Subject: Re: Online submission
From: "Submissions for ARC" <[email-masked]>
To: "Pereira, Alfonso" <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 8 Jul 2008 19:05:31 -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: Pereira, Alfonso 
  To: [email-masked] 
  Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2008 1:46 PM
  Subject: Online submission

  Gallery Template #05

  "1:48 FMA IA-58 Pucará" 

  by Alfonso Pereira
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  This is the Pucará kit from Heritage Aviation in 1:48 scale.  If you want to build a Pucará in this scale, this is the only game in town.  The kit is mainly resin, with white metal landing gear and a one-piece vacuform canopy.  I built the model mostly stock OOB, but did make some small modifications, for instance, I sawed the canopy to display it in the open position.  I also added hydraulic lines to the landing gear, made with fine copper wire; and aerials made with one pound monofilament.  

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  The base was made from scrap wood, painted with textured paint for that 'marble' look.  The wheel chock is made with half-round styrene stock with wire mesh for the tread pattern.  The boarding ladder was scratchbuilt with solder and wire, based on pictures found on the internet.

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  Overall I'm happy with the results, and I finally have a model of this cool Argentinian COIN aircraft to add to my collection of 1:48 airplanes.

  Photos and text © by Alfonso Pereira