pulling this golden nugget out of the vault I am finally getting around to completing my SEMROC Saturn 1B that I started in 2007 Over the last 50 years or so, I've built several of the original Estes Apollo capsules. Now in my mid-60's I'm not going to go through that again. So I bought the Apogee capsule kit, and just as jpaw33 asked years ago, any suggestions on the parachute attachment point? From what I've gathered on this thread, adding nose weight to this particular version of the 1B isn't needed. My original thought was to cut out a disc of either balsa or basswood and insert it into the base of the Apollo capsule, but I'm leery of gluing wood to plastic.