Subject: Re: 1/48 Aconcagua Tucano
From: "Submissions for ARC" <[email-masked]>
To: "Jeremias Luchina" <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 2 Jun 2008 11:40:02 -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: Jeremias Luchina 
  To: [email-masked] 
  Sent: Friday, May 02, 2008 8:39 AM
  Subject: 1/48 Aconcagua Tucano

    
  '1/48 Aconcagua Embraer Tucano' 

  by 'Jeremias Nicolas Luchina'
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  This time I´m writing about a model I builded some time ago, an injury in my work last week is keeping me off the bench.

  The model is a Tucano in the colours of the Fuerza Aerea Argentina, this kit is made by the argentinian company 'Aconcagua'.

  The box contains resin, white metal, P.E., and vacuformed clear parts.

  Once you open the little box you will realize the kind of research involved in this kits and the manufacturer´s exellent atention to details, wich match (and in some areas is better than) a similar Tamiya or Hasegawa model, but you must keep in mind this is a limitd run kit, and you must have several models under your belt before you try this one.

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  Construction was more o less straightforward, and the fit is better than others resin kits, but still you will have to fill some gaps, and be careful sanding because the resin is a little brittle, I broke one of the fuselage halves during construction and that cause me some troubles later.
  The bigest problem with this kit is that it´s a BIG tail sitter, there is very little room to add weight and I have glue some metal scrap in the front bay and clone the sppiner in white metal to get my Tucano on three legs. If you have a motor tool you can carve some resin and ovoid all this. I will have to glue my model in a diorama in the future.
  Once the model was completed was time to paint, I apply the cammo using my old Aztek airbrush and mixing paints to match the photos I saw of the real thing.
  Decals are one of the down sides of this kit, they are good in colour and register but they refuse to stick and some silvering even over a gloss coat.
  Final steps involved gluing anntenas and some tiny tiny P.E parts, of coruse.. I lost half of them to the uggly carpet monster.
  I want to thanks Juan Carlos Heredia (the kit´s manufacturer) because he help a lot during this project and was kind enough to send me some of the parts I lost during construction, Gracias pibe!!
  The completed model is a great piece for my collection of Argentinian aircrafts and I´m very happy with it.
  Happy modeling to all.

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  Photos and text © by 'Jeremias Nicolas Luchina'

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