James Bond DB5 (10262) - Laying Down The Chassis

We started the DB5 over the weekend and finished off the first chapter. I think the chassis and some of the gearing is all done but it still doesn't look too much like a car yet. As with any of the builds that involve a lot of mechanical components and gearing, it was pretty challenging to make sure everything was aligned and (of course) put into the correct place.

Below is what the car looks like at the end of the first chapter. The front of the vehicle is to the left (I think!!).

You can see the gear shift lever in the middle of the car, connected to the drive shaft. The section towards the rear of the vehicle contains the gearing for the ejection seat.

We nearly had a crisis moment when we discovered that mom had put the front wheel drive axles in backwards (they kept sliding out because she had inserted them with the lodging plate facing outwards instead of inwards where subsequent parts would pin them in place). Luckily, we were able to correct the error without having to disassemble and reassemble everything.

I believe that Chapter 2 does start on some of the body panels, so this will begin looking much more like a car soon!