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Next is the Ascent Module Engine. Part 61 is rolled into a tube. The top half of the tube is rolled twice to make the top half of the tube a bit larger diameter than the bottom half of the tube.
Parts 64 and 65 form the inner surface of the engine bell. Since paper modeling is a bit new for me, I was having quite a strugle getting them perfectly round in order for them to mate together properly without tabs. After finally getting them together, part 63 was folded in half for printing on both sides. It was then attached to the top of the cone. This also helped to keep the engine bell nice and round.
I then attached part 61 to the top of this structure.
Parts 66 through 68 form the outer surface of the engine bell. The circumfrence of part 66 was a bit to big so I trimmed a portion of it so it would be tight and flush around the bottom edge of the engine bell. However, part 67 was very tight. With a but of strongarming, I was able to get it into place butting against part 66. Part 68 was the tightest of all. It would not slide all the way down the side of the engine bell, so I ended up with a compromise of gluing it just above part 67. It actually ended up looking pretty good to my eye. I then added part 62 once this assembly was completed.
Part count to date: 112
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