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“Ready one of the connective muscles that will attach the pelvis to the chest, and seal the pelvic unit with a large pelvic plate.”
Contents
Parts
Materials: Everything in this issue is plastic.
Magazine
- T-800 Assembly – Model Instructions
- Sci-Fi Cinema Legends – Starman
- Real World Science – Voyager 2 Enters into Interstellar Medium
Build
Assembling a Muscle and Fitting Another Pelvic Plate
Steps 1-2
Slide the thinner end of the Inner Muscle through the Outer Muscle via the wider opening, as shown:
Step 3
Apply a thin line of super glue all the way around this ledge of the Muscle Cap:
Step 4
Slide this Muscle Cap over the exposed end of the Inner Muscle until it seats into the Outer Muscle, as shown.
Don’t worry about alignment; there is no specific way this needs to be secured into the muscle:
Steps 5-6
Retrieve the Muscle Connection from the previous issue. Apply a thin line of super glue all around this ledge of the Muscle Connection:
Slide this glued end into the open end of the Outer Muscle, as shown:
Don’t worry about alignment; there is no specific way this needs to be secured into the muscle:
Steps 7-10
Retrieve your T-800 endoskeleton. Press the four posts of the Pelvic Plate into these matching holes of the pelvis assembly.
This is a press-fit, so no glue is required:
The Pelvic Plate should sit flush, like this:
Thoughts
Well, the pelvis is almost complete! Keep the extra leg muscle assembly someplace safe for now, we will not need it again for quite a few issues.
Next Up
Issue 53 – Leg Joint Section, Hip Socket, Inner Side Muscle, Muscle Connection