De Agostini Model Space T-72 User manual

BUILD AND DRIVE THE RADIO-CONTROLLED MODEL
№ 6 SCALE 1:16

CONTENTS
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Published in the UK by De Agostini UK Ltd, Battersea Studios 2, 82 Silverthorne Road, London SW8 3HE.
Published in the USA by De Agostini Publishing USA, Inc.121 E. Calhoun Street, Woodstock, IL 60098
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Warning: Not suitable for children under the age of 14.
is product is not a toy and is not designed or intended for use in play.
Items may vary from those shown.
STAGE PAGE
28 The second stowage pannier and track 67
29 The right skirt 69
30 The third stowage pannier and track 71
31 The smoke mortars 73
32 The exhaust port and track 75
33 The turret parts 77

T-72 TANK: STAGE
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PARTS
1. Road wheel inner
2. Road wheel outer
3. Suspension arm
4. Washer
5. Split washer
6. Nut
7. Wheel cap
8. Axle bolt
9. Washer screw
10.Spring
11.Treads (5 pcs)
12.Pins (5 pcs)
13.Second stowage pannier
14.Screws (2 pcs)
Align the posts on the underside of the pannier
with the two corresponding holes in the hull.
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In this stage, along with the second stowage
pannier, the screws, and the treads and pins,
you will need a small hammer, a screwdriver, a
wooden board, the track section from Stage 27,
and the hull.
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THE SECOND STOWAGE PANNIER
AND TRACK
With this stage, you receive the second stowage pannier, another road wheel and
parts, and more treads and pins. You will be fitting the pannier to the hull and the
new treads to the track assembly.

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Push the pannier into place. Turn the hull over, holding the pannier
in place, and insert a screw into the
circled hole.
Tighten the screw into place.
Insert the second screw into the circled hole
behind the first.
Push the pin through the aligned holes to
join the two sections together.
Tighten the screw into the hole.
Place the track on its side, and hammer the
pins into place.
Assemble the five new treads to create a
track section. Align this new section with the
end of your track assembly.
This stage is now complete.
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T-72 TANK: STAGE
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PARTS
1. Left front skirt
2. Left rear skirt
3. Washer screws (9 pcs)
4. Bracket
5. Rollers (3 pcs)
6. Treads (5 pcs)
7. Pins (5 pcs)
For this stage, you will need the hull, the two
right skirts, screws and a screwdriver.
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THE RIGHT SKIRT
With this stage, you receive the two left skirts, which will be mounted on the left side
of the hull, plus three rollers, a bracket, and more pins and treads. You will be fitting
the two right skirts from Stage 10 to the hull.

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Before starting, tap the holes in the posts on
the inside of the two right skirt pieces.
Take the right rear skirt and align the
three posts on the inside with the three
corresponding holes in the external fuel
tank (circled).
Push the posts of the skirt into the holes, then
insert a washer screw into each hole from the
inside of the hull.
Tighten the three screws into place.
Insert a washer screw into both holes from
the inside of the hull.
Align the two posts in the right front skirt
with the two corresponding holes in the
external fuel tanks, and the two tabs
(circled) with the matching recesses in the
front of the right rear skirt.
Tighten the screws into place.
Push the front skirt into place. Make sure
that the two tabs at the rear engage with the
matching recesses.
This stage is now complete.
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T-72 TANK: STAGE
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30
PARTS
1. Road wheel inner
2. Road wheel outer
3. Suspension arm
4. Washer
5. Split washer
6. Nut
7. Wheel cap
8. Axle bolt
9. Washer screw
10.Spring
11.Treads (5 pcs)
12.Pins (5 pcs)
13.Screws (2 pcs)
14.Third stowage pannier
In this stage, along with the third stowage pannier,
the screws, and the treads and pins, you will need a
small hammer, a screwdriver, a wooden board, the
track section from Stage 28, and the hull.
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THE THIRD STOWAGE PANNIER
AND TRACK
With this stage, you receive another road wheel, some more treads and pins, and
the third stowage pannier. You will be fitting the pannier and the new treads.

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Take the third stowage pannier and
align the three posts with the three holes
in the hull.
Test-fit the posts on the pannier into the
holes in the hull.
Press the pannier into place.
Only two of the posts go all the way
through the hull. Tighten a screw into each
of them to secure the pannier.
Repeat this process with the remaining pins
and treads.
Engage two treads and insert one of the pins
through the aligned holes.
Attach the new section of track to your
previously assembled section.
Lightly hammer the pin into place.
This stage is now complete.
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T-72 TANK: STAGE
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PARTS
1. Spotlight
2. Tail light
3. Headlight
4. First ammunition box
5. Second ammunition box
6. Floodlight bracket
7. Screws (5 pcs)
Using the side cutters, carefully separate the
smoke mortars from the sprues.
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For this stage, you will need the smoke mortars (Stage 09), the turret,
screws, side cutters, a knife and a screwdriver. Make a note of the
identifying numbers.
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THE SMOKE MORTARS
With this stage, you receive more parts for the turret, including the lights and
ammunition boxes. You will be fitting the rest of the smoke mortars, left over
from Stage 09.

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Remove any flash or burrs from the mortars
with a knife.
Use the tip of the blade to open the screw
holes of the mortars.
Half-tighten a screw into the hole at the end
of each mortar, and then remove it.
Insert smoke mortar 6 into the first hole on
the left side of the turret, as shown.
Now fit smoke mortars 10 to12 into the
remaining holes on the turret.
Tighten a screw into the smoke mortar from
the inside of the turret.
This is how the inside of the turret should
look when all the mortars are in place.
Fit smoke mortars 7 to 9 in the same way as
6, in sequence around the turret.
This stage is now complete.
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T-72 TANK: STAGE
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THE EXHAUST PORT AND TRACK
PARTS
With this stage, you receive another road wheel, more treads and pins, and the
exhaust port. You will be assembling the treads and fitting the exhaust port.
1. Road wheel inner
2. Road wheel outer
3. Suspension arm
4. Washer
5. Split washer
6. Nut
7. Wheel cap
8. Axle bolt
9. Washer screw
10.Spring
11.Treads (5 pcs)
12.Pins (5 pcs)
13.Screws (2 pcs)
14.Exhaust port
In this stage, along with the exhaust port, the screws, and the treads
and pins, you will need a small hammer, a screwdriver, a wooden
board, the track section and the hull.
Align the posts on the underside of the
exhaust port with the corresponding holes
in the hull.
The exhaust port looks like the other stowage
panniers, but has a detail at the side, as
shown above.
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Push the exhaust port into place. Turn the hull over, and insert a screw into
each circled hole.
Tighten the first screw into place.
Tighten the second screw into place, to
secure the exhaust port to the hull.
Engage two treads and insert one of the pins
through the aligned holes.
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and treads.
Attach the new section of track to your
previously assembled section.
Lightly hammer the pin into place.
This stage is now complete.

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THE TURRET PARTS
PARTS
With this stage, you receive the gun LED (which simulates the gun firing) and some
more treads and pins. You will be fitting parts from Stage 31 to the turret, so keep the
parts from this stage to one side for the moment.
1. LED
2. Pins (5 pcs)
3. Treads (5 pcs)
For this stage, you will need the turret and a screwdriver, as well as
these parts from Stage 31: spotlight, tail light, headlight, screws and
ammunition boxes.
While holding the spotlight in place, tighten
the large screw into the hole from the inside
of the turret.
Insert the post on the back of the spotlight
into the hole next to the right smoke mortars.
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Take one of the ammunition boxes and
place it over the circled hole.
Carefully tighten the screw into place on the
inside of the turret.
Fit the second ammuniton box in the same
way over the adjacent hole.
Secure the second ammuniton box in the
same way as the first.
Insert the tail light into the circled hole
towards the rear of the turret.
Insert the headlight into the circled hole
shown above.
Hold the tail light in postition and secure it
with a small screw from inside the turret.
Hold the headlight in place and tighten
one of the small screws into it from inside
the turret.
This stage is now complete.
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