Semroc Saturn 1B, Build, OOP #KS-1, Part 31, New Retro Rocket Housings

Here's a picture from the Apogee website. This clean build was done by Phillip Gore. Notice the retro housings are different.

The Estes Saturn 1B was modeled after one of the the earliest Saturn 1B rocket, close to the SA-201.
With some help from this picture and Alway's Rockets Of The World book I'll make some small changes and model the Apollo 7, SA-205 Saturn 1B. The retro rocket housings and other details changed on the later rockets.

The SA-205 version also allows for more detail on the service module. On the Estes version, the SM is an overall white. More on that later.

The later SA-205 housings are about the same length and height, there is a raised taper on the front.

New basswood was cut.

The two strips were laminated.
Clothes pin clamps held them together as the glue dried.






Just the front angle was cut. The back remains square.

Four were glued up.
The laminated strips were a little wide.  They were thinned down with 220 grit on a block.

Build time this post: 0 hour, 30 minutes
Total build time so far: 30 hours, 40 minutes