Preparing the stand

Before you start building, you'll need to prepare the stand that will hold your shark to free up your hands for building. In your kit, find the stand rod; it's the wooden square dowel rod with a 3D printed "shelf" in the middle.

Insert the rod into the stand base as shown in the images below (choose the image corresponding to the type of base your kit has). It may take a bit of force. Be sure to:

1. orient the rod so that the "3D ANATOMY STUDIOS" text on the shelf is facing up,
2. insert the rod into the base so that the "ROSTRAL" text is facing in the direction indicated in the image,
3. and push the rod down into the base until the line is hidden within the base.

Inserting the stand rod with the box-integrated base

Inserting the stand rod with the standalone base

Once you've inserted the stand rod, it should look like the image below.

Next, find the stand mount. Push the stand mount onto the rod as shown in the image below. As you do, be sure to:

1. orient the part with the vertebrae rostrally,
2. push the mount until the line is hidden,
3. and not worry that the mount can rotate up and down - it's supposed to do that.