T-800 Terminator Pack 3 - Stage 24

[General Lou]

Stage 24, joining the arm to the hand:

 

I grab the two peices of ball joint and screw them together:

 

Now I use another screw to attach the ball joint to the hand:

 

Then the hand attaches to the arm. I push the joints together hard until they clip in. The big socket goes into the big ball joint and the rest line up to be pushed in:

 

Then you have the muscle springs still dangling around, so I just thread them through the hand so they are all straight and not overlapping each other: 

 

Now the end of the muscle springs connect to the hand using these connectors. I found that they go in a lot easier if you file them down a little:

 

I place the glue on the springs instead of the actual connector because again, I found that they go in easier this way:

 

Finally, i put some more glue onto the hand, just bellow the finger in the little rectangle hole, and place the muscle spring connectors into them:

 

Stage complete

 

[Beamerboy]

There is an "Expert Tip" for Step 14 (attaching the muscle springs) which I DO NOT recommend you follow. General Lou does not do it in the above build, and the springs only need tension assistance for a brief period while the superglue dries. Putting Blu Tack or similar over the springs to hold some tension against the hand part only ends in tears, as the putty/sticky only gets pressed into the coils of the spring and is an absolute hassle to try and get out! Why it was even suggested, I cannot guess.

[General Lou]

On 8/11/2020 at 12:30 PM, Beamerboy said:

There is an "Expert Tip" for Step 14 (attaching the muscle springs) which I DO NOT recommend you follow. General Lou does not do it in the above build, and the springs only need tension assistance for a brief period while the superglue dries. Putting Blu Tack or similar over the springs to hold some tension against the hand part only ends in tears, as the putty/sticky only gets pressed into the coils of the spring and is an absolute hassle to try and get out! Why it was even suggested, I cannot guess.

You are right Beamerboy. I didn't use the expert tip. Just ignore it if it is causing issues. I will speak to the editorial team to take it out.