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“Complete the left leg at the ankle, and begin the chest plate assembly by placing the chest attachments into their sockets.”
Contents
Parts
Materials: All of these parts are plastic.
Magazine
- T-800 Assembly – Model Instructions
- Sci-Fi Cinema Legends – The Mimic
- Real World Science – Playing Pretend
Attach the Left Foot, and Begin Construction on the Chest
Step 1
Retrieve your T-800 endoskeleton and place it face down. Retrieve your Left Foot assembly from the previous issue and fit the D-shaped post of the large Left Ankle Part joint on the foot into the matching Lower Leg Part of the left leg, as shown:
Steps 2-3
Align this screw hole and secure these parts together with one (1) 1.7×6 mm PB screw, as shown:
Step 4
Push the sockets on the end of the Lower Left Leg Connectors (tendons) onto the matching ball joints at the rear of the foot, as shown:
Step 5
Take the two longer Chest Attachments and push a Socket onto the ‘ball’ end of each, as shown:
Step 6
Take the two shorter Chest Attachments and push a Socket onto the ‘ball’ end of each, as shown:
Step 7
Apply a small amount of super glue to the tip of the Socket end of a shorter Chest Attachment, then press it fully into this hole of the Left Chest Panel (marked ‘L’), as shown:
Step 8
Apply a small amount of super glue to the tip of the Socket end of a longer Chest Attachment, then press it fully into this hole of the Left Chest Panel (marked ‘L’), as shown:
Step 9
Repeat the two previous steps to add the remaining Chest Attachments to the Right Chest Panel (marked ‘R’), as shown:
Thoughts
I am excited to finally be starting to build the chest of our Terminator! I was hoping more of it would be metal, but so far it is all plastic.
Next Up
Issue 102 – Chest Casting, Head Details