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PAGE 19 Pod 3 base 66 20 Pod 3 details and Firefly 69 21 Pod 3 laboratory and Firefly 72 22 Pod 3 floor details and Firefly 75 23 Pod 3 inspection walkways 78 24 Pod 3 right inner wall 81 25 Pod 3 right inner wall and Excavator 84 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. All rights reserved 2017 Warning: Not suitable for children under the age of 14. This product is not a toy and is not designed or intended for use in play. Items may vary from those shown.
19 POD 3 BASE YOUR PARTS Tools and materials: Screwdriver Front base panel Rear base panel Axles x 2 Rollers x 2 Roller ends x 4 Screws (2.6 x 5mm) x 15 01 02 03 Join the front and rear base panels via these four lugs. Secure with four 2.6 x 5mm screws. Make sure all four screws are secure. 66
04 05 06 Fit a roller end into a roller. Make sure there are no gaps. Fit the other end, then repeat so you have two rollers with both ends fitted. 07 08 09 Fit an axle through the hole in the end of one of the rollers. Feed it through the other end. Arrange so there is an equal length of axle emerging from both ends. Repeat so both rollers are prepared. 10 Making sure the axle remains inside the roller, fit the axle s tips into the brackets either side of the hole in the base s front panel. 11 Make sure the roller is seated correctly. 12 Repeat for the other roller, seating 13 it at the rear of the pod base. Your assembly should look like this. 67
14 15 16 Carefully lower the pod assembly onto the base, like this. Make sure the rollers stay in position. Line up these holes. Check again that the rollers are still in position, and can rotate freely. 17 18 19 Turn a screw into this central hole... Then this hole... Now these two... 20 21 COMPLETE Use six more screws to finish tightening the floor to the base, via these holes. Roll the pod back and forth a bit to check again that the rollers work, then this stage is complete. BRAINS TOP TIPS If you want to apply some weathering effects to the interior of Pod 3, it is a good time to do this now. See the info in Stage 08 for more on this. 68
20 POD 3 DETAILS YOUR PARTS + FIREFLY Tools and materials: Superglue, tweezers Plug Detail 1 Details 2 x 2 Detail 3 Detail 4 01 01 Fit the plug to cover this screw hole. 02 Then glue detail 1 here, via these pins. All details fitted in this stage should be secured with a dot of superglue at their contact point. 03 Fit a detail 2 here... 04... and the other next to it. 69
05 06 COMPLETE Fit detail 3 like this. Detail 4 fits here, with its tab holding it in position via this groove. FIREFLY Tools and materials: Side cutters, superglue Chassis Tracks x 2 Drive wheels A x 2 Drive wheels B x 2 Axles x 4 Wheels A x 6 Wheels B x 6 01 02 03 Remove drive wheels A and B from their sprues. Remove any burrs, then glue the parts A and B together via the circled tabs/slots. Press the parts together to secure them. 70 Your drive wheels should look like this.
04 05 06 Repeat for the wheels A and B. Press the parts together so the glue dries. You should have six wheel sets, like this. 07 08 09 Front 10 Back Fit one of the drive wheel sets onto the tip of one axle. Now fit the three other axles into three wheel sets. Fit the drive wheel axle through the rearmost hole in the chassis. Fit the other drive wheel set onto the opposite axle tip. 11 12 13 14 Press the parts together so they are flush with the chassis. Repeat Steps 09 10 for a wheel and axle set. Use a free wheel set on the other tip again. Repeat so all the wheels are fitted, like this. 15 16 17 COMPLETE Pull one of the rubber tracks over the wheels, starting from the drive wheel. Make sure the track is seated neatly over the wheels. Repeat for the other tracks, then roll the model back and forth a bit to check both are fitted correctly. 71
21 POD 3 LABORATORY + FIREFLY YOUR PARTS Tools and materials: Tweezers, superglue Lab part 1 Lab part 2 Cylinder Plugs x 6 Lab part 3 Lab exterior 01 02 03 04 Fit lab parts 1 and 2 like this (inset). The outlined pins are at the front of the parts. All the lab and detailing parts used in this stage should be glued in place. Glue the cylinder here. Fit lab part 3 onto the top of the lab exterior, via these four locating pins. Now fit lab parts 1 and 2 assembly here. 05 06 07 Cover this hole with a plug. Then cover these holes. Glue the lab assembly here, via the arrowed pins. 72
08 09 Make sure there are no gaps between the lab and the floor. FIREFLY The rear of the lab will sit against the circled section of frame like this. COMPLETE Tools and materials: Superglue Main body Under cover Lamp covers L + R Searchlights L + R Front fender Chemical tanks x 2 Body details: 1 2 3 4 5 Aerial base 1 Rear fender Frame 1 Water tank Frame 2 Radiator fins Aerial bases 2 x 2 Nozzle 01 02 03 Glue the aerial base 1 to the rear of the underside of the main body here. All detailing parts should be secured with a dot of superglue. Remove the radiator fins from their sprues, trim any burrs, then glue them next to the aerial base. The parts should look like this. 04 05 06 The rear fender will seal the parts in, like this. Glue the under cover to these holes. 73 Now glue the front fender to this.
07 08 09 10 Glue the left lamp cover here. And the right one here. The left searchlight goes here. Be careful, as the part is thin and delicate. And the right one goes here. 11 12 13 14 Body detail 2 goes here, behind the right searchlight. Detail 1 goes here. Aerial bases 2 go in the circled locations. Detail 3 goes here. Orient the part exactly as shown, inset. 15 16 17 18 Detail 4 goes here. Again use the inset to help orient the part correctly. 19 Your detailing parts should look like this. 20 The chemical tanks will fit here. Glue these parts in place via their pins. 21 The other set of tanks goes on the other side. 22 Up Body detail 5 goes here. Frame 1 goes here. The parts should look like this. Fit the nozzle into the water tank, using a little glue on the arrowed tab. Use the inset to orient the part. 23 24 25 COMPLETE It should look like this. Fit the water tank to the main body via these lugs. 74 Frame 2 will cover it, like this.
22 POD 3 FLOOR DETAILS YOUR PARTS Tools and materials: Superglue + FIREFLY Detail 5 Plug Detail 6 Detail 7 Detail 8 Details 9 x 2 01 02 03 04 Detail 5 will fit into these holes. It doesn't matter which way round it goes. All details fitted in this stage should be secured with a small dot of superglue. Start by slotting the forward tip under this section on the front wall, then fit the detail s four pins. Glue detail 7 to these holes, across from detail 5. The inset shows its proper orientation. Similarly, glue detail 8 here, against the edge. 05 06 07 08 Detail 9 goes here, next to 7. Press detail 9 into place carefully, from its base rather than the top of the part. Glue the second detail 9 next to detail 8. 75 Detail 6 fits here, covering the screw hole.
09 10 COMPLETE Fit the plug over this screw. Make sure the pipe detail links up. FIREFLY Tools and materials: Superglue Cockpit Shield Actuators Actuator arm (left) Windscreen Horn Actuator arm (right) Aerials x 3 01 02 03 04 Glue the windscreen to the cockpit like this. Press the part into place. The horn goes here. Orient the part like this. 05 06 07 08 The cockpit assembly slots onto the front of the main body like this. Here is how the upper body section of Firefly should look. Now lower the body/cockpit assembly onto the chassis base via these lugs...... like this. 76
09 Top 10 Top 広 広 Fit the right actuator arm to one of the actuators. Both actuators are the same, but make sure you orient the parts to one another correctly. Repeat for the left actuator arm and actuator. 11 12 13 Glue the right actuator arm pairing to these pins on the right side of the shield s reverse. The parts should join neatly, like this. Lay the shield face down like this. 14 15 16 Check the arm is perpendicular to the shield. Repeat Steps 11 14 for the left arm. Leave the glue to dry. 17 18 19 20 Once the glue has dried fully, fit the shield to the main body via these holes in the sides. Be careful when widening the arms. Make sure the arms are parallel to each other, and in line with the main body. Do not glue. Move the shield up and down a few times to check its movement is unobstructed. Glue the first aerial here. 21 22 23 COMPLETE And the second one here. The third aerial goes here. That completes this stage. 77
23 POD 3 INSPECTION WALKWAYS YOUR PARTS Tools and materials: Superglue Walkway R1 Walkway C1 Stay L1 Stay R1 Walkway R2 Walkway L1 Stay L3 Stay R3 Walkway C2 Stay L5 Stay R5 Walkway L2 01 02 03 04 Look for the R marks on the walkways R1 and R2. Join these via the arrowed pins/holes. Use a little glue to bond them. Pinch the parts to secure them. The right walkway should look like this. 05 06 07 08 As in Step 01, look for the Ls on walkways L1 and L2. Join these with a little glue. Press these together. The left walkway should look like this. 78
09 10 Front 11 12 Front Join walkways C1 and C2 with a little glue. Back This walkway crosses the pod interior, joining the right and left walkways. There are small pins at the ends of walkway C. Note the difference between these parts. Glue walkway C to the right walkway. Be very careful to orient the part exactly as shown here. The join should look like this. 13 Front 14 15 Now glue walkway C to the left part. Make sure the walkways handrails are all joining each other neatly, as a continuous rail. The pod s interior walkways are complete. 16 17 18 Remove stay L1 from the sprue, removing any burrs. Stay L1 (which has a 1 marked on it) fits to the foremost frame, via its two pins. Use glue for all the stays to bond them to their frames. The stay should fit like this. 19 20 21 Now fit stay R1 to the opposite section of the frame. Stay L3 has a 3 marked on it: fit this to the third frame... 79... like this.
22 23 24 Now fit stay R3 opposite it. Stay L5 has a 5 marked on it: fit this to the fifth frame...... like this. 25 26 27 Fit stay R5 opposite it. Check the position and fit of all stays. Pinch each stay to ensure it is securely fitted and wait for the glue to cure. 28 29 Once the glue is dry, open the pod s hatches and feed the walkways through the front opening, like this. 30 Secure the walkways by gluing the recesses in their footpath sections to the tips of all six stays (circled). COMPLETE Hold the parts in place to be sure the glue dries, then this step is complete. 80
24 POD 3 RIGHT INNER WALL YOUR PARTS Tools and materials: Tweezers, superglue Detail 5 Right inner wall Detail 1 Detail 3 Details 2 x 2 Detail 6 Lights x 6 Detail 4 Identification plate 01 02 03 Glue detail 1 to the inner wall here. Again, all details used in this stage should be secured with a dot of Detail 1 should fit like this. Glue the first detail 2 next to it. It doesn't matter which way up it goes. 04 05 06 Glue the other detail 2 here...... like this. Glue detail 3 here... 81
07 08 09 Top Bottom... like this. Familiarise yourself with detail 4, which Glue the part into this indent. slopes up and outward to match the contour of the inner wall. 10 11 12 It will match the inner wall s outward curve, like this. Details 5 and 6 have an R stamped on their reverses. Detail 5 goes in this recess. 13 14 15 Make sure the part is oriented like this. Detail 6 will sit next to detail 5...... like this. 16 17 18 Remove the lights carefully, and glue the first set here. Press the part into place. 82 The next light fits here.
19 20 21 22 The next one goes here. The front set of lights are now in place. Glue another light here...... and another here. 23 24 25 The last set of lights go here. The rear three are now in place. All six lights are in place. 26 27 Use tweezers to lower the identification plate through the second and third frames, facing inwards. 28 29 The two pins on the frames will locate the plate. COMPLETE Use a little glue to affix the plate. The plate should be angled slightly downwards, like this. (Inner wall temporarily fitted) 83
25 POD 3 RIGHT INNER WALL YOUR PARTS + EXCAVATOR Detail 7 Detail 8 Detail 11 Detail 14 Detail 17 Detail 20 Detail 22 Detail 12 Detail 18 Detail 23 Detail 9 Detail 10 Detail 13 Detail 15 Detail 16 Detail 19 Detail 21 Detail 24 01 02 03 04 Bottom Use a little glue to affix detail 7 here. All the details fitted in this stage will be secured with superglue. Detail 9 goes here. Detail 10 goes here. Detail 19 fits here, oriented as shown in inset. 05 06 07 08 Detail 13 goes here. Detail 12 fits here. Detail 11 goes here. Detail 8 fits here. 84
09 10 11 12 Bottom Detail 15 goes here. Detail 16 fits here. Detail 18 goes here, oriented as shown in inset. Detail 14 goes here, like this. It will sit out from the wall on its posts. 13 14 15 16 Detail 17 goes here. Affix detail 20 onto 21, as shown in inset. Now fit the parts here, oriented as shown. Fit detail 22 here. Its step (circled) will fit at the bottom of the wall. 17 18 19 COMPLETE Detail 23 will go next to it, again with its step at the bottom of the assembly. Detail 24 goes here. Its step is again at the bottom. That completes this stage. (Inner wall temporarily fitted) EXCAVATOR Drive wheels A x 2 Drive wheels B x 2 Front grille Chassis Tracks x 2 Wheels A x 2 Wheels B x 2 Axles x 4 85
01 Separate the drive wheels A and B, and glue 02 them together as you have done previously. Now do the same for the wheels A and B. 03 04 05 Front Back Fit a drive wheel set onto one of the axles, like this. And fit wheel sets onto the other three. Check the orientation of the chassis. 06 07 08 Fit the front grille to the front end of the chassis. Make sure it is the right way up with the slope matching that of the chassis. Fit the drive wheel/axle through the rearmost holes in the chassis side. 09 10 11 Use the remaining drive wheel set to complete it. 12 Do the same for the wheels/axles. 13 Pinch the parts to secure them. COMPLETE The parts should look like this. Fit the tracks as you have done before. 86