T A P - thank you adn stay tuned
Steve - At first I cursed PE, Now I curse slide moulding and its ability to make really really really small detailed parts..............LOL
Progress:
In the following picture you can see the elevation and traverse gears. Pay attention to the directions especially step 5 parts A1 and A60. Do not glue A1 into place as they would have you believe. once the frame halves are together slide part A1 into place to the frame A30. It must go strait across from frame to frame. You may note behind the small elevation gear there are two parts that look offset, this would be the axle shaft. No worries on trying to get it sanded, when all the panels go on you cannot see it so save yourself the headache
These are some shots of the rear of the gun frame and accessories box. The grab handles have not been installed yet, reason being my rather large paws will without a doubt break them off.
There are some small gaps but Mr Surfacer will take care of that.
Next I mated the barrel to the rail and frame. Make sure that it is sitting even on the rail before you cement it down. I had to check several times only to see that it was ever so slightly canted to one direction, after fussing a bit it went into place.
I then started on the shield. There are some small bits that you will need to omit in order for painting (at least I do), shovel, pick, ranging stakes. Parts A57 and A58 should be put n first, then A36 and A37.
There are some PE parts on here. I was a bit perplexed as to why Dragon would make the data boards out of PE, I feel decals would have sufficed and I would think a bit more legible.
more to follow
Bob