gato Posted March 8, 2009 Share Posted March 8, 2009 (edited) Hi everybody, I am new here. I am from Chile and I would like to share with you my projet. Afterwords I also would like to ask for some help. Well, As the tittle says, I am building a Short Tucano, as this one RAF TUCANO I started some time ago (2008) so there is something advanced, but the help I need is of pictures of the landing gear and the wheel bays, I haven´t find pictures of that. If there is somebody here who works with the plane, flies it, etc. who could send some pictures I would be very grateful. 3Well here are the pictures The fuselage is divided in 3 and each part in halves Tail nose and cockpit Here a test fit Edited September 10, 2009 by gato Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gato Posted March 8, 2009 Author Share Posted March 8, 2009 Preparing the canopy mold and now the cockpit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gato Posted March 8, 2009 Author Share Posted March 8, 2009 The seats are paragon MK10, I think they use MK8 but was the nearest model I found in 1/32 Of course I made them some modificatios The canopy was made of 3 parts, an inside frame, th transparent vacuformed plastic and an external frame made also with vacuformed styrene, and cut it to the correct shape the detonation cord is made of 5mm styrene rod (is not finished yet) another test fit and a general picture whit the diferent parts And that is all for now. Any comments and suggestions are welcome Sorry if I made language mistakes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JakeEaton Posted March 8, 2009 Share Posted March 8, 2009 Brilliant progress. Loved seeing your build over on ARC and glad to see it here too. Definitely one of my favoured build threads as I will be watching your progress and techniques for a future 1/24 scratchbuilt Hawk build I'm planning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darius at Home Posted March 8, 2009 Share Posted March 8, 2009 Simply superb!!! Looking forward to seeing this progress. Darius Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkSH Posted March 8, 2009 Share Posted March 8, 2009 Always in awe of scratchbuilders ,.....I struggle to put together off the shelf kits. Superb build of an under kitted aircraft, keep it coming! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted March 8, 2009 Share Posted March 8, 2009 Some effortless looking scratchbuilding... bravo! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gato Posted March 8, 2009 Author Share Posted March 8, 2009 JakeEaton, Darius at Home, MarkSH and Mike, thanks for your words. I will be posting my progress. The only problem is that I am not very fast, so the updates aren´t so often. See you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lawnguylander Posted March 17, 2009 Share Posted March 17, 2009 JakeEaton, Darius at Home, MarkSH and Mike, thanks for your words. I will be posting my progress. The only problem is that I am not very fast, so the updates aren´t so often.See you. Hello Gato, Beautiful work there- May I ask, where did you get the plans? I'd like to do a 1/32 tucano myself, yet have had little luck finding some. Keep up the good work!! Cheers, Lee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xffw45343tg Posted March 17, 2009 Share Posted March 17, 2009 Love that fuselage. Excellent work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skii Posted March 17, 2009 Share Posted March 17, 2009 Bloody nora that is simply fabulous!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vickers McFunbus Posted March 17, 2009 Share Posted March 17, 2009 Looks excellent. I have many Tucano walkaround photos, but sadly just about the only thing I haven't got are the internals of the wheel wells - sorry. If you need close up photos of stencils etc though, I've got plenty of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gato Posted March 18, 2009 Author Share Posted March 18, 2009 Thanks guys for the comments I really apreciate them. Skii, your work with the B2 is really impressive, I am following your building since the first post. Lawnguylander, I don´t have plans, just a 3 view drawing from the internet and scaled up to 1/32 in a photocopy machine, very rustic way..... if it is useful I could send you the initial drawing Vickers McFunbus, thank you very much for the offer I will have it in mind. I am now working on the first wing.......geting closer to work on the wheel wells so again if there is anybody who have pictures of them.......please...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evalman Posted March 18, 2009 Share Posted March 18, 2009 Fantastic! I will watch with bated breath. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avgas Posted March 20, 2009 Share Posted March 20, 2009 Crikey. That's quite something! The patience and attention to detail that scratch builders posess is something I can only dream of.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-32 Posted March 20, 2009 Share Posted March 20, 2009 thats pretty bloody awesome! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murdo Posted March 20, 2009 Share Posted March 20, 2009 Superb work mate, absolutely superb!!! Is that putty you're using? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ponti Posted March 21, 2009 Share Posted March 21, 2009 Wow, looking great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gato Posted March 22, 2009 Author Share Posted March 22, 2009 Thanks everybody again for your kind words. Superb work mate, absolutely superb!!! Is that putty you're using? Yes Murdo it is a 2 part putty, used mostly in car repairs. Very easy to use but not so good to scribe panel lines, so my idea is to make a "palstic skin" to all the plane with 3 mm plasticard (vacuforming each part) that is why I made it in halves. thanks for looking See you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gato Posted April 10, 2009 Author Share Posted April 10, 2009 (edited) Hello all, here again but with not very good news. I finished the 2 wings with the same "procedure" of the fuselage. But when I glued the plastic "skin" (not vacuformed) all the imperfections appeared. I am not very glad with the results so tonight I will think if I make them again, this time completely in plastic. The problem is that I will need a software for making the wing ribs. Well, here are the pictures, I don´t think you will notice my problem. Here I cut the wheel wells in the plastic (this is the underside) The idea was to make a hole in the upside of the wing and introduce the wheel wells, after put some putty and finished gluing the skin See you next time Edited April 11, 2009 by gato Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shark 64 Posted April 11, 2009 Share Posted April 11, 2009 My friend you are one talented builder. I am in awe of what you are making. Truly amazing. I cant wait to see the rest. Oliver Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DinoC Posted April 11, 2009 Share Posted April 11, 2009 Many things to learn here! I will follow with interest! Dino Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob challis Posted April 11, 2009 Share Posted April 11, 2009 Hello all, here again but with not very good news. I finished the 2 wings with the same "procedure" of the fuselage. But when I glued the plastic "skin" (not vacuformed) all the imperfections appeared. I am not very glad with the results so tonight I will think if I make them again, this time completely in plastic. The problem is that I will need a software for making the wing ribs.Well, here are the pictures, I don´t think you will notice my problem. Here I cut the wheel wells in the plastic (this is the underside) The idea was to make a hole in the upside of the wing and introduce the wheel wells, after put some putty and finished gluing the skin See you next time I wish I could do scratchbuilding to your excellent standard. Very well done on an impressive model. Thank you for sharing it. Kind regards, Rob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gato Posted April 13, 2009 Author Share Posted April 13, 2009 Thanks to everybody for the encouragement. I was making some tests over the surface of the fuselage and I realised that maybe I won´t need to make the plastic skin (vacuformed) the scribing seems to work ok. So that will save me a lot of time, and I will be able to use the wings shown some days ago. More pictures soon!!!!!! Bye Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Habu12 Posted April 13, 2009 Share Posted April 13, 2009 There are no words. I'm just going to enjoy the pics! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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