03-11-2010, 09:00 AM
|
 |
Dazed and Confused
|
|
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: TN
Posts: 11,624
|
|
Quote:
|
Originally Posted by bobdros
I got the wraps from Paul and even though they're not the same as the ones shown in the image on JimZ. I'm thinking I can use the smaller wrap but I'm not sure the best way to carve the "fiddly bits" that you see in the image.
Does anyone have any suggestions? Do you sand pieces into the shape and how would you do that? (I don't have any experience with that level of detail.)
|
Just cut the general shape, then sand the contours. Use Paul's wraps as a guide to shape the bits except for the retros (the longest pieces). Where Paul's is correct for the Saturn 1B manned flights with a flat aft end, the Orion's is tapered at both ends.
SEMROC has their Orion ready to ship as soon as they get their computers back online. Their kit comes with embossed wraps and pre cut bits. You will still have to sand the bits to round the edges off a little, but they are pre-cut into their general shapes. I would save Paul's wraps for a Saturn and order SEMROC's kit, or at least order the wraps and fin set with the pre-cut bits.
__________________
I love sanding. 
|