Marcos Borges Posted August 2, 2012 Share Posted August 2, 2012 Hi Guys. This is a long term project that I'm working for about one year now. I'm post here since this will be finished in civil colors. It started with a wood block and some three view drawings. I will post here the pictures since the beginning until the actual stage. I hope you enjoy it. Cheers, Marcos. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Marcos Borges Posted August 2, 2012 Author Share Posted August 2, 2012 After some sanding: Cheers, Marcos. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Marcos Borges Posted August 2, 2012 Author Share Posted August 2, 2012 In fact this project is in a more advanced stage. I will post some pictures to show the main steps and soon the present situation. Here are some pictures of the work in the wood fuselage sides: Cheers, Marcos. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
HOLMES Posted August 2, 2012 Share Posted August 2, 2012 Marcos, WOW... That is looking very impressive.good work! WELLDONE , Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Marcos Borges Posted August 3, 2012 Author Share Posted August 3, 2012 Many thanks Holmes! Here are some more pictures on the wood work in the fuselage. After that I did some experiments with an home made vacuum form machine. Cheers, Marcos. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bad Turbine Posted August 4, 2012 Share Posted August 4, 2012 Very cool,I might try something like that myself.That is a very slick approach. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Marcos Borges Posted August 5, 2012 Author Share Posted August 5, 2012 Thanks Orly and Bad Turbine! Here are some more pictures until the point where the wood fuselage was almost finished. Cheers, Marcos. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MaRiO FDZ Posted August 7, 2012 Share Posted August 7, 2012 Oh my god you sick bastard... Impressive!!! Take Care Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Marcos Borges Posted August 7, 2012 Author Share Posted August 7, 2012 Thanks Mario! I will post more pictures soon. Cheers, Marcos. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Marcos Borges Posted August 7, 2012 Author Share Posted August 7, 2012 (edited) Hi guys. Here are some pictures of the fuselage after I made a copy of each half in a home made vacuum form machine. Cheers, Marcos. Edited August 7, 2012 by Marcos Borges Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Marcos Borges Posted August 10, 2012 Author Share Posted August 10, 2012 Here are a few more pictures of the fuselage and the rudder. Cheers, Marcos. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mrblujet Posted August 11, 2012 Share Posted August 11, 2012 That is amazing - nice job so far ! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
carioca Posted August 11, 2012 Share Posted August 11, 2012 (edited) Imagine how fun this can be: 1 - you realize you want a specific model, in a specific scale; 2 - you find out there's absolutely nothing injected or casted out for the model you want, no companies - Hasegawa, Minicraft, Revell, whatever - ever cared to release it; 3 - you got the tools, you got the skills. So what do you do? YES, YOU BUILD IT FROM SCRATCH! Dude, this is some serious modeling here, I only wish someday I learn at least half of what it takes to do this! Marcos, it's a splendid work, my friend! Best regards - Abraço!!! Eduardo Edited August 11, 2012 by carioca Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Marcos Borges Posted August 12, 2012 Author Share Posted August 12, 2012 Many thanks Eduardo. I´m working on the wings now. More pictures soon. Cheers, Marcos. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Marcos Borges Posted August 17, 2012 Author Share Posted August 17, 2012 A little update. Work on the nose landing gear and a picture of the model just before the accident. The main reference was the maintenance manual and others similar gears: Cheers, Marcos. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
le_boz Posted August 18, 2012 Share Posted August 18, 2012 Hi Marcos, Really impressive job you are doing here. You gave me a lot of idea and I your post was very self explaining. I hope I will be able to do a job as good as yours, Thank you for sharing, Boz Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Marcos Borges Posted August 25, 2012 Author Share Posted August 25, 2012 Many Thanks Boz. Here is one more picture of the bottom just before the crack. As I said before the model was disassembled at this point and I started a new fuselage and wings. I took the opportunity to improve the geometry of the wings and also improve the fuselage halves joint. The picture shows were it breaks. In the new fuselage I glued a styrene strip along the entire joint. Cheers, Marcos. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
le_boz Posted August 26, 2012 Share Posted August 26, 2012 Hi Marcos, this is really impressive. Did you cast the wings ? Thank you again for sharing, Cheers. Boz Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ChernayaAkula Posted August 31, 2012 Share Posted August 31, 2012 This in-progress thread is absolute joy to follow. Marvellous! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Marcos Borges Posted September 3, 2012 Author Share Posted September 3, 2012 Thanks Boz and Moritz. Boz, the wings are resin copies from the EMB 110C "Bandeirante" kit of Libety kits. Mr. Odair, the owner of Liberty kits, allowed me to make those copies. Then I worked from it cutting the tips and shortening the wing to fit the Xingu dimensions. This is something "similar" to what Embraer did in the development of the Xingu. Now I will do a mold for the Xingu wings. Cheers, Marcos. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Marcos Borges Posted November 3, 2012 Author Share Posted November 3, 2012 Hi Guys, After a long break, here are some update in the Xingu. Cheers, Marcos. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Marcos Borges Posted November 3, 2012 Author Share Posted November 3, 2012 (edited) Some litle update with the decals dry fit. Cheers, Marcos. Edited November 3, 2012 by Marcos Borges Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tnuag Posted November 5, 2012 Share Posted November 5, 2012 (edited) Very nice Marlos, but typical of your work!! Neil Edited November 5, 2012 by tnuag Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Marcos Borges Posted November 5, 2012 Author Share Posted November 5, 2012 Thanks Neil. Let's see if I finish it this year :) Cheers, Marcos. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Marcos Borges Posted November 13, 2012 Author Share Posted November 13, 2012 Here is a little update with the work in the main landing gear. Cheers, Marcos. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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