Bill Algren assembly help?

[boreas]

So I was lucky enough to get one of the pre-release Youko crews at Adepticon.  I want to get them ready for the 3E launch but I can't for the life of me figure out how Bill's torso goes together.  Is there anyone out there who has assembled one who can help me?

[solkan]

On 6/7/2019 at 10:40 AM, boreas said:

So I was lucky enough to get one of the pre-release Youko crews at Adepticon.  I want to get them ready for the 3E launch but I can't for the life of me figure out how Bill's torso goes together.  Is there anyone out there who has assembled one who can help me?

Do you still need help putting the dude together?

There's basically two parts to the torso:  There's the really long part with this head, back, and the long tail piece for this armor.  Don't put the torso together in the order I'm listing the parts.  The other part is a u-shaped bit which looks really weird on side but has his crossed arms on the other side.  There are three long panels, two side panels (they're not as wide as the front or back panels) and a front panel.  The front panel needs to be attacked to the back before the u-shaped piece is attached, otherwise you have to try to squeeze the stomach panel underneath his folded arms.

I'm dry fitting the model as I type this out.  I just spotted the slots on his legs.  It looks like the simplest order might be:

• Glue legs to back, dry fitting the front torso/front flap at the same time.
• Glue the shoulders (the u-shaped piece) and the side panels on.  I'm not quite sure whether you need to put the side panels on first, it's probably safer that way.

 

[boreas]

Yeah I figured it out.  Shoulder/arms go onto the back/head piece.  Then I ended up having to attach the sleeves, torso sides, and torso front all at the same time.  I tried twice to get them together separately and nothing lined up correctly in the next steps.  It was a pita, but I got it.  Thanks.