Grizly wrote:
The issue is not the end plates provided, it is the number of right angle hinges (Part 838) required for each end plate. As indicated, three are required for each end plate giving a total requirement of 24 hinges. I can only find 18 such parts.
Yep... I found exactly the same problem.
I ended up using a combination of 838 and 839... using (the correct) 839 on the upper hinge and 838 on the lower, so there was consistency across all turrets. I couldn't find parts numbered 838 elsewhere in the instructions, I searched and searched for them, but to no avail...so unsure what happened here... they were either an earlier attempt to draw the hinges and then forgotten about... or I have just used parts from a potentially very visible section which has managed to elude me and which I may later come to regret
I have also come across the issue mentioned by Grizly regarding the platform on X turret.
It is indeed out of scale. At first glance it seems that each section isnt a square as it should be, but a slight rectangle (longitudinally)... It could be that which is making the whole platform too long. I need to look into it more, but it looks like I will have to scratch build this section using the existing PE frames from Pontos as a starting point, utilising the brackets and re-doing the actual square sections.
I suspect there will be quite a few areas on this set where we will have to alter/rework/rebuilt sections of the update set... but perhaps
Pontos may want to look at Fret #12 and rework/redesign it for future buyers.