Estes Saturn V #1969 Build, Part 28, Assembling the Tower

If you make a lot of plastic models you should have a sprue cutter or nipper. It allows you to cut the pieces off the trees with little left to trim off.
TIP: Wait to cut off and remove the RCS nozzles, leave them on the trees  - Find out why in an upcoming post.

The tower escape nozzles glue into an "X" shape. These are like a smaller version of the larger Little Joe II escape nozzles.

The "X" shape assembly glues into an X shaped recess in the skirt.

The new tower is a big improvement over the previous version.
The "O" ring doesn't "float" between the X struts. This new design glues the ring into recesses at the center of the Xs.
The tower is made up of two sides now, not four.
You can brush a bit of glue onto the sides seams after pressing it together.

The glued sides of the tower can be smoothed off with 400 grit sandpaper.

Assembly time so far:
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