Next, Aliya and Judy assembled the pieces by attaching them together using a combination of putty, super glue, and hot glue. The scaffolding didn't come off as cleanly as we liked, so we had to sand it down using sandpaper, resulting in a slight discoloration of the plastic, so we later painted over the model in a similar gray. This process was relatively stressful because the pieces were shaped strangely and wouldn't glue together properly (we had to re-glue it several times)...but eventually we got something that was relatively stable!