Subject: Re: HS 748 VARIG
From: "Submissions for ARC" <[email-masked]>
To: "Marcos Borges" <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 23 Sep 2007 00:31:34 -0700

Hi,
I just wanted to let you know your article went on ARC today.  Thanks again for sending it in.

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

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  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Marcos Borges 
  To: [email-masked] 
  Sent: Monday, September 10, 2007 12:16 PM
  Subject: HS 748 VARIG

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  "Scratch-built 1:144 HS 748 VARIG " 

  by "Marcos Borges"
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  This is my first try on building a model totally from scratch. There is no available kit of the HS 748 here in Brazil and I always wanted to build one in the VARIG old colors. It is mostly built from scrap wood with small pieces like the spinners and antennas made from sprue and plastic sheet. The pictures bellow shows some steps in the building process. The paint is acrylic applied with a brush over three coats of primer. The decals came from FCM, a decal maker in Brazil, and were adapted from a DC3 sheet for the VARIG colors in the same scale.

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  As a scratch-built model there are many errors and inaccuracies, but the overall aspect was good to me. I also decided to leave the model as it were in flight with no landing gear and propellers. I hope you enjoy it.

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  I have learned a lot with this model and now I’m going to the next project: a Convair 440 in the same livery.

  Photos and text © by "Marcos Borges"

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