Cenepa War...1/48 Embraer EMB-312 Tucano, Fuerza Aérea del Perú

Started by Reinhard Spreitzhofer · 55 · 1 year ago
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    Reinhard Spreitzhofer said 1 year, 10 months ago:

    Time for a new entry...

    Latin American theme continues with this Peruvian Tucano which was used against Ecuador during the Cenepa War in 1995.

    let´s start with the cockpit
    PE seatbelts are included in the kit

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    Spiros Pendedekas said 1 year, 10 months ago:

    Another great entry, my friend @grimreaper!

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    Eric Berg said 1 year, 10 months ago:

    Always great to see someone building a Tucano @grimreaper. Such a sleek looking plane. I built HB’s EMB-314 and noted some accuracy issues with the kit, some of which are fixable and others not. I wonder is this is an issue with the 312? I will be following along as I have been eyeing this kit for awhile.

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    John vd Biggelaar said 1 year, 10 months ago:

    Beautiful entry, Reinhard @grimreaper
    Been multiple times in Peru but have not seen them active yet.
    Looking forward to it.

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    Reinhard Spreitzhofer said 1 year, 9 months ago:

    Already used to it, that HB and Trumpeter kits have shape an accuracy issues, don´t bother that much. Well, we´ll see...

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    Reinhard Spreitzhofer said 1 year, 9 months ago:

    some more progress with seat, cockpit and wings
    decals are provided for the two IBs, side instruments are painted

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    Spiros Pendedekas said 1 year, 9 months ago:

    Nice progress, my friend @grimreaper!

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    John vd Biggelaar said 1 year, 9 months ago:

    Very nice work on the interior, Reinhard @grimreaper

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    Reinhard Spreitzhofer said 1 year, 9 months ago:

    ready to fly
    fit was good
    instructions say 25g noseweight but there is not much space, managed to get about 20g into the nose, let´s see if it was enough

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    John vd Biggelaar said 1 year, 9 months ago:

    Looks good, Reinhard @grimreaper

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    Spiros Pendedekas said 1 year, 9 months ago:

    Great progress, my friend @grimreaper! Hope the weight will be sufficient.

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    Reinhard Spreitzhofer said 1 year, 9 months ago:

    tailplane done
    PE fins inserted

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    John vd Biggelaar said 1 year, 9 months ago:

    Very nice tail section, Reinhard @grimreaper
    The fins do look very sharp.

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    Spiros Pendedekas said 1 year, 9 months ago:

    Looking great, my friend @grimreaper!

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    Eric Berg said 1 year, 9 months ago:

    Looking very good, @grimreaper. I built the 314 and am trying to figure out what the main dif is between it and the 312.