To Fill and Sand?

Second Stage Tunnel Cover and Wrap GapThe end of construction is in sight! I might even wrap up this evening, completing the LES and building the RCS nozzles (gotta love NASA’s plethora of TLAs, eh?).

Soon, I’ll need to decide whether to fill the spirals in the body tubes or not, or maybe to fill just some (e.g., the S-IVB). Sure, it will look nicer, assuming I have the patience to do a good job. My biggest concern is that I might damage one of this crazy vacu-formed wraps, or even the paper wrap on the LM shroud. As it is, I have just a little repair work on the wraps yet, including patching a gap in one of the wraps (it was about 2mm too short, and, even though the joint is beneath one of the tunnel covers, the tunnel cover extends only part way up the wrap).

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