From: "Steve Bamford ARC" To: "hector lopez" References: <20040904191503.87770.qmail@web40909.mail.yahoo.com> Subject: Re: Pilatus PC-7 Turbotrainer 1/48 !! Date: Mon, 25 Oct 2004 19:29:55 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Unsent: 1 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1409 Hi Hector, I just wanted to let you know your article went on ARC today. Thanks for sending it in. Steve Bamford Aircraft Resource Center http://www.aircraftresourcecenter.com Live like there is no tomorrow; Love like you've never been hurt. Work like you don't need the money. Dance like nobody's watching. Sing like nobody's listening. Live like it's Heaven on Earth. ----- Original Message ----- From: "hector lopez" To: Cc: Sent: Saturday, September 04, 2004 12:15 PM Subject: Pilatus PC-7 Turbotrainer 1/48 !! > Hi!: > My name is Hector Lopez and I´m from Mexico. > I´m trying to make a collection of the airplanes > that the FAM uses, from the past until now. > There are several problems involved in such atemp, > mainly because most of that airplanes, has to be > modified in order to be able to fly well in mexican > altitudes and orografy. > So most of the models of FAM airplanes, has to be > either modified or scrach build. > This is the case with the PC-7, none of the big or > small manufacturers pay attention to this little bird. > So if you want a 1/48 PC-7 model, there are two > choices, scrach build one or get the very limited > Aeroteck resin kit; This one is available thru a > mexican on-line store, but there are only a few made. > The kit is garage type, made by a local mexican > modelling group with base in Michoacan. > This kit is made in cream colored resin, and didn´t > have attachment points or guides, so construction is a > bit dificult. > I started gluing the front intake and the tail end > to the two fuselage halves, and after that was done I > cement the halves together, this was done to get the > correct widith of the fuselaje. > After that, the cockpit tub was glued in place, and > all flying surfaces was test fitting. > To put the one piece wings, vertical and horizontal > stabilizers in correct place I use a very little > portion of epoxy putty, this allows me to move the > pieces to their center yet held them in place. > When this was accomplished I secure the pieces with > super glue. > The canopy was sanded and dipped in Future to > improve the transparency and was glued in place with > tiny dots of super glue, to avoid fogging. > The scheme I choose is the COIN scheme that this > planes wear for long time before change to green drab > overall,I think this one is more interesting; colors > used are from Model Master. > Decals came from two sheets of Aztec brand decals, > and performed well. > At last I have a good looking 1/48 PC-7 FAM, > despite it is a bit difficult kit to build, it´s well > worth the effort,and because of the few number of > parts it was put together in only 15 days! > I´ll get a couple more of PC7´s to make the green > overall and the yellow trainer. > > _________________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > La mejor conexión a internet y 25MB extra a tu correo por $100 al mes. http://net.yahoo.com.mx