Assembling The Plastic V1 Flying Bomb & Launcher Rails Terrain Feature

Assembling The Plastic V1 Flying Bomb & Launcher Rails Terrain Feature We demonstrate how to assemble the plastic V1 Flying Bomb and Launcher Rails included in Open Fire! Return to the Open Fire! Hub here...

Begin assembling the plastic V1 Flying Bomb terrain by cutting the pieces off the frame and remove any mould lines and excess plastic using a file or modelling knife. Lay each component of the V1 Flying Bomb Terrain Feature i.e. the V1 Flying Bomb, launcher rails etc in front of you using the assembly instructions included in Open Fire as a reference. Ensure that you have all the components required to fully assemble the V1 Flying Bomb Terrain Feautre before beginning constructions. Make sure you use Poly Cement or Superglue to glue the pieces together.

Assembling The V1 Flying Bomb Step 1. Turn the V1 Flying bomb top over to reveal the alignment pin recesses. These match the alignment pins on the V1 Flying Bomb bottom. Tip: Always dry fit (Dry Fitting is assembling components of a model without any glue. This ensure that they go fit together correctly before a permanent bond is created and allows for any fine adjustments to be made.) components before final assembly.

Step 2. Attach the V1 Flying Bomb bottom using the alignment pins; this ensures correct alignment is archived. Tip: The wings of the V1 Flying Bomb prevent the incorrect orientation of the bottom piece as it can only go on one way.

Step 3. Next, attach the V1 Motor to the tail section of the V1 Flying Bomb. As you see in the examples below, there are two notches in the tail section where the motor attaches to ensure positioning.
Below: The orientation notches on the tail section.	Below: The V1 Motor and tail section come together.

Below: The V1 Motor and tail section of the V1 correctly assembled.	Step 4. Next, we need to add the V1 motor air intake to the front of the V1 motor.

Below: The V1 motor air correctly fitted to the front of the V1 motor.	Below: With the V1 motor intake in place the V1 Flying Bomb is now fully assembled. Time to move onto the Launcher Rails.

Assembling the Launcher Rails

Step 1. Let's begin assembly of the Launcher Rails with the rail sections. The three rail sections are exactly the same and have been designed to fit together using the male and female-style connectors.
Below: Examples of the Male and Female connectors.	Below: Connecting the rail sections together.

Below: All three rail sections connected.

Step 2. Next, add the end cap and the base plate to the ends of the rail sections. Tip: The end cap belongs to the end of the rail section that is eleavated off the ground. The base plate is attached to the end of the rail section that is touching the ground.

Below: The end cap attached to the rail sections.	Below: The base plate attached to the rail sections.

Step 3. Time to attach the launcher legs. Turning the assembled rail section over reveals the slots of the launcher legs.

On each side of the launcher legs is a circle-shaped indent. When inserting the launcher legs into the slots make sure that the circle is facing toward the the base plate.
Below: An example of the circle-shape indent on the short launcher leg.	Below: Correct orientation is a must as each launcher leg is angled slightly to compensate for the angle of the launcher rails.

Below: Inserting a launcher leg into its slot.	Below: The short, medium and tall launcher legs attached to the base of the launcher rails.

Below: All of the launcher legs correctly inserted into the slots.

Below: The fully assembled launcher rails.

Step 4. Time to attach the V1 Flying bomb.	Below: With the V1 Flying Bomb attached, the terrain feature in now ready for painting. Learn how to paint the Sherman V with the Open Fire Painting Guide here...