* 5. ASSEMBLE THE RETRO PROPULSION MODULE (RPM)

• Print Parts Sheet 5 on white card stock.

• Cut out the THRUSTER BOOMS. Lightly score along the two parallel white lines near the center. Fold the two panels away from the printed side, 90 degrees each.

• At one end, glue the extremities marked X together, white surface to white. Repeat at the other end. Adjust so that the black sections near the center are parallel.

• Cut out one of the THRUSTER SHIELDS rectangles. Color the white side black with a felt-tip pen. Slit along the shaded line. Wrap the rectangle around a pencil to impart a curve, holding the pencil parallel to the slit.

• Cut out one of the THRUSTER SHIELDS crescents. Optional: Glue some gold-colored foil/paper (such as giftwrap) on the white side, before cutting out the crescent shape.

• Adjust the curve in the rectangle to match the crescent piece's curve. Glue the crescent, black side down,to the top of the curved rectangle. The top is the end opposite the slot.
  
  
  

• Set the THRUSTER BOOMS piece down with Q facing up. Fit the THRUSTER SHIELD's slot over one end, so that the X mark is enclosed within the THRUSTER SHIELD. The slot should be just inboard of the black X-marked end section. Straighten so the piece fits symmetrically, and secure with glue.

• Repeat the above four steps with the other THRUSTER SHIELD, and install it on the other end of the THRUSTER BOOMS.

• Optional: Cut two triangles of gold foil/paper (such as gift wrap) and glue atop the open areas inboard of the THRUSTER SHIELDS.

• Cut out the RETRO PROPULSION MODULE (RPM). Lightly score each of the six thin white lines: four near the circles, and two near the X-panels.

• Crease each of the X-panels by folding the panels all the way back, white side toward white. Do the same with all four circles, over onto the X-panels.

• Carefully bring the X-panels up to vertical, also pushing up the circles to vertical. The X-panels will lodge and support the circles. Apply small amounts of glue to hold this configuration, and let dry.
  
  
  

• Apply glue along the bottom (open) center walls of the THRUSTER BOOMS, and set it down on the RPM, inside the circles and X-panels.