Dr. Zooch Saturn 1 SA-5 Build Part 5 Rolling S-1 Tanks

These tanks can take some practice to get right.

You are only given four white tanks in the kit, I drew up extras from a sheet of white 110 lb. card stock. Simply draw up some boxes that are 2 9/16" wide X 5 1/4" tall. It's hard to see the light pencil lines unless the picture is enlarged.

The kit tanks might be a little easier to roll if printed lengthwise with the "grain" of the paper. While the included patterns are certainly usable, you are rolling the tubes against the natural "roll" of the paper. Try rolling some 110 card stock with the width and then again with the length. You'll find the paper rolls easier down the 11" length. I drew up the extras with the long side of the wrap down the length of the card stock.

Before rolling the four black printed tubes, you should practice with the plain white pieces. If you draw up your own extra white pieces, you can afford to mess up a few before tackling the black prints.

I tried to make up eight white tanks and messed up two. Out of the six remaining, I'll pick the best four to use on the model.

My rolling technique will be on the next blog posts.