Special Vehicle Series : 02

Hydraulic Excavator Assembly

Instructions

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View of completed model

* This model was designed for

Papercraft and may differ from
the original in some respects.

Tools
ools Assembly
ssembly tip

Scissors
Ruler, set square
Glue (Wood glue or craft glue recommend)
Exhausted ballpoint pen (out of ink)
Toothpicks (for use in applying glue)
Tweezers (useful for handling small parts)
Pencil
Write the number of each part on the reverse side of the part in pencil
upon cutting it out, to be sure you can tell which part is which later.
Before gluing, crease the paper along
mountain and valley fold lines. Trace along
the folds with a ruler and an exhausted
ballpoint pen (out of ink) to get a sharper fold.
Make sure rounded sections are nice and stiff.

Key to symbols

Pattern Assembly instructions

Mountain fold The dots show where to glue Red arrow
Dotted line
Fold so that the printed the pieces together. Glue the Glue
pattern faces outside. pieces together as shown in the
Blue arrow Insert
Dashed and following examples.
dotted line Some parts must be glued (without gluing)
Valley fold
Fold so that the printed together along the cut surfaces.
pattern faces inside. Light blue Glue tab
Red dot
Solid line Cut parts out Glue parts with the same
along this line. number together. (Numbers are Reverse side of
Light grey
not printed on very small parts.) paper
Solid red line Cut a notch Green dot
Movable part
along this line. Glue areas within the same
part together. This denotes a part
that must be able to
Cut these areas move after themodel
Diagonal Blue dot is completed.Be sure
grey lines out. Glue to the reverse side of the to crease these parts
specified part. sufficiently.

Glue, scissors and other tools may be dangerous to young children

so be sure to keep them out of the reach of young children.

Assembly Instructions: Six A4 sheets (No. 1 to No. 6)

Build this model with careful reference to the Assembly Instructions.
Hydraulic Excavator Assembly Instructions

Assemble the cab.

Glue flaps a, b, and c in order.

Glue flaps a, b, c, d, and e in order.

Before assembling part 3, insert part 4

in what will become the inside surface
of part 3 and glue it in place.
Cross section
Taking care not to let the outline
become warped, carefully glue Front Rear
one side at a time.

Use care with the form of

the rear portion of the part,
making sure the top of this
rear surface is flat.
Hydraulic Excavator Assembly Instructions

Assemble part 7 and then insert part 8 Insert part 9 to the inside of part 8 Glue part 12 in place to cover
from the bottom and glue it in place. and glue it in place. the hole and glue spot.

Note the needed gaps.

Cross
C r o s s s e c t io n C r o s s s e c t io n section

When assembling these pieces, be very careful to ensure Take care to glue the components of this piece
the mountain and valley folds are as shown in the illustration. together in the order shown.
Insert the pieces after checking the fit.

Cross section

Cross section

Moving part

Cross section Moving part

Hydraulic Excavator Assembly Instructions

Glue to the reverse

Glue part E1 to the
side of part 32.
reverse of the part
Cross section Cross section shown in the same way.

Glue flaps a and b in order. Assemble the other side in the same way
(making the left and right sides symmetrical).
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Insid side
Out

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Insi

Wrap part 36 around part 34

so the seam is on the bottom,
and glue it in place. Cross section

Cross section
Outside Inside

Inside Outside

Make sure part 36 extrudes

toward the outside.
Hydraulic Excavator Assembly Instructions
Hydraulic Excavator Assembly Instructions

On parts with no glue tabs, apply glue to the cut surface of the paper
and glue this part to the body of the hydraulic excavator,
concealing the glue tabs.(Refer to the photograph of the completed model.)

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Exc
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Finished!
Last, assemble the nameplate and
display it together with your model.