And here's the finished Hero style assembly.
I had to make a slight compromise with this which I'm less than happy about.
I mentioned before that brazing is frustrating as you kind of have to go with what it gives you and is nowhere near as controllable as mig or tig welding.
This is especially true when you want to create any sort of relatively large bead as the braze really just wants to flow between the parts and join them, with sections like the corner between the instrument bar and edge of the trigger box where you have to fill a hole wanting to just level out rather than form a rounded bead.
So although I had brazed these together and got as close as it would allow to the look of the Hero's, I just wasnt happy with it and when I ground back the braze to blend the seams on the end caps and the join around the top of the trigger box, I was left with a bit of a pitted finish which is another unfortunate feature of brazing.
if it was a weld I could have just gone back over it but if I were to heat the parts back up to redo them the previous braze would have just melted away and the parts would separate.
Which left me with one option since I don't yet have the working knowledge of or funds for a proper welding setup.
fill in the pitting and bulk up the beads using JB Weld.
Far from ideal but it won't be noticeable once its painted.
I may have to to the same on some other parts of the thrower if this is any indication.