Rocket, Solid-Fuel, Test Vehicle, Little Joe II

Cylindrical with corrugated aluminum skin panels; four clipped triangular cruciform fins at base; boilerplate simulated Command Module, a truncated cone and adjoining Launch Escape Tower, with framework around nozzle area; overall, aluminum color, with white nosecone and launch escape rocket; orange escape rocket nozzle; and the words "United States" in black lettering, running vertically along side of body. Body made of 12 corrugated skin panels, each panel 10 corrugations wide plus overlap; panels riveted together for a total of 120 corrugations. Panels made by the Alcoa Aluminum Company and formed with the same equipment which produced aluminum siding for roofing and other home use. Electrical equipment normally attached to bulkhead for providing ignition, control, and test monitoring wires. Body, fins, and fairings left in their natural aluminum color for launches. General Dynamics label with black lettering on polished aluminum horizontal plate mounted slightly lower and to the left of the word "States." The bases of the 12-51 series (including fairing bottoms and fin trailing edges), covered with RTV silicone rubber for added thermal protection. These were normally with an off-white color. The 12-50 series were fitted with bare metal bottoms. Algol nozzles normally painted white, but Mod 1 nozzles painted black. All Apollo boilerplate dummies were painted white but the dummy SM usually with a black roll pattern. LES nozzles, black.