General Lou

Getting to some fine detail in this pack with the dash... I put the two plates into the back of the dashboard so that the metal colour comes through to the front The Shelby name plate has some great detail of including the Cobra badge and Carrol Shelby's signature After adding the steering column bracket, I added some of the buttons and switches to the dash. I'm liking the fact that you can read the wording on the switches.

Front fenders & airflow The left and right fender liners are screwed in I've attached the airflow intake and it is screwed in two places from this side... ...and then Ive turned it over to put the other two holding screws in place. And here is my build at the end of Pack 5!

Next is the front right suspension. First, the shock absorber cylinder is attached to the main body and I used pliers to get the pin to fit fully. Pins are used to allow movement in the mechanisms. The lower part of the assembly is then put together ready to attach in a few steps' time. Adding the control arm... Then sliding on the suspension spring... Connecting piston and cylinder (sorry its out of focus a bit!)... And finally attaching the whole thing with the two pins underneath... And now the fourth and final wheel is attached! Stage complete & looking good! BTW, don't worry if the front wheels appear wobbly, they still need the steering mechanisms attached which will hold them securely together.

The first part of this stage is to fit the piston, I then secured it in place with a pin, tightening with pliers. The pins allow the cylinder to move. Next I worked on the shock absorber, by attaching the lower control arm, again with a pin. Once completed I then connected the control arm, agin with pins to give it movement. The spring slides on to the piston which then slides into the cylinder that I just added to the chassis. Then the assembly is secured in place with two pins which I needed to use pliers to secure. The wheel slides over the rodent again another pin is used to secure it in place. The first of the front wheels is now in place!

Another 2 wheel assemblies! First I put the wheel together which simply was screwing the inner rim into the outer rim and putting the two halves of the outer rim together. Next I bolted some water and let the rubber tire soak for 5 minutes to make it pliable and then its easy to handle to force it around the rim. I added each wheel onto the hubs and then screwed them in place. Each screw is the covered over with a spinner And now I have the rear two wheels in place!!!

Attaching the floor panel at the rear of the car. The rear floor panel sits comfortably on top of the chassis ...on the under-side the panel aligns with screw holes There are two sets of screw holes to secure the panel to chassis. All done!

I love the suspension on model cars - giving them the 'push' test to see what the suspension is like! The shock absorber piston is held in place with a small pin. The end of the pin with the ridges is the final end to be inserted. I used pliers to then force the pin in fully. Similarly, I used the pliers to push the second pin in place when attaching to the suspension assembly. You can see the pin in place here: I then added the spring onto the piston and fixed it all together: I secured the wheel hub in place with pin, again fully fitting it with pliers: Stage complete!

Oh sorry! So, our models are transported across borders with a "model kit" duty category, which means they should attract zero % duty. ie they are not liable for import duty. Therefore US to Canada has 0% duty.

Building toe number 3/5, and some more of the lower leg: I'm sure you know how the toes are built by now so here is the third toe complete: Next, I screw on the leg part to the already built assembly from the last stage: Stage complete

This is the beginning of stage 97, where I create the second toe and lower leg. Here are the parts: I start with the toe. The pins are hard to push in because this allows them to remain ridged, and will stop the toes from flopping. I then put some glue on the lower leg and slide the sleeve down the ridge to the end. Then I screw this part on to the base of knee joint: Stage complete.

Stage 96, knee cap and toe: Building the toes is fairly similar to the fingers, as all I did was line up the parts and push in some sleeves and pins to hold the parts together. One thing to note is that the foot bones are not straight, meaning there is a certain way they go on (one end is smaller than the other and they are slightly angled): Next I stick the two knee cap plates together and then glue it on to the knee joint like so: Finally, I add a joint circle on to the bottom of the knee with some glue: stage complete

Stage 95, building of the knee joint: I start making the knee joint by gluing two of the black circle pieces on to each side of the knee joint. One of the joint circles is from stage 86 which I kept safely from being lost. Next, I screw the tendon on to the knee joint and then use three screws to join on the bottom knee joint part: Now we put the knee on to the T-800. I start off by putting the tendon into the muscle and lining up the knee joint so that I could put the 2 parts either side of the knee (first image) in place, which are from stage 94 and 92: Moving on to the foot, I screw on part A of the ankle parts with a screw and washer. Next I push the second ankle piece underneath. A lot of pressure was needed to pop it in: Stage complete

In this stage, I join the muscle and tendons to the leg: Firstly, I glue an inside joint on piece to the knee joint, then put this part aside, for now: Now I make another tendon, by screwing a washer on the end and dropping a nut inside. Then I take the thigh muscle and screw it on to the back of the T-800: Now I take both of my tendons which I built, then push them inside the two thigh muscles on the left leg. Once they are in place I join them together with a screw at the bottom: I finish off by screwing the two hemisphere parts on to the top of the foot: Stage 94 complete

Welcome to stage 93, where I build the build some foot and another muscle: I start off by gluing around the sides of the muscle cap and then slot it into the thigh muscle. You really don't need much glue for this part: Next, I drop the inner thigh inside; then I close it off by gluing the muscle connector in place: To finish this stage, I screw the two foot parts together like this: Stage 93 - complete.

Stage 92, knee and foot: Firstly, I place some glue on the black circle and put it on to the knee joint: Then I screw a washer on to the end of the tendon like so: Now for the foot, I screw three ball joint pieces on to it and place it aside for later: Finally, I screw the thigh muscle on the Terminator, mirroring the right leg: Stage complete

Stage 91, left thigh muscle: In this pack, I start the assembly of the left leg; beginning by gluing the muscle cap on to the thigh muscle: Next, I place the inner thigh muscle into the thigh muscle, then close it off by gluing the muscle connector on: Stage complete

Stage 90, thigh: I take the leg plate and use three of the small screws to screw it on to the thigh. The screws are awkward to screw in, so I had to bend his leg right back: Now I screw in the leg piece from stage 89, and then the pack is complete!

Stage 89, hip: I start off this stage by pushing the insert into the leg tube: Next, I finish off the hip by using my hex key to screw in the last cover over the joint: Stage complete

Stage 88, hip joint: Starting off by placing the casing and joint inside the hole, then lining it up with the pelvis: Next, I place in three more casings in the joint, then use four screws to hold the leg on: With the thigh on, the stage is now complete:

Stage 87, left thigh: I put some glue into the four holes in the thigh and then drop a nut in each of them: Then I put some more glue on to the joint piece from the last stages and slot it in above the four nuts: Stage complete

Stage 86, arm joins with shoulder: Firstly, I push the two leg joint parts together and put them aside for now. Then I apply some glue to connect the washer: Now for the shoulder. I align the arm with the Terminator and place the shoulder pin through. Now I flip the Terminator on to its front so I can screw in the pin from the back. Notice the blu tack I placed underneath to hold the pin from falling out: Stage complete

Stage 85, connecting the hand to the arm: I start off this stage by screwing the three washers on to the three shafts like this: Next, I place some glue on to the muscle connectors, and then I use my tweezers to place them on to the hand: Now the hand joins with the arm. Firstly, I inset the three shafts into the forearm, then thread the spring pieces through four holes on the base of the hand: I then push the shaft and the balls on the hand together, to create the wrist joint. After this, I put some glue on the springs and pull them on to the muscle connectors that I attached at the start of this stage: Stage complete

Stage 84, thumb: The thumb is slightly different to the fingers, however the process is the same. I build the thumb then screw the two joint pieces together: Now I screw the thumb on to the hand and apply some glue to the big ball joint, along with a screw to attach it to the hand: Hand complete

Stage 83, finger: Here I build another finger. I have built 8 already so I do not include any more photos of me building it as you have probably seen enough 🙂 Then I screw the three ball joints for the wrist, underneath the hand: Stage complete

After 99 stages, here it is the final one! The finishing touches. I screwed the rear licence plate directly onto the valance And then I screwed the whole assembly onto the back the Super Snake. Across this, and hiding all the screws goes the rear chrome bumper Moving on to the front, the licence plate screws straight into the body And there it is the final piece is on! By the way, although the 'Snake 67' is a cool plate, you will soon be able to get individually personalised ones for you - watch this space (or at least the Agora home page!) So here is my 1967 Shelby Super Snake. It has been a really enjoyable build. I hope that you liked the build diary! You will be glad to know that the lights, horn and sounds all worked first time for me!!!! now on with my next one.....! 😃