selected for study was a matte paint- Ing of the rocket on the launch pad. Burns removed the frame from his print of the film, mounted it and projected it as a slide on a blank Wall that Tom Scherman had covered with drawing paper, After tracing the image as closely as possible, Scherman took the tracing to his drawing table and cleaned it up with a French curve and a ruler. ‘Thad to get a perfectly smooth drawing,” remembers Scherman, "in order to be able to make a good pattern, “We reviewed the finished drawing by projecting the slide over it. When the match was satisfactory, I started the pattern.” But first a decision had to be made regarding the size of the model, Dennis Muren, the technical con- sultant for the unit, determined that the rocket should be about 24” hhigh. Muren knew that the mode! rocket would have to be placed xcnumber of feet close to the camera Right: Mike Minor and ‘Tom Scherman are plas- tering the base of the foreground rig. Dave ‘Stipes checks the framing through the ‘camera. Dennis Muren's Below: The view from undemeath the fore: ground rig. Note how the edges of the plaster flare down and out, Additional pleces have been rigged on stands to the right. Above: Mike Minor works the plaster with his hands as it sets to bring up the proper texture for the base. Mike Matney snelsts,