Sturmovik Posted July 26, 2022 Share Posted July 26, 2022 I came across news of a new tool, 1:48, I.A.e 33 Pulqui 2 from a new model maker in Argentina. The company is called High Valley Models (HVM), and this is their first (and hopefully not last) resin kit. HVM is based in Neuquén, Argentina. The kit comes in six bags and the parts are moulded in a light grey resin. There're six marking options from Calcas del Sur, five prototypes and what I think will be a what if operational machine had the Pulqui 2 taken off. Instructions are Hasegawa style (foldable) and are in colour. Estimated price is of 14000ARS (roughly 89GBP). I don't know if they ship outside Argentina. If I dare and don't get sidetracked by buying anothet German plane, this may be my first full resin kit. So far, the only Pulqui 2 in 1:48 was from Kosmosur 3D. The kit (I have 2) is very basic (no wheel well details, no cockpit detail, and has the issue of the 3D printed surface). https://www.scalemates.com/kits/hvm-1-ia-33-pulqui-ii--1428880 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hub Plott Posted July 27, 2022 Share Posted July 27, 2022 Now we just need to find out where we can order it from. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exdraken Posted July 27, 2022 Share Posted July 27, 2022 I like that idea very much!! 2 hours ago, Hub Plott said: Now we just need to find out where we can order it from. Seconded.... hope we will find out! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sturmovik Posted July 27, 2022 Author Share Posted July 27, 2022 3 hours ago, Hub Plott said: Now we just need to find out where we can order it from. 4 minutes ago, exdraken said: I like that idea very much!! Seconded.... hope we will find out! I'll try to stay up to date with the release of the kit. If I come across more info I'll post it here. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exdraken Posted August 1, 2022 Share Posted August 1, 2022 Hi everybody! The kit is supposed to be released but in limited quantities only . With decals from Calcas del Sur Ex BM member Unc provided me with some photos Will post some more soon Now I need to get one.... 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exdraken Posted August 2, 2022 Share Posted August 2, 2022 Some more photos: Not clear yet if it will be made available outside of Argentina. Parts seem to be largely 3d printed, * explaining its high price I guess) detail looks great to me! 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sturmovik Posted August 2, 2022 Author Share Posted August 2, 2022 @exdraken great to see Unc² sent you the photos. The parts look great, especially the wheels. Here's my effort on one of the decal schemes but on the Kosmosur 3D model: I'm still not sure if I should get one in the future. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exdraken Posted August 10, 2022 Share Posted August 10, 2022 Seems it will not be made available outside of Argentina... if you still want one my friend Unc has direct contact... let me ( or him know!) I will update you as soon as I have one here in my hands... will take some time though I guess! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exdraken Posted August 17, 2022 Share Posted August 17, 2022 seems there is also a 1/72 version available right now, for 10.000 AR$ if anyone is interested! Thanks Ignacio (Unc²) for letting us know! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bentwaters81tfw Posted August 18, 2022 Share Posted August 18, 2022 That looks a tidy kit, not my thing though. Say hello to Unc for me. Thanks Frank 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exdraken Posted August 30, 2022 Share Posted August 30, 2022 un poco mas del Pulqui, gracias Igna! that is the actual resin prototype look a lot like MiG-17 wings, no? very interesting, never noted that! resin prototype on a trip to visit its 1:1 relative at the museum in Morón 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John R Posted August 31, 2022 Share Posted August 31, 2022 On 8/17/2022 at 8:00 PM, exdraken said: seems there is also a 1/72 version available right now, for 10.000 AR$ if anyone is interested! That seems to work out at $72 so much as I would like one... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sturmovik Posted August 31, 2022 Author Share Posted August 31, 2022 @exdraken is the grey surface a primer? I also like the panel lines and rivets, so much better than a 3D printed model. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pajarito Posted December 16, 2022 Share Posted December 16, 2022 On 8/31/2022 at 10:57 AM, Sturmovik said: Is the grey surface a primer? I also like the panel lines and rivets, so much better than a 3D printed model. Hi Sturmovik, The gray surface is actually the resin in which the kit was cast. The sandy/brown stuff is Sikkens putty, which is commercially available in Capital Federal and Buenos Aires as well. I heard criticism about the shape of the upper windshield and its canopy joint on this kit; criticism which is totally baseless, by the way. Modellers who are acquainted with the real thing have noticed that the HVM Pulqui II kits has a round windshield shape, when in fact the top part of the windshield is flat, which flatness should be present on the canopy joint too. While this is true on the real thing, the kit also comes with three or four shapes over which to thermo-form additional clear pieces if needed (a feature I haven't seen on any other all-resin cast kits, by the way). It's to solve this shape issue on the kit's top windshield/canopy joint part that the kit brings the many additional shapes that you are able to file/sand flat in the required spot, and then thermo/vacuum-form the right shapes for the corrected parts. Apropos of which, the reference picture above is the cover from Jorge Núñez Padín research monograph #22 of his Argentine Air Force series I'm very sure you're familiar with. Best reference material available for both the I.Aé.-27 & I.A.-33. Cheers. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sturmovik Posted December 16, 2022 Author Share Posted December 16, 2022 @Pajarito thanks for your input! I do have Padín's book, a very interesting read. Is Sikkens any good? I'm looking for an alternative to CA for filling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pajarito Posted December 16, 2022 Share Posted December 16, 2022 25 minutes ago, Sturmovik said: Is Sikkens any good? I'm looking for an alternative to CA for filling. Sturmovik, it's my pleasure. I learnt about Sikkens putty while looking at Demi-God modeller Rodo Melián's 1/48 UH-16B Albatross build video on YouTube. He advises thinning the stuff with Hydra Sello de Oro. I've found the stuff in an autopart shop in Warnes Ave. Very nice stuff I was completely unaware of. Rodo had to change the wings on the Trumpeter kit, and for which he used the stuff. It's here on chapter four: Cheers. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pajarito Posted December 30, 2022 Share Posted December 30, 2022 (edited) That's the HVM 1/48 I.A.-33 kit spare windshield and canopy shapes just about to be hacked away, sanded and polished to be vac-formed over with some clear PETG from a bottle of Pepsi. Edited December 30, 2022 by Pajarito Sloppy fingers 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pajarito Posted February 3, 2023 Share Posted February 3, 2023 Wow, now this is more my thing! Didn't see it coming. I'm getting one. Are you in, @Sturmovik and @exdraken? That Mr Alonso is really serious about these subjects. Tag price is said to be round the $16500. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exdraken Posted February 3, 2023 Share Posted February 3, 2023 14 minutes ago, Pajarito said: Didn't see it coming. wow, did not even know it existed in hardware! and it flew! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FMA_I.Ae._27_Pulqui_I is there acutally any technical connection to the Pulqui II? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pajarito Posted February 3, 2023 Share Posted February 3, 2023 2 minutes ago, exdraken said: wow, did not even know it existed in hardware! and it flew! Really...? 4 minutes ago, exdraken said: is there acutally any technical connection to the Pulqui II? It was sort of the first canvas for the latter. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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