1) OK, WE START HERE, WITH THE NECK. CLEAN EVERYTHING UP AND HAVE A BEER ON STANDBY. OR TEA. BUT NOT COFFEE. IT'S RUBBISH.
2) RIGHT AND LEFT SHOULDERS. MATCH THE BITS TO THE PIC.
3) RIGHT RIBS (2 SPINES), CENTRE SPINES, LEFT RIBS.(3 SPINES)
4) TAKE THE LEFT SHOULDER...
5)...AND THE LEFT RIBS...
6)...AND STICK THEM TOGETHER WITH SUPERGLUE. USE SUPERGLUE ACCELERATOR SPRAY!!
7) DO THE SAME FOR THE RIGHT RIBS AND SHOULDER
8) GLUE SHOULDERS TO NECK - KIND OF A "BEST FIT", AS THERE WAS SOME SHRINKAGE IN THE MOULDING PROCESS; SORRY ABOUT THAT. IT'S ALMOST INEVITABLE WITH THIS SIZE OF BEAST.
9) TA-DAAAA...!
10) NOTE GAP IN BACK FOR CENTRE SPINES. IT MAKES IT EASIER IF YOU LEAVE THEM 'TIL LATER. DUNNO WHY, IT ALL FITTED PERFECTLY ON THE MASTER VERSION...
11) TAKE RIGHT THIGH...
11) TURN IT UPSIDE DOWN AND DRY FIT IT ONTO THE BODY, DO NOT GLUE YET. MATCH IT UP TO THE SURROUNDING RIB AREA. IT'LL JUST 'FEEL RIGHT' IN ONE PLACE. TRUST ME ON THAT.
12) ANOTHER SHOT OF THE JOIN, FROM THE FRONT
13) AND FROM ANOTHER ANGLE. NOTE THE LINES MATCH UP ON THE VERTICAL WHERE IT MEETS THE RIBS
14) BIT OF AN OVERLAPPING, JUTTING OUT BIT AT THE BACK, THAT'S WHERE ONE OF THE BACK SPINES FITS, DON'T PANIC!
15) SEE? CRACK OPEN THAT BEER NOW.
16) OK, BEER BREATH, GLUE THE STOMACH TO THAT THIGH YOU'VE BEEN FONDLING. IT'S OUT OF FOCUS BECAUSE YOU'VE DRUNK TOO MUCH.
17) REMEMBER THIS BIT? SEE THE GAP, ALCKY?
18) YOU CAN PUT THE STOMACH/THIGH IN THERE NEATLY. THE TOP SORT OF GOES SLIGHTLY IN FRONT OF THE CHEST WHERE IT TOUCHES.
19) AT THIS POINT, IT'S PROBABLY JUST EASIER TO CLIP OFF THOSE GUIDE BALLS ON THE SPINES...
20) AS IT MAKES SLIDING THEM IN HERE A DREAM. OR IS THAT THE BEER YOU WERE GANNETING DOWN?
21) EXCITING ACTION SHOT OF THE SPINES IN PLACE
22) GUESS WHAT THIS IS? WHAT? ER...NO...IT'S THE LEFT THIGH. WEIRDO.
23) THIGH GO HERE.
24) SEE? TOLD YOU!
25) TA-DAA!
26) THE SPRUE OF SPINES THAT SAYS 'LEFT' ON IT, THEM GO DOWN LEFT HAND SIDE, BIG AT TOP, LITTLE AT NOT-TOP.
27) SEE THE GUIDE HOLES? THEY MARK WHERE THE SPINES GO.
28) BUT IF YOU CAN'T GET THEM TO FIT, DUE TO WHATEVER REASON (POSSIBLY BEER)
29) THEN YOU CAN SIMPLY CLIP OFF THE PEGS AT THE BOTTOM OF THE SPINES AND PIN THEM IN PLACE INSTEAD. I FOUND THAT EASIER TO BE HONEST.
30) SPINES IN PLACE, TIME TO DO THE TAIL
31) THERE IT IS. IT'S THINNED A LOT IN THE MOULD SO UNFORTUNATELY THERE'S A SIZEABLE GAP I'LL HAVE TO FIX THAT IN FUTURE MOULDINGS BY RE-SCULPTING THE AREA WHERE IT JOINS.
32) YOU SHOULDN'T NEED ANY HELP WITH THE ARMS AND LEGS. OR THE HEAD, JAW AND HORNS, OR THE WEAPONS. AFTER AL, YOU'RE AN EXPERT MODELLER! AFTER YOU'VE ATTACHED THOSE, FILL IN GAPS WITH GREEN STUFF AND PIN THE MONSTER TO THE BASE: BEST TO GLUE HIM TO THE BASE, THEN DRILL RIGHT THROUGH THE BOTTOM OF THE BASE AND INTO THE BOTTOM OF HIS FOOT, AND UP INTO HIS LEG. THEN PUT SOME BRASS ROD IN THERE TO PIN IT.
GOOD LUCK, MORE PICS WHEN I HAVE TIME OR SOMEONE NICE SUPPLIES SOME FOR ME!
CHEERS
ANDY F