At some point I might have time to figure out how to post pictures, but at this time I'm trying to figure out how, when, if I'll get this creature assembled.
Shipment was a few days late; delivery rescheduled twice [30 man-hrs wasted], but finally came at 6:30 pm and yours truly had to muscle 40 boxes weighing 1,900 pounds in the dark ... twice, on and off the trailer I used to move the goods 250 ft to my shop.
Had what I know to be two competent and enthusiastic pals [one's a private commercial pilot who's built his own plane and is now assembling a helicopter and the other a retired machinist with over 40 years of experience] to go along with my 40+ years of 'handyman' experience in commercial building trades.
Long story short ... after Day 1 helping me, they won't be coming back; like me, they're totally frustrated by the instruction's inaccuracies, incompleteness, ambiguities; unfortunately, I have no choice.
So, after the first 20 man-hrs and four calls to the company [50% helpful ... like "yeah, those instructions are wrong" and "yeah, that drawing's not right" and "no, you shouldn't have received two boxes of that ... you'll probably find out later you're missing a box of something"], it's possibly 10% complete ... putting the job at 200 man-hrs.
And for the stories out there that say guys, by themselves, have put this thing together in four days? Dream on. I've gotta question the source of those reviews.
At least the complimentary cap fits ... but for now I'll choose not to wear it in public.