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Issue/Stage 21 contains – Lower skin, Trailing-edge detail, Power couplings x 2, Laser cannon support, Surface detail x 4.
Assembling the Wing
Start by taking the lower skin and trailing edge detail and line up the detail as shown, matching the tabs and slots, pushing firmly into place. They are a tight fit, so use the handle of the screwdriver to apply pressure.
Take the cannon support with the straight side facing the wingtip as shown and line up the two mounting pins with the holes and press firmly into place. Fit the small red rectangular detail into the recess as shown fitting its pin into the central hole. Now take the larger square detail and match it up with the painted pattern and push firmly into place. The small rectangular detail fits into the recess as shown, push firmly into place. Take the final detail and match the two mounting pins on the back into the matching holes, pressing firmly into place.
Turn the wing over and match up the “D” shaped pin on the back of the disc that has two recesses with the matching hole in the wing, pushing into place. The line up the pin on the back of the disc that has one recess in the same way as shown.
This issue/stage is now complete. Store any remaining parts in a stage labelled bag.
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Issue/Stage 22 contains – Leading-edge conduit, Leading-edge wiring, Wing-root brace, Outer wing frame, Trailing-edge conduit, Trailing-edge wiring, XW03 screws (x3).
Assembling the Wing
Take the wing assembly from stage 21 and the four strips of wiring and conduit. Holding the leading-edge conduit as shown, line up the two holes on the pipe with the matching pins on the wing and push firmly into place. Now take the trailing edge conduit as shown, lining up the three in the pipe to the three pins on the wing and press firmly into place.
Take the leading-edge wiring, which has straight ends, and line up with the wing assembly as shown. Press the wiring into the pins. Line up the trailing edge wiring, which has angled ends, making sure it is the right way around as shown and press into place.
Take the metal frame and two of the XW03 screws and line up the holes in the frame with the pins in the wing and press firmly into place. Screw the frame with the XW03 screws into the holes as shown.
Finally, take the wing root and line up the two holes on the back with the matching pins on the wing, noting which way around it goes, and press firmly into place.
This issue/stage is now complete. Store any remaining parts in a stage labelled bag.
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Issue/Stage 23 contains – Leading-edge support, Engine mount, Plant on detail, XW02 screws (x2).
Preparing the Mount
Take all the components provided this time, together with one of the screws. Fit the two pins on the back of the small plant on detail into the hole in the triangular leading-edge support as shown. Fit the bracket on the back of the leading-edge support to the engine mount as shown and press the left hand hole on the bracket onto the locating pin and secure the other hole with an XW02 screw.
This issue/stage is now complete. Store any remaining parts in a stage labelled bag.
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Issue/Stage 24 Contains – Left & Right Undercarriage Doors, Hinge Retainers x2, Lower Front & Rear Engine Casing, Gyro Cone Upper and Lower Halves, Upper Shroud, Horizontal Vane, Retro Thrust Nozzle, Cooling Vane, XW06 Screws x 9.
Assembling the Engine
Take the lower front engine casing and the retro-thrust nozzle. The nozzle has two pins that fit into the mounting post in the casing. Press the parts together as shown. Take the five remaining engine components and fit the pins on the upper half of the gyro cone into the holes in the horizontal vane, making sure the vane is the correct way around. Fit the lower half of the gyro cone over the projecting pins as shown. Press the parts together so they fit flush. Fit the two pins on the upper half of the gyro cone into the matching holes in the upper shroud and push in place. Then fit the longer pin on the cooling vane into the hole in the lower half of the gyro cone.
Installing the Engine
Take the two sub-assemblies you have just made, plus the engine mount and two XW06 screws.
Align the upper shroud with the two curved slots in the semi-circular intake on the engine mount and press the shroud into place. Next, match up the two lugs on the front engine casing with the two holes in the engine mount and fit into place, lining up the pin on the end of the cooling vane into the hole in the front of the casing. Holding the parts together, turn the assembly over and fit two of the screws provided through the holes in the engine mount and into the engine casing as shown.
Fitting the Doors
Take the lower rear engine casing, which has two locating pins and two lugs that match holes in the engine mount and press the casing into place. Turn the assembly over and drive two of the XW06 screws through the holes as shown.
Next, take the two undercarriage doors, two hinge retainers and four XW06 screws. (The doors and hinge retainers are numbered. Make sure you have the hinge retainer and door of the same number)
Line up the right undercarriage door as shown, matching its projecting hinge with the holes in the engine mount. Fit the hinges through the holes and hook the pins into the grooves on the other side of the engine mount. Holding the door in place, take the hinge retainer as shown and fit it over the two lugs between the hinge pins and secure it with two XW06 screws.
Now take the left undercarriage door and fit it as you did with the previous door as shown.
Once assembled, check that both undercarriage doors open and close smoothly.
This issue/stage is now complete. Store any remaining parts in a stage labelled bag.
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