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This is my
1/72 scale Pulqui I made by Sur Models.
The Pulqui was
designed in Argentina in the mid ´40 by the French engineer Emile
Dewoitine and the staff of the F.M.A at the province of Cordoba, this way
Argentina became the 8th country in the world to develop a jet fighter.
Nevertheless the plane had a short life, only one prototype was completed.
Bad perfomance characteristics and the development of the I.A. 33 Pulqui II
lead to the termination of the Program.
Today the
plane rests in the Museo Nacional de Aeronautica, in Moron, Buenos Aires.
The kit is a
tipical short run resin kit, and by that I mean LOT of work, the parts
were thick, brittle and bubbles everywere, only a seat and control panel
fill the interior, so I scratch built a little, I added internal
structures, some wires rudder pedals and a better control stick.
Once I completed
the interior, I glued the fuselage halves together, attached the wings and
horizontal stabilizer, the next step involved filling and sanding, that
was the worst part of the project, the more I sanded more bubbles came to
the surface, this was very frustrating task, so I remember a thing: my
father once told me "modeling is about fun, when you want to crash a
kit against a wall is time to slow things down" so I took his advice
and learned to live with the damn bubbles jejeje.
I replaced the
kit´s landing gear, with a couple borrowed from another kit (a 109 I
believe) because the kit parts were unusable.
I finish the
model in a gloss red scheme, and the national insignias came from the
spare decals box.
In the picture
you can see Pulqui I and Pulqui II next to each other.
(you can see
my article About the Pulqui II here in ARC)
Happy
modeling!!!
Jeremias
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