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When you receive your version #1 YF-19 toy, there
are a few points you need to be careful of when transforming it:
- Do not force the gun pod into the optional hand
(the one with the extended trigger finger). If you do, you will find it nearly
impossible to remove the gun pod without breaking the hand. Just take a small
round needle file and carefully enlarge the hole in the hand until the gun pod
slides in and out easily.
Click on picture to the left if you break the
tab...I did!! Arghhh!!- Be careful of the small plastic tab on the
folding part of the fuselage (see ABOVE picture for explanation). If this tab
breaks, you will end up with a gap between the forward fuselage and the folding
part "B" section. Also, the forward fuselage will sit slightly lower
that it is supposed to. If however you do break the tab, the gap can be
minimised by filing about 1mm to 2mm from the two internal cross supports in
the "B" part (these supports are not shown in the attached picture
but you can see what I mean once you have the toy.)
- The lower slots in the left and right sides of
the torso that the wings lock into in GERWALK mode will probably be too small
to accept the wing tabs (see ABOVE picture for further details). If you try to
force the wing tabs into the slots you will just end up rubbing paint off the
die-cast wing tabs. Carefully file these slots with a flat needle file until
they are large enough to accept the wing tabs. The slots are in a plastic part
of the chest so they are easy to file. Be careful to file just enough so that
the wing tabs fit firmly. Do not over-file as you do not want a loose
fit!
GRAHAM
Click on picture to the left if you break the
tab...I did!! Arghhh!!