I rechecked my screw and nut count and indeed it turns out I had lost a screw. However, all was not lost as I tracked down another issue 7, which had more of the required screws in plus it also had that all important hinge piece I mentioned about that could be easily lost. I now have two of them, so the extra £9 I spent was worth it for an added bit of security.

Well issues 10 through to 13 arrived today, postie had left them on the back door stop for all to see, just glad they weren't nicked.
Anyway on with the build.

Issue 10, comprised of parts for the dome and a couple of leg parts not to be used for this issue, it also came with the lens mounting plate.


The frame piece that was to go on the dome was for the lens,the best way to see where to fit it is to ensure it is on the two holes opposite the shortest groove at the top of the dome


Also on this row the nuts go underneath


The next thing to do was to fit the lens to it's cover and the mounting plate



Most importantly the lens should curve outwards


It is a bit of a tight fit, but looking at the instructions and how I had it I noticed as long as the tabs were angled outwards it should be ok.
To secure it I used the SMALLER self tapping screws as I only had 4 of these.


I was then able to do a 'test' fit to the dome


That was basically Issue 10, so onto issue 11, again another dome frame part, loads of screws, that went in my pill box, and the first part of the dome stand.


Again self explanatory for fitting, remember on this row, screws on top, nuts underneath


The rod for the stand isn't used yet.

Issue 12 next and a bit more to do.


Now luckily I spotted this before I fitted it, but one of the dome frame pieces is different in that it has a smaller 'window' and two holes in


This frame piece lines up with the longer groove in the dome top, and the round cut out.


Basically if you fit the 'normal' frame first you will be OK.


The next step at first had me a little confused, but then I realised the instructions are WRONG.

Numbers 8 and 9 should be in place of 5 & 6 and vise-versa. Then it makes sense.





The leg piece without the holed end is held together with one of larger screw and nut, whereas the holed end leg piece has to rely on the connector piece.




Despite this the final leg assembly is pretty sturdy.


The final issue I had was issue 13, and all that gave me was the rest of the dome stand, and the final pieces of the dome frame, and what looks suspiciously like the next chassis down parts.



Not going to insult anyones intelligence by doing a step by step of stand build, but here is the completed dome so far



and here it is on it's stand



So that is basically it, I like looking at the back of the magazine to see what is coming up in the next issue...ahhh more dome parts

Nice update and good to see how quick this build grows.



Keep up the good work.

Regards
delboy271155
(Derek)

It's amazing how quickly this is taking shape, looking good.

Mark

Nice work, the dome is certainly taking shape now.

Graeme

Had exactly the same problem with the two parts from the middle 'ring' being swapped over during my build.

Nice to be able to take some tips from this build before I work on my pieces as yours are coming along nicely. I think it's good that so many issues so far have been for the dome, hope we get to start tying in the electronics soon as I know where some of the electronics will go already, but know there may be other considerations so I can't just slap them in with some spare screws.

Hope to start a diary of mine this weekend if I get time and weather to do some painting. I need to get some done tonight really for the lens frame and a couple of the leg fittings if I am to give a true indication of what I am doing with him.

OK so the next set of 4 arrived, just in time for the bank holiday weekend. Obviously being bank holiday we were going to have crappy weather so gave me enough time to build it.

Here we go then with issue 18 and yet another electronic part - the microphone.


First thing to do is the dome frame again, and this time I made sure I wouldn't go wrong by checking the tag on the part.



The same with the next frame piece


Which gives us the frame completed for issue 18


The microphone was built up next and is very straightforward to do, as has all the build being so far
The parts were as follows;

putting them together as I say was so easy, although it may be an idea to handle the microphone carefully and no pull too hard on the wires.
stage 1

stage 2

Stage 3

Finally Stage 4, for this I used the smallest black self tapping screws, as usual it didn't say exactly which ones to use so I picked these as it felt right


and that completed issue 18


Issue 19 had few parts, and was hardly worth doing, slot two pieces into two slots - really taxing.



So onto issue 20, yet another frame part, a leg part and a sensor, things are beginning to get interesting I thought.


But alas no, the only thing to do was fit the frame, the sensor was for later.

So onto the final part of the four issues, issue 21. This is where things started to get a little bit more of think for yourself mode.


The instructions say to take the leg piece and fit the casting to it, now looking at the pictures, the centre piece that was fitted previously in the shoulder, wasn't there it was just a hole. so REMOVE it.


The casting assembly can now be fitted. to do this I used the black screws that came with issue 21, seemed to make sense. Also, made sure that the nuts and writing were uppermost.


So it is more ore less like this when fitted.


The arched bracket from issue 20 could now be fitted, make sure that the curved part and flat edge faces upward towards the blue bits, which is shown in final image. The wheel fitting is also added now, all it says in the instructions is use silver screws. Well I used the thicker screw as this seemed to be the best one.



Which meant issue 21 was finished, lots of parts now waiting to be fitted, can't wait.

Some great tips you're posting here. Having only just started mine I'll be checking in with your regularly.

Graham

Looking really good, coming along very nicely.

Mark

Thanks nice to know they help