Lessons in Geometry... [PIC]

I get a lot of pre-production samples straight from China to photograph and the results are evaluated and copies sent to corporation that licensed to model. I deal many times with dusty models, poorly finished models... these I can digitally clean up. The worst is the model that are poorly or improperly secured for shipping where when I receive the package, I shake it, and know I'm in for trouble. I have a slew of pictures that I have to send to my bosses showing the models as a total loss. Sometimes I can repair them. I got this beautiful Lotus-Ford 49 modeled as its debut winning the 1967 Dutch Grand Prix driven by Jim Clark. The model came not secured to a plinth but rather set in a clam shell which didn't completely immobilize the model. The movement that was allowed the huge wheels during transit shattered the spidery suspension. I don't know about you guys, but I always loved to look at cockpit and engine detail, but I never really paid much attention to all the suspension parts, what they do and how they achieve the proper geometry. Well, I gathered all the pieces, some with splintered ends that would have to built back from... something, and sat down at the kitchen table to try to figure out, where everything went, how to restore them and make sure I'd have the proper geometry and the finished product could support its own weight. Well, I commandeered the kitchen table for a week as I created multiple jigs, mostly from modeling clay, to set each component in its proper position, letting them set overnight and then moving on to the next adventure. a couple of the tubing components had a millimeter or two of an end disintegrate so I had to bridge the gap with epoxy. After a week, I gingerly removed all the jigs and set the model on the table, and it didn't collapse. I managed a comprehensive photoshoot and sat back and patted myself on the back. Then I got word from the boss, I needed to pack it up and send it to California to be displayed at a show. I did my best to construct packing that would prevent any movement of body and wheels... it failed. The boss sent it to a local modeler who claimed it was impossible to restore the proper geometry. Really?!?! I've got 2 dozen photographs from every angle imaginable showing perfect geometry. I was pissed. Well, here's that Automodello model Lotus 49 triumphantly reconstructed. So there!!!