Malvinas Pucará FINISHED

[blackbetty]

Browsing the net for pics of Argentinian wartime Mirages, i stumbled upon pics of a 3D printed Pucará, the groundattack plane used in the Falkland/Malvinas conflict in 1982.

It was 1/64 scale.....wait a minute, maybe i could get it double the size? I mailed the attached email and a guy named Luis answered. he is from Venezuela.

We sent a few mails and he said he would be willing to modify the 3D files for me and have it printed by a friend (that luckily lives in Europe, better yet in Austria!) for the moderate sum of 110€ including shipping.

i jumped at the opportunity, since i like building planes that are not likely being kitted anytime soon.

i had him make the canopy a seperate part, 2% smaller so i can vacform a clear part, as well as hollowing out the fuselage to be able to have a scratchbuilt pit and gearwells.

that was in the end of July - and yesterday i recieved it. didnt know what to expect, because resolutions can be very different. when i saw the main parts, i was really impressed. i will have to sand, but most parts are pretty good from the beginning.

this is what i got:

 

 

Edited December 23, 2021 by blackbetty

[blackbetty]

thats the idea how it should look:

 

 

Edited September 23, 2020 by blackbetty

[red Dog]

What? 

 

Now I know why that mirage needed to get off the bench. That's a very valid reason

I'm jaleous. A 1/32 Pucara, well done sorting this

[blackbetty]

if you really want one, he will make you one....

[Alain Gadbois]

Cool project! I will follow!

 

Alain

[blackbetty]

examinig the parts, the surface texture will require sanding, but anticipated that

 

 

Edited September 23, 2020 by blackbetty

[blackbetty]

 

the fuselage front, wings and nacelles have been split to make them fit the printer

landinggearwells are hollow

 

 

Edited September 23, 2020 by blackbetty

[blackbetty]

as the cockpit cutout

 

 

[blackbetty]

all parts have holes printed into them with pins to align them, a very good idea that will help get everything square

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited September 23, 2020 by blackbetty

[blackbetty]

here you can see the join between the rear fuselage/tail. its also split across in the middle to help with printing

a fine line has to be sanded off here. you can also see the resolution of the printed parts. as i said, some sanding required..

 

 

[MikeMaben]

Wow cool ! Nice score Karl 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited September 23, 2020 by MikeMaben

[Marcin_Matejko]

Interesting project, great job

[blackbetty]

the canopy, printed 2% smaller to get a master for vacforming
 after sanding

[blackbetty]

speaking of sanding: the material is pretty hard, i have to get some coarser sandpaper.

this is the outer wing sanded/primed/sanded/primed, it came out pretty smooth

 

 

[Iain]

Oooh, crikey...

 

I'd love one of these! 

 

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Look forward to seeing this come together - great subject!

 

What's the material - ABS?

 

Iain