Semroc Saturn 1B, Build, OOP #KS-1, Part 6, Making The Tower

Four sets of upper internal "V" struts and four sets of (slightly larger) lower "V" struts are made.

The V tops are trimmed flat after the sides are glued together. I didn't see any need for using the headed pins here.

TIP: Notice the pencil lines - These give you something to line up the razor blade with when cutting the dowels to length.

The small pieces of dowel on the right are all that's left after the upper and lower "Vs" were cut and glued.

The round center ring is split in two.
The instructions show the V struts tips set on small dots on the pattern sheet.
TIP: I found it easier to mark the rings with a pencil at the 90 degree  N, E, S and W positions. The glued centers were glued on the pencil marks, just the centers. No glue on the outside tips yet.

After that dried, the ends were glued together one at a time and clamped with a clothes pin. The clothes pin keep the ends in alignment.

After all is dried, even up the sharp ends, don't shorten them! Just knock off the tip if one is longer than the other.

TIP: You can get a better fit inside the assembly by using a small diamond rat tail file in the end dowels joint.

Build time this post: 2 Hours, 30 minutes
Total build time so far: 7 hours, 00 minutes