Estes Semi-Scale Saturn V, Kit #K-39, Part 19, The Structural Skirt

I had scanned and printed extras on 110 lb. stock. Good thing I did!

The structural skirt is small and difficult to cut out and form. It took three tries to get a decent piece.

The first try was cut out with scissors, that inside arc cut was too small. The next two skirts were cut using a new blade knife.

The larger outside arc was cut with scissors.

Any high points were rounded off with 400 grit on the block.

A sharped point dowel was used to form the skirt before gluing.

Using very little glue, the tab was held shut with smooth tweezers.

The skirt was slid down onto the top of the the tower.

The seam line was rotated over the one corner of the tower to be less noticeable.