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I got one of the axles in place but I'll tell you the 'F' word on the tip of my tongue!! You have to balance 2 support arms and a drive axle and your glue of choice!! So you can see where the 'F' word was out! It really got 'F'rustrating at times!!
OK pics are worth words so here goes; the frame pretty much complete plus the one axle

close up of axle assembly, with a wheel dry fit in place. You ain't gonna see much when that big fat tire is attached!!!

another couple of views


things to watch out for

the circles show where the suspension arms fit, I did not glue them right away (may have been the 'F' problem?) and the arrow shows where the axle goes. I put the axle into the gear box but it is hard to see so a couple of attempts with tweezers were needed!! You MUST follow the instructions for this assembly weak as they are they do help!!
Glue these 2 parts together then let the glue dry and do your filing before trying to attach the arms!
The suspension arms must be cleaned up while still attached to the sprue!! Unless you like broken parts!?!

this shows the sprue with the arms, the ones on the right have been cleaned up (rather heavy mold lines) and I spent some extra effort sanding the ends that go into the chassis, as you don't want to be sanding them while on the axle assembly!! The 'WL' stands for weak link, this part of the arm is a flat piece and easy to break when removing, the arrow shows it better.
I will be cutting these off the sprue with my Tamiya .01 mm saw!
The erector is another spot where you may want to approach your friendly plastic surgeon and ask for another pair of arms!!?!!
The arm (thing with 3 lightening holes) has no locating pins, just flat surfaces to hold together while glueing!! Oh I forgot to mention you need to capture the one end of the hydraulic ram, oh and get the 2 pivot pins into each side of the erector frame!!?!! This is where the extra 2 arms would be handy!!

A couple more shots;


More fun, at each end of the erector arm are the missile tube attachment boxes, these are 7 piece assemblies!! Guys when you are putting these together - 'Test fit, test fit, test fit!!!!'

You can see the putty because of some small gaps after glueing!
Now on the end of the above assembly is a frame between the tubes, and I think Modelcollect has a big problem here!! There appears to be a short shot problem here except you can see it's not short shot, it seems like part of the mold was missing or blocked???

You see the parts in the red circles, well look at the part (top) and you can see the stubs??? Nothing in the instructions about using plastic rod to join the 2 parts? Also the half circles show where these parts should be longer according to the instructions??? Since I am not eager to join facebook maybe someone who is interested in this and a member can ask Modelcollect what happened?
There is also another couple of parts that look like a shelf unit behind the spare tire deck that also do not have the dowels that they should have!!!
Just for fun I started to build the shed from the other TEL which is in the kit anyway.

This will be an impressive kit once assembled but getting there.....
And I want all the MAZ series kits!!??!!??!!