Knex Base Gun

hey guys this is my knex base gun. also guys i would just like to say that this my first instructable so could you be nice about the comments please.
parts list:
rods:
grey:1
red:4
yellow: 15
blue:17
white: 14
green: 14
connectors:
Connector 5-way Yellow: 23
Connector 4-way Green: 10
Connector 3-way Red: 11
Connector 2-way straight Orange: 28
Connector 2-way grey: 8
Connector 4-way 3D Silver: 4
Connector 7-way 3D Mid blue : 4
clips:
Clip with Hole end Purple: 21
Hinge - Blue half : 6
y- clip : 5
tan clip : 9
The Barrel



build this
Aiming Mechanism


build this
The Base




build this
The Front Protection

this protects the gun
The Side Protection

build two of these
Slide Mechanism

this allows you to slide the barrel forward
Aiming Lock

this locks the aiming mechanism to specific place you want
Final Build



connect slide mechanism to the base ( make sure that the slide mechanism is at the back of the base).
connect the barrel to the slide mechanism ( look at picture 1 above). connect the aiming mechanism to the base ( look at picture above).
connect aiming mechanism to base and barrel (look at picture 2 above).
connect front and back protection to base (look at picture 3).
to connect the aiming lock, you connect the red connector with green rod to yellow connector that has a blue rod connected to it, you then feed both of them out from the back (look at the back of the base on picture 1).