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BLOTZ B28-SF-509 Assembly Instructions

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28mm Crashed Escape Pod
B28-SF-509
Please read these instructions fully before starting construction.
PVA or equivalent glue will be required to stick sections together.
Sand paper can be used to gently clean any joints.
A sharp modelling knife will be required to remove sections from the sprue. Please use knives with due care and
remember to cut away from yourself at all times.
During the construction of this model, you may find it convenient to use pegs / elastic bands to hold pieces in
place while you allow glue to dry.
Take the five long support struts and the nose section
from the sprue.
Attach the support strut to the rear of the nose
section as shown above. Use the separate
octagonal ring to help position them.
Glue the nozzle plate into position.
The main engine nozzle is formed from the
pieces shown above.
Glue the two “V” shapes together.
Ignore the three largest rings for the moment
and slide the next one into position. There is a
notch inside each ring to help align it.
Add the next three rings.
Glue this to the smaller octagonal piece.
(You have already attached the larger octagonal
piece to the model.)
Add the three largest rings. Leave to dry.
Take the last three support struts…
..and glue them into place. The strut with the extra lug
is in the centre. Allow to dry.
Each side of the pod is formed from the pieces
shown above.
Starting with the centre side, add the three main skin
sections followed by the doorand porthole, which are
each slightly inset.
The same stage, but showing the underside of the
model.
The last three skin sections.
Glue these into position as shown.
The thruster nozzles are formed from the pieces
shown at the top. Glue together as shown at the
bottom.
Glue a thruster to each space around the model
except for the very bottom (see pic).
The nose armour is formed from the two pieces at the
top. Glue together a shown.
Glue the five sections of nose armour into place
around the nose.
The solar panels can be created using either of the two
connectors at the top.
The “bent” connectors allow the panel to be in
“flight” position.
The straight connectors put the panel in a flatter
“docked” position.
Glue the model to its base using the hole / lug to
help align it.
Attach the solar panels
Bits of “rubble” which can be stuck around the
model showing there the ground has been ploughed
up by the pod.
Some of the “rubble” in position.
The finished model.
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