Here's some photos of my 1/144 scale Launch Umbilical Tower model. The platform is constructed of 1/8th inch plexiglass, sheathed with .020 stryene sheet. The rest is various sizes of Plastruct beams.
If you have a question or a suggestion, email me at jduncan@apollosaturn.com.
 LUT with my very old Saturn V model. The rocket was built in 1976 and has some obvious mistakes. The LUT is built to exact specs while the Saturn V has some scale problems which prevent it from matching up properly. I am going to build a new one to scale height, useing three Monogram kits for parts. |
 Looking down into the flame hole, the edge blast deflectors are there and the support beams for the hold down arms. I have not added the vertical blast panels to the walls of the hole yet. |
 Here's a close up of the underside of the flame hole blast deflectors. Water comes out from under these so the detail you see is correct. I build them from strips of 020 styrene, plastruct half channel and half round rod. |
 A nice view of the edge of the platform, showing flange details. Those flanges on the edge vary in spacing so you have to have a reference to get it right. You can also see the details under those blast deflectors. |
 This shot is a comparison of a true scale section of my LUT to the Revell tower for the shuttle. You can see the obvious underscale appearance of the kit tower. I am not sure whether a small section of tower could be built and then combined with the kit RSS, maybe someone with dimensions could figure this out. |
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Duncan |