I'll talk about the WMD kitchen rebuild in a moment but first a bit on the Tiger tank build which despite the chaos is still being worked on. Continuing to build it gives me the sanctuary of my Man Cave where the normal level of chaos that I work in is less then that in the main house!
I have moved onto the main gun which needs to be constructed before the rest of the turret. As with all the other parts of this kit there are many more parts than some other kit manufacturers would include. The barrel is made up of eight parts with more for the breech. Most other kits would have two or three. I'm not complaining though! One thing that did surprise me was that with the inclusion of a metal spring the barrel, when assembled has a recoil action!
Some of the parts assembled.
The barrel assembled (apart from the muzzle) along with the breech and it all being mounted in the mantlet.
With everything square and straight I used a clamp to raise the assembly and left it to dry.
Meanwhile, Back in the chaos of WMD HQ, there has been some plumbing work. I always thought that the water pressure was not that great and Phil the builder found out why! As a new stop tap was required he was going to try to move it into the concealed pipe cover. Digging through the floor he found that whoever originally put the pipe in bent it almost crushing it and therefore reducing the amount of water that could get through.
You can probably see the bend and crushed bit better in this photo.
Having worked his magic the crushed part is cut out, the new, can't seize stop tap is now located inside the cover and all looks good.
Well that is the first step forward on the kitchen rebuild and putting it back together. Lots more steps to go - just like the Tigger tank build!
No comments:
Post a Comment