The Pulse Rifle comes apart in a logical manner, and the Snow Wolf reproduction is well designed and thought out in its construction. It is obviously retaining the approach that was used for the original movie prop's construction, namely using the guts of a Thompson submachine gun and the cage of a SPAS shotgun, fused together with additional dressing. The most awkward aspect to disassembling the Pulse Rifle to prep it for painting (ignoring trying to separate the Thompson's upper-receiver from the lower half, which was a bit of a fight) was making sure that I didn't damage the electrical wiring. Fortunately they use a thicker gauge of wire that isn't as fragile as it otherwise could have been, but even when separating the shroud from the wiring (by softening the glue - see previous post) you will end up with one half of the SPAS cage, the stock, the LCD counter housing, and the Thompson upper-receiver and barrel all being connected together by a spaghetti of wires, making it slightly more awkward for subsequent painting.
Next: onto the painting...
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