Super Snake Pack 12 - Stage 99

[General Lou]

With stage 99 you get the fog lights and rear valance, but first I need to put the body shell onto the chassis.

 

 

Some of the wires are not very long so I found it easier to put a bit of foam across the inside of the car and then rest the body on top. This made it easier to handle and didn't run the risk of pulling the wires out. All the wires are numbered at both connecting ends so it was just a case of matching them up and plugging them together.

 

Once all the wires are connected I then dropped the body onto the chassis.  Make sure everything lines up and it all needs to click into place. the first time I tried I hadn't got it pushed in enough and this meant that when it came to screwing it in the screws wouldn't bite.

 

As you lower it, and before it fits together you need to make sure that all the wires in the engine compartment are tidied up and hidden away at the back in the compartment that gets completely hidden.

 

I turned the model upside down on my lap to screw in the screws that hold it all together. This way you can avoid damaging the aerial

 

Now I prepare the fog lights. I pressed the glass into the casement (no need to glue) and then screwed them in from the back.

 

And now onto the very final stage.....

[Robbert]

When attaching the body to the chassis, the holes didn't align very well. It's very disappointing to see that small deviations from previous issues now cause the model not to fit together. Same with the wobbly doors.

[General Lou]

If you are having problems with screw alignment, here are some tips that i can provide:

Firstly, the order that you screw in the screws is important. Each screw will ever so slighlty pull the alignment of all holes towards it. This will mean that if you screw in the screws on the right side of the model, each screw will ad up its pull and make the alignment of the left screws off towards the right. The solution to this is screw each screw on each side, alternating each time (screw one on the left, then next on the right and so on) to keep a balance. You should put each screw in loosly to minimise its grip, which pulls off the alignment. Try fiddling with other screws which could affect the fitting.

Please do push the body and chassis together firmly. It takes some force to get the parts to 'snap' together as well.

All of this being said, I have passed on your concerns to the team.