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Step 5 and Step 9 assembly is done

That's looking good Tom!

Looks good Tom! Does the gun slide in the cradle as you have it here?

Way to go Tom! Whip this boy into submission.

Feeling a little better. Chest muscles hurts like hell from the sneezing.

Here's a dilemma I'm facing now. See Part B9? Red circle is suppose to be there. It's not.



Another view in Step 11, with part installed to "ghost" link



B9 with parts B63 and B7 / B5 assembled part...



Backside of B9...




What B9 is suppose to look like on sprue according to instruction guide




B9 has no breaks at all. I sanded off minor flash on curve.




At first, I thought, OK... I must've nipped it off. Nope. I looked in my trash bin and cut up sprue jar for later disposal. Not in either.

Now tell me this is a defective part mold or am I imagining things.

I'm at a loss of words on what to do next.

Looks like a chunk of the part is missing.

Tom, is the part deformed? short shot? I see what Carlos is seeing here on the leading edge. Is there a way to repair or rework this to make it work? I could see using some Milliput to create a smooth edge, perhaps?

Stikpusher wrote: ↑Thu Mar 12, 2026 11:39 pm Looks like a chunk of the part is missing.

My thoughts exactly. When I looked, I knew I was seeing a WTF???