I love the smell of Prometheum in the morning
Part 1 – Building the Structure
Following the instructions provided, the first pieces to build are the legs and walkways that make the frame on which the rig will sit. The instructions weren’t perfect and at times I did regret choosing this kit as my introduction to MDF kits, especially as the kit seemed to be supplied as a box of bits with very little of it still on the sheets. Some of the pieces were a little hard to find. If you haven’t had any experience with MDF kits opening that box is a little overwhelming.
Anyway, I decided to crack on regardless and just sort if learn as I went. One of the options when building the kit is to glue the walkways in place to give the structure some rigidity. If anyone is building a similar kit, I don’t recommend doing so I will go into more detail about the pros and cons of doing so later. However for now just be aware it doesn’t actually give it a great deal of rigidity and it remains quite fragile after you glue the pieces in place. Also, when you build the platform to sit atop the frame, just be aware that it doesn’t have a great deal of load bearing capacity, if you leave something heavy resting on it after gluing it will bend/bow in the middle.
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