De Agostini MODEL SPACE Honda CB750 FOUR User manual

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BUILD YOUR OWN
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CONTENTS
Assembly Guide
Stage 57: The rear fender and battery box
Stage 58: The centre stand
Stage 59: The exhausts
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Published in the UK by De Agostini UK Ltd, Battersea Studios 2,
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Stage 57
Rear frame joint
Exhaust joints × 4
Screw (type R)
Screw (type W)
Joint E
Joint B
4 × 9mm screws with washers × 4
Base frame 2
The rear fender
and battery box
Phillips screwdriver
Pliers
Tweezers
Cross wrench
Multi-purpose adhesive
Screw (type E) (Stage 32)
Screw (type G) (Stage 34)
Wire holder × 3 (Stage 34)
Screws (type E) × 2 (Stage 50)
Screw (type Q) (Stage 50)
Battery box (Stage 53)
Main frame assembly (Stage 55)
Rear fender (Stage 56)
Prepare the main frame assembly from
Stage 55 and undo the nut at the end of
the pivot shaft.
Remove the left frame half from
the assembly.
Remove the centre stand, the chain
cover, the pivot shaft and the battery
box cover, then remove the drive chain
from the wheel and disconnect the rear
brake rod. Now remove the swingarm
and rear wheel from the frame. Pass the battery box cable through the
hole (circled) in the right frame half.
Tools Prepare
Your parts
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Take the cables from the IR sensor, the
rear brake and the kick starter, and
position them in the same hole as the
battery box cable.
Hold the battery box as shown, with the
three circled tabs facing towards you.
Prepare the rear frame joint and place
one of the holes over the projection in
front of the indicator on the right frame
half. Remove any masking tape holding
the indicator wires in place.
Take the type E screw that you removed
in Stage 50, and tighten it back into the
hole in the left frame half.
Now tighten a type E screw into the hole
below the battery box.
Gently pull the battery box cable
through the hole, while tting the three
tabs into the three corresponding holes
in the right frame half.
Re-t the centre stand, then hold the
rear frame joint in position and place the
left frame half back onto the right half.
Align the two frame halves, taking
care not to trap any of the cables
between them.
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Tighten the type E screw from Stage 32
into the hole at the front of the left frame
half, to join the front ends of the two
frame halves.
Insert the rear fender (Stage 56) between
the two frame halves and below the rear
frame joint.
Hold the rear fender in place and turn
the assembly over. Tighten a type G
screw (from Stage 34) into the hole in
the left frame half to secure the fender.
Use pliers to nish tightening the type Q
screw fully.
Reinsert the type Q screw, removed in
Stage 50, into the hole in the left frame
half to secure it to the engine.
Position the tail light and rear indicator
cables as shown.
Place the indicator cables into the two
circled grooves of the frame.
When tightening the type Q screw, you
may nd that the cross wrench hits the
transmission case cover. Temporarily
remove the cover to make tightening
the screw easier, and then re-t it.
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Apply a small amount of multi-purpose adhesive
around the holes of the holders to secure them to
the fender.
Hold the cables in position and then place a wire
holder (Stage 34) over them, inserting the projections
(circled) on the underside of the rear fender into the
holes in the holder.
Pass the connectors of the three cables through the
arrowed hole in the side of the fender, one at a time.
Work along the rear fender, tting two more wire
holders to the fender.
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Gently pull the three cables through the hole as far as
they will go.
Pull the three cables through the frame, just behind
the air lter.
Pass the three cables through the hole above
the air lter.
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Base frame 6
Dynamo cover
Screws (type M) × 4
Joint E
4 × 9mm screws with washers × 4
The centre stand
Phillips screwdriver
Pliers
Cutters
2.3mm tap/tap holder
Main frame assembly (Stage 57)
Screw (type E) (Stage 37)
Battery box cover (Stage 57)
Take the main frame assembly and
turn it over. Remove the masking tape
holding the centre stand spring.
Prepare a type E screw and insert it into the circled hole on the frame.
To make the following steps easier,
it is best to remove the spring from
the stand.
Stage 58
Tools Prepare
Your parts
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Pass a type E screw into the looped end
of the spring.
Use the type E screw to tap the hole,
screwing it in for about two thirds
of its thread length, then remove it.
Alternatively, use a 2.3mm tap (right).
Hold the spring next to the frame, as
shown, and tighten the type E screw into
the hole until the spring can’t move.
The centre stand spring should now look like this, and be
secured to the frame and the stand (both circled).
Hold the hooked end of the spring with pliers and pull it
up to the hole in the side of the centre stand.
Insert the tip of the hook into the hole in the centre
stand, and pass it through.
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If the stand doesn’t operate properly,
try tightening and loosening the type E
screw until it does.
Pivot the stand forward until it’s at about
a right angle to the frame. Then let it
go, and it should spring back into the
position of the previous step.
Hold the stand down so that it’s in line
with the bottom of the frame. This is
where it will be positioned when the
model is complete.
Take the battery box cover and remove
a 3 × 3mm section from the tab at the
front with cutters, as shown above and
in Step 14.
Re-t the screw to secure the cover temporarily in place.This is the section that should be removed, so that the
tab doesn’t interfere with the battery box wire.
Place the battery box cover back into position.
3mm
3mm
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Tighten the type M screw into place.
Tighten another type M screw into the lower right hole
of the cover.
Take the dynamo cover and place it into the circular
recess in the side of the transmission case cover.
Finally, tighten a type M screw into the lower left hole.
Take a type M screw and insert it into the hole at the
top of the dynamo cover.
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Base frame 4
Control board
Screws (type G) × 5
Joint C
4 × 9mm screws with washers × 4
The exhausts
Phillips screwdriver Multi-purpose adhesive
Left exhaust assembly (Stage 17)
Right exhaust assembly (Stage 21)
Exhaust pipe joints × 4 (Stage 57)
Screws (type J) × 2 (Stage 49)
Main frame assembly (Stage 58)
STEP
1
Insert a type J screw (Stage 49) into the
circled hole in the centre of one of the
exhaust assemblies.
Prepare the exhaust
assemblies from Stages
17 and 21.
Left exhaust assembly
Right exhaust assembly
Tap the hole with the type J screw.
Stage 59
Tools Prepare
Your parts
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Apply multi-purpose adhesive to the two pins on one of
the exhaust pipe joints (Stage 57).
Turn the main frame assembly over, and align the two
pins on the exhaust pipe joint with the indicated holes in
the exhaust port on the front of the engine, as shown.
Remove the screw from the tapped hole (circled),
and then tap the corresponding hole in the other
exhaust assembly.
Push the exhaust pipe joint fully into place. Hold the right exhaust assembly over the right-hand
side of the frame and engine, as shown.
Repeat Steps 5 to 7 to t the other three exhaust pipe
joints to the remaining ports.
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Take the left exhaust assembly and insert the ends into
the exhaust pipe joints.
Insert a type J screw into the aligned holes.
Align the central section of the silencers with the circled
area of the frame.
Hold the silencers in position, and tighten the type J
screw into place.
Insert the pin into the hole, and align the adjacent
holes of the silencers and the frame.
Pin
Holes
Insert the exhaust pipes into the two right-hand
exhaust pipe joints.
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Position the two exhaust pipes on either side of the
frame at the circled point.
Insert a type J screw into the aligned holes of the
silencers and the frame, as in Steps 13 and 14.
Tighten the type J screw into place while holding the
silencers in position.
Insert the pin into the hole and align the holes of the
silencers and the frame, as in Step 12.
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Stage complete

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