Subject: Re: FAC PT-17 from Colombia... to celebrate our Independence Day (July 20)
From: "Steve Bamford" <[email-masked]>
To: Andres F. Acuña <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 20 Jul 2002 01:34:03 -0700

Steve Bamford
Aircraft Resource Center
http://www.aircraftresourcecenter.com

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  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Andres F. Acuña 
  To: Steve Bamford 
  Sent: Monday, July 15, 2002 9:21 AM
  Subject: FAC PT-17 from Colombia... to celebrate our Independence Day (July 20)

  Hi Steve:
  I want to celebrate our Independence Day, next July 20, sending you these photos of the Stearman FAC-62.  My father directed the restoration work of the real plane in during 1982 and years later scratchbuilt it in 1:24 scale.  I'm sending photos of both of them.

  If you remember, my father is the painter of the Scarlet Stormer you published.

  With a strong hug,

  Andrés Acuña

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  Stearman PT-17 
  Fuerza Aérea Colombiana - FAC 62
  The plane and the model

  Scale 1:24
  Scratchbuilt in balsa wood, card stock and paper by Ferrando Acuña, Cali, Colombia.

  Ferrando, (the first at left hand), during the restoration of the real PT-17 FAC-62, 1982.

  In 1982, Ferrando directed the restoration of the original Stearman PT-17 (FAC - 62), while
  he was working for the Museum of the Military Aviation Academy at the Marco Fidel Suárez, 
  Colombian Air Force Base in Cali, Colombia

  The plane is still flying and sports the paint scheme as they appeared in the 40's.

  Forced perspective photo of the model, using a painted base, at the Marco Fidel Suárez 
  Air Force Base, in Cali, Colombia.  (Photo by Andrés Acuña)

  (Photo by Andrés Acuña)

  (Photo by Andrés Acuña)

  (Photo by Andrés Acuña)

  (Photo by Andrés Acuña)

  (Photo by Andrés Acuña)