Launch Umbilical Tower

PRINT ON CARDSTOCK

Score/Mountain
Fold line

Score/Mountain
Score/Mountain
Fold glue tabs &
Fold glue tabs &
lower tower cap.
upper tower cap.

Score/Mountain
Fold line

Glue Tab

© 2005 Drawn by Michael Burke

This cardmodel is only for personal and not commercial use.
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As the Crane is designed to rotate, the builder may wish Score and
Mountain
to build it from cardstock for extra strength. You need Denote Mountain Fold/Score Lines Fold along
build only one crane – these are alternate parts dark gray
line at base
Glue Tab of tower
Lightning Rod Machinery House
Roll into tube Mountain Fold/Score lines

Mountain fold
all triangular
glue tabs on
both ends
SEATTLE
COLBY CRANE

Front
© 2005 Drawn by Michael Burke
Rear Tower Base
This cardmodel is only for personal
and not commercial use. Score/Mountain
COLBY CRANE
SEATTLE
Fold line
Glue Tabs
Crane Keel
Sandwich and glue both halves around cardstock Glue Tab

Top

Bottom

Glue

Inner Sleeve
Print on Cardstock Tab

Centering Circle
Glue Tab

Score/Mountain
Fold Lines Glue Tab
10 TON 25 TON
Score and Mountain
Fold along dark gray
Trim this piece line at base of tower
to fit Score/Mountain
Fold Lines

25 TON 10 TON

Glue Tab
Score and Mountain
Fold along dark gray
Glue Tab line at base of tower
 SIDE 3 SIDE 3
PRINT ON CARDSTOCK
1 1 Circles on underside of platform are for locating holes for
tower pedestals. After platform is complete, carefully drill
holes with tip of X-Acto knife. Insert pedestal tubes all the
way to the underside of the top of the platform deck.

SIDE 4
SIDE 2

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1

Hold Down Arms

Hold Down
Carefully Cut Arm Supports
Carefully Cut
out White out White
Portion Portion
Hold-Down Arm Supports
These are wedge-shaped
pieces that are glued to
the underside of the
square protrusions in the
top opening of the thrust
chamber and to the face of
SIDE 4
SIDE 2

the thrust chamber liner.

1
1

All folds are Mountain

folds.
Mountain
Fold/Score 1 1
Lines SIDE 1 SIDE 1

Glue
Tabs See Crane Parts Page
for Hold Down Arms and
Launcher Pedestals

© 2005 Drawn by Michael Burke

Valley Thrust Chamber Liner This cardmodel is only for personal
Fold/Score Lines Center in holes cut out of launcher platform, between upper and lower decks. and not commercial use.
Service Arms SM Arm S-IVB Arms S-I & SII Arms
Glue Tab Glue Tab
Forward Arm Aft Arm
Glue Tab Glue Tab S-II Forward

Glue Tab
Glue Tab

Glue Tab

Solid red sections are the walkway Score/Fold

(bottom) of the arm – gray section with lines
diagonal cross members are the tops.
Score/Fold Score/Fold Score/Fold
Sides have diagonal cross members Glue Tab Glue Tab
lines lines lines
with “mesh” on bottom half. S-II Intermediate
Arm
Both ends are “capped” for rigidity and
for mounting to the tower. S-II Aft
Glue Tab
All folds are “mountain” folds.
PRINT TO BOND PAPER
Recommend printing on bond paper.

When CM Access
Arm is complete,
from the top, it
CM Access Arm should be shaped Score/Fold Score/Fold
like and mounted lines lines
Glue Tab
Score/Fold to side of tower,
Lines like this. Damper Arm
S-IC Intertank
Other arms are Glue Tab
Score/Fold lines Glue
Glue Tab mounted to front S-IC Forward
Tab
of tower, like this.
(See drawing for
placement.) Score/Fold lines
Glue Tab

Carefully
Carefully cut this Glue Tab Glue Tab
cut this white
white notch out
section out

Score/Fold
line When completed, Score/Fold Score/Fold
Glue Tab the Damper arm lines lines
assembly goes
together like this. © 2005 Drawn by Michael Burke
Score/Fold This cardmodel is only for personal
Lines and not commercial use.
 Launcher Base Pedestals
PRINT TO BOND BAPER Roll into double layered tubes – Glue edge to centerline

Lightning Rod

Outer Sleeve – Inside Inner Sleeve – on

top of Tower bottom of crane
Roll into double layered tube
Roll into double layered tube – Glue Inner
– Glue edge to centerline
edge to centerline. Sleeve
Glue tube to bottom of
Cut out small circle on top of tower, glue
Crane Keel, centered in
tube in line with hole in order to stabilize
crane and allow it to rotate.
small circle. Inner Sleeve
Tower
Hold
should fit snugly enough
inside Outer Sleeve that Down
As the Crane is designed to Crane doesn’t wobble, but Arms
Outer
rotate, the builder may wish to loosely enough to allow Sleeve Glue to square
build it from cardstock for rotation. protrusions in
extra strength. You need build thrust chamber
opening on top of
only one crane – either these launcher
parts or those on the Tower platform. Cut out
Base page bottom bulkhead
of Saturn V, glue
to cardstock, and
Top use to align Hold All lines are
Down Arms such Score/Mountain Fold
Crane Keel Lightning Rod that they are Lines
Sandwich and glue both halves around cardstock Roll into tube centered and
support the
Bottom rocket model.

Inner Sleeve
Machinery House
Centering Circle Mountain Fold/Score lines
Glue Tab

Score/Mountain Crane Boom

Fold Lines Mountain fold
10 TON 25 TON all triangular
glue tabs on
Trim this piece
both ends
SEATTLE

to fit
COLBY CRANE

Score/Mountain
Front
Fold Lines
Rear
25 TON 10 TON

COLBY CRANE
Score/Mountain
SEATTLE
Fold line
© 2005 Drawn by Michael Burke
This cardmodel is only for personal
Glue Tab and not commercial use. Glue Tab
 S-IVB
Service
Module

This wedge
is a glue
Command tab
Engine Fairings
Module
S-IVB Centering Rings
Glue Rings to
Cardstock and
glue one in front Launch Escape
Roll Into double-layered tubes and one in back Tower
of S-IVB Roll Into Cylinder
S-IC, Interstage, & S-II PRINT TO BOND BAPER

Interstage
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and not commercial use.
S S S S
T T T T
A A A A
T T T T Centering Rings
E E E E
S S S S Glue one in front and back of
S-1C/S-II Tube

Glue to Cardstock

Saturn V Rear Bulkhead

Glue to cardstock and use to align
and center Hold Down Arms on
Launcher Base.

U U U U
SM/LM Adapter
S S S S
A A A A F-1 Engines

Fins – Trim off

Root Tabs
Damper Arm