General Lou Posted June 30, 2020 Share Posted June 30, 2020 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beamerboy Posted August 11, 2020 Share Posted August 11, 2020 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. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
General Lou Posted August 13, 2020 Author Share Posted August 13, 2020 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. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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