T-72 TANK: STAGE THE FOURTH STOWAGE PANNIER With this stage, you receive another road wheel and parts, more treads and pins, and the fourth stowage pannier (with rear fender), which you will be fitting to the hull, along with the two rails from Stage 15. PARTS 1.
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Align the pins on the underside of rail 1 Fit the pins into the holes and push the rail Align the pins on the underside of rail 2 with with the two circled holes in the hull. into place. the corresponding holes in the hull. Fit the pins into the holes and push the rail Align the posts on the underside of the Press the pannier into position.
T-72 TANK: STAGE THE GUN, MANTLET COVER AND TRACK With this stage, you receive some more parts for the main gun. The LED will send a signal to infrared receivers on other tanks, telling them that they have been fired on. You also receive the mantlet cover, in two parts, which will fit around the main gun and secure it to the turret.
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Cut threads in the circled holes in the Unwind the long LED and carefully Insert the length of wire into the base of the mantlet cover upper by tightening the two straighten it out in front of you. LED. This will allow you to manoeuvre it screws into them.
T-72 TANK: STAGE THE RECOIL MECHANISM With this stage, you receive the recoil mechanism that simulates the recoil of the main gun when firing, and also allows the barrel to move up and down. PARTS 1. Recoil mechanism 2. Screw 3.
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Place the base of the gun barrel onto the Use an awl to move the LED wire out of the Insert the screw through the hole in the barrel white part of the recoil mechanism, with the way of the hole in the recoil mechanism. and into the hole in the mechanism, then LED wire positioned in the groove.
T-72 TANK: STAGE THE INFRARED RECEIVER With this stage, you get an infrared (IR) receiver that will be fitted on the turret. This will receive IR signals from other tanks when they score a ‘hit’ that causes ‘damage’ to your tank. The position of the IR receiver on the turret is where the night sight is located on a real T-72.
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The holes and post on the underside of the Pass the connector of the receiver into the Lower the receiver into position on the turret, receiver match the corresponding holes in hole in the turret. inserting the post into the hole at the front. the turret, in the orientation shown.
T-72 TANK: STAGE THE CIRCUIT BOARDS AND LEFT SKIRT With this stage, you receive three circuit boards, which control the power and signal distribution, among other things. You also receive the screws for fitting them. Be sure to handle the boards carefully, because they are quite fragile and the operation of your model depends on them.
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Fully tighten both screws. Turn the hull over, and align the two holes in Tighten a screw into each hole. the hull distribution board with the two posts indicated by the arrows. Align the two posts on the left rear skirt with Tighten a washer screw into each of the Align the posts on the inside of the the two circled holes in the panniers.
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