The Build - Remaining Assembly and THAT gap…
So you remember when I said I made a serious error at Step One? Although I didn’t know it at the time, the chickens came home to roost at Step 4 when the upper hull was mated to the lower hull. Not even the screws that secure it to the die-cast metal lower hull could overcome the fact that 12 months earlier I had superglued the damned lower-frontal plate a touch too low
There’s no objective reason why the LFP had to be affiixed at Step 1, other than that was more convenient place to print that part of the assembly on the instruction sheet. I’m sure I’m not the only amateur who’s fallen foul of this, and I’ll be a hell of a lot more vigilant on delaying such assemblies for as long as possible going forward…
Fortunately the rest of the build went smoothly, and appears quite rich in detail with the various tools and cleaning rods. I fully acknowledge I’ve made the painting side of the ledger a much more difficult exercise for myself, however I happened to be on vacation and was really enjoying a trouble-free build… except for that damned lower-frontal plate anyway…
