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De Agostini Model Space C57 Manual

De Agostini Model Space C57 Manual

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Summary of Contents for De Agostini Model Space C57

  • Page 1 Build the Steam Locomotive Pack 11...
  • Page 2 Editorial and design by Continuo Creative, 39-41 North Road, London N7 9DP. 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.
  • Page 3 Step by step: Stage 83 Detailing the tender 4 Where your parts fit Tender upper plate Buffer Brake hose Your parts Shorter side on top Familiarise yourself with the coupling Line the part up to the circled holes at the buffer using the photo above as a guide.
  • Page 4 Now line up the Fit the brake hose, Your assembly Your assembly buffer to the positioned as should look like should look circled holes at shown on the rear this. like this. the front of the of the tender, into tender.
  • Page 5 Step by step: Stage 84 The base 1 Where your parts fit Front Front base section Work of this issue Your parts Front end frame Frame joint Familiarise yourself Painted edge on top with side frames A and B. Front Front Longer space between holes and frame ends...
  • Page 6 Line up the holes at each joint, All parts upside down and insert a cap bolt into each. Indent Front end frame Then use the hex wrench to further tighten the bolts – but Painted top faces down only lightly at this stage to allow room for adjustment.
  • Page 7 Step by step: Stage 85 The base 2 Where your parts fit Front Rear base section This stage’s parts Your parts Note the difference Painted tops between the side Rear frames C and D – there is a long hole in D.
  • Page 8 Line up the holes at each joint, All parts upside down and insert a cap bolt into each. Indent Rear Then use the hex wrench to further tighten the bolts – but only lightly Painted top faces down at this stage to allow room for adjustment later.
  • Page 9 Step by step: Stage 86 The base 3 Where your parts fit Front Middle base section This stage’s parts Your parts Side frames E x 3 Tools Indent Frame joint Side frame F Hex wrench Cap bolts x 16 Note the difference between the three side frames E and the single F. There is an indent cut into frame F.
  • Page 10 Line up the holes in the side frames with Front All parts upside down those in the centre joint, and insert a cap bolt into each. Front base Rear base section section Long hole Indents Then use the hex wrench to further tighten the bolts –...
  • Page 11 Step by step: Stage 87 Where your parts fit The base top Top plates Your parts Long hole Front Top plate A Tools Top plate B Top plate C Hex wrench Small holes Top plate D Cap bolts x 16 Hole towards centre Speaker holes slightly towards front of plate The above photo shows how the base’s top plates will fit, so make a note of their order and...
  • Page 12 Fit the cap bolts by hand. Front Then continue tightening with the hex wrench, but not fully. Each top plate has four bolt holes that will match up to those on the frames, as shown. Lay these plates out now. Tighten by hand as far as you can.
  • Page 13 Step by step: Stage 88 Where your parts fit The speaker Speaker (underside) Your parts Turn the base upside down and locate the speaker holes. Speaker Tools Speaker cover Speaker protector Tweezers Speaker cable Speaker screws x 11 Place the speaker protector onto the base so it covers the speaker holes, but not the four circled ones.
  • Page 14 Use tweezers to slot Lower the speaker the speaker’s circuit cover onto the board into the mount speaker. It does at the end of the not matter which speaker housing. way round it goes, but be careful not to trap any wiring. Front Socket Use four of the speaker screws...
  • Page 15 Step by step: Stage 89 The switchboard Where your parts fit Battery box (underneath) and battery box Switches Your parts Tabs in these holes Locate the pin and tab on each washer Lay the switchboard with its flat face down, before you use it.
  • Page 16 Fit a hex nut over each of the Now line up the switches, with the Ridges at top switches. pin/groove side facing up, to the switchplate, as shown. Pins/grooves Turn the nuts onto the threaded Hold the parts together, then part of the switches to about two place a hex nut onto the thread thirds of the way in.
  • Page 17 Step by step: Stage 90 The sound effects Where your parts fit generator Sound effects generator Your parts The sound effects generator has five sockets, Line the generator up to the circled which are labelled in English. holes on the underside of the base. Sound effects generator Tools Generator screws x 5...
  • Page 18 Connectors Take the wide connector leading from Now take Stage 89’s battery box and, Fetch the 2.6 x 8mm screws from Now use the smaller-headed 2.3 x the switches and fit it into the socket making sure its connectors are facing Stage 89, and use them to affix the 8mm) screws from Stage 89 to secure marked SWITCHES.
  • Page 19 Step by step: Stage 91 The track Where your parts fit Rails Sleepers Ballast Your parts Front Longer arm B x 5 Lay a ballast A at the front end of the base, Lay four more ballasts B (making five in then place a ballast B next to it.
  • Page 20 Lay the first sleepers into the gaps Now begin fitting the rail fasteners. Each between the ballast pieces, starting one has two pins on its underside, which at the front. It does not matter which will fit into the sleepers’ holes, as shown. way round the parts go.