Tim C Posted November 21, 2012 Share Posted November 21, 2012 As Phil and Woolston have kicked of the individual Build Blogs, I had better start mine. Actual construction is unlikly to start until 2013, as I still have to finish the 2012 Mass Build Black Magic, hopefully finished in the Next week or so. This will be my 2nd Tucano, orginally I had thought just to refurbish the old one, but decided to start afresh and use the knowlege to build a sister model even better. I have started gathering hardware for the build. This will be a budget build, using what I already have and new low cost components. I am also opting for the low weight, less power route, so I can use existing 2200 mah 3 S Lipos that I already have. A pair of Vortex Jet pilots, I will cover in detail how these are built up, the ones in the pic above were my fisrt attempt, and having sucessfully used his vac formed pilots on other builds have perfected the technique so should end up with a beter set 2nd time round Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim C Posted November 21, 2012 Author Share Posted November 21, 2012 Rummaging around has unearthered A 50amp HK Redbrick Esc, its an opto so will need a seperate BEC A Turnigy 3amp UBEC A couple of 17grm HK Servos (and I am sure I have a third one somewhere!) A 1.75 inch spinner, Ok , I know wrong colour, but nothing the airbrush cannot sort!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim C Posted November 21, 2012 Author Share Posted November 21, 2012 Hot favoirite for finshing at the moment is the 2011 Display scheme, I like the silver and blue Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WolstonFlyer Posted November 21, 2012 Share Posted November 21, 2012 Hi Tim, it is nice another build blog has started I thought about a fancy scheme but decided as this is my first time using covering film I would stick to something simple and go for the black and yellow. I like the look of the pilots you are using, I could not find any that looked the right size while searching the interwebs earlier today. P.S..... It is "Wolston" with one "o", it is the name of the village in Warwickshire... not the other place that made Spitfires - I didn't even notice the similarity and had to look it up on Wikipedia I am tempted to change my screen name to my actual name - just not sure about that yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim C Posted November 24, 2012 Author Share Posted November 24, 2012 Well, I have made a start with the build. I am starting with the pilots. The pilots are Vortex vacumn moldings, I have used them before, they are very light weight, but do take a bit of work to get them looking half decent. Stage 1 was to foam fill the moldings, I just used some Homebase aerosol foam filler that was handiy in the garage, not erssential, but does give a bit more body to the otherwise hollow figures and helps a bit when stiking them togeter to keep the shape. I just cut away the suplus foam. Stage 2 is to seperate the mouldings from the surround. To do this cut out each pilot, I just cut the sheet into 4 squares. The next step is to rub the back of the moldings on a flat sheet of sandpaper You carfully do this until the pilot figure seperates from the surrounding waste Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim C Posted November 24, 2012 Author Share Posted November 24, 2012 Stage 3 is to glue the seperated pilot figure onto a piece of 1/32 balsa. I use a bead of cyano around the edge and Uho por on the foam centre Stage 4 - is to trim away the balsa around the pilot Edited By Tim @ ModelMarkings.com on 24/11/2012 18:26:24 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim C Posted November 24, 2012 Author Share Posted November 24, 2012 Next step is to glue the 2 pilot halfs together Let the glue dry, and sand around the join to smooth the transition Next is to use a bit of filler to hide the join line. I used Plast a filler used by Plastic kit makers, but most fillers are fine, I have car body filler, Car Body stopper, expoxy and micro balloons, epoxy mixerd with talc all with good effect. Now leave to dry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Gilder Posted November 24, 2012 Share Posted November 24, 2012 Tim, Good choice of colour scheme. I am in the middle of re-covering a small HET RC tucano for PSS in the 2012 display colours!! I think they both look really good! Love the vacformed pilots by the way!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven Buckingham Posted November 24, 2012 Share Posted November 24, 2012 Hi Tim, where did you get the pilots from? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WolstonFlyer Posted November 24, 2012 Share Posted November 24, 2012 Ahh I know the answer to that because I am just about to order some.http://www.vortex-vacforms.co.uk/bvrkits.htmSteve at Vortex says for just 1 pair of pilots ?4.00?+ ?1.65 P&P The question marks should be pound signs, strange they change when using an Android phoneEdited By WolstonFlyer on 24/11/2012 22:26:59 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim C Posted November 25, 2012 Author Share Posted November 25, 2012 Next installment of the pilots. I use Matt White Tamiya acrylic as a base white primer. I use an upturned ice cream box with double sided tape to hold the pilots. A wet weekend and an afternonn put to use doing the intitial painting. I am no artist!! but use artist acrylics, I find these ideal for painting figures. Still lots of finishing and retouching to do to cover my ham fisted painting!! and from the rear - Helmet is the Tucano 2010 display scheme in Silver, Red, White and Blue, just used saome thin strips og Tamiya masking tape, still cannot beat this for model use Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roy Mundy Posted December 28, 2012 Share Posted December 28, 2012 Hi Tim, The Pilots look really good. Are the moulds reuseable ? or are they a throw away after use. Regards Roy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roy Mundy Posted December 28, 2012 Share Posted December 28, 2012 Sorry .......I've just had a closer look and i can see that you have filled the centres and glued front and backs together. They do look very good, I expect once you have all the paints etc they can work out very cost effective and you have the satisfaction that you have made them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim C Posted January 30, 2013 Author Share Posted January 30, 2013 Not much building action due to illnes I am afraid. However now have the 2012 display scheme decals Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin Kearney Posted January 30, 2013 Share Posted January 30, 2013 Ooh, those decals look good Tim! I've just noticed you've put a bunch of other schemes on your site. I'm going to have to start pondering a scheme now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Bennett Posted January 30, 2013 Share Posted January 30, 2013 maybe one day i will build one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Hardy Posted February 7, 2013 Share Posted February 7, 2013 Hi Tim, Your Vortex pilots do you face each half with 1/32 balsa or just one half? Do you offer a complete set of transfers for the Tucano? Mike. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim C Posted February 7, 2013 Author Share Posted February 7, 2013 Mike, I only faced one half, seems to work ok. And yes, what shceme would you like?, you can see a list here **LINK**, and now 2013 scheme as well. Tim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Hardy Posted February 7, 2013 Share Posted February 7, 2013 Tim; can you show pics of all the schemes- thanks, Mike. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim C Posted February 8, 2013 Author Share Posted February 8, 2013 Mike, pm sent Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim C Posted February 8, 2013 Author Share Posted February 8, 2013 Mike, another Private message sent to you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim C Posted February 8, 2013 Author Share Posted February 8, 2013 error Edited By Tim @ ModelMarkings.com on 08/02/2013 10:03:27 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim C Posted April 5, 2013 Author Share Posted April 5, 2013 OK , finally some progress with building Tuc mk11 - super lightweight Ignoring Nigels advice I am going for a foam, balsa composite, An hours work has finished of one profiled wing and a second waiting for the razor plane and sander. Its a foam balsa composite, I have used depron for the centre section, 1/8 hard balsa for the strips, which are notched into the wing tips, the wing tip is less wide, and the tip has been profiled to provide a more scale like shape. Weight 2.36oz, with more to shave off so looks like a completed whole wing will be around 5oz. Clearly no good if your on the u/c option, but seems plenty strong and resists twiting ok, and thats before the spar ply joiners are in Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucas Hofman Posted October 11, 2013 Share Posted October 11, 2013 Tim, how did you do the canopy in the first picture? Paint or some sticky material? What kind? Lucas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim C Posted October 12, 2013 Author Share Posted October 12, 2013 Hi Lucas, It is all cut from Self adhesive vinyl, I just cut a load of 0.7mm wide strips, it will go round the curves, the Zig zag sections (as per the canopy ejection section) were cut as zig zags, but could easily be done with straight sections. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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