Embraer EMB-312 Tucano

Wingspan: 2250 mm

Motor: Turboprop JetCat

Fuselage building in preparation. Formers are laser cut from poplar plywood 3 mm and strenght parts are milled from birch plywood 3 mm ….                Hull surface is from balsa 4 mm sanded to 3 mm in the end ….    

   

Turboprop intalation ….

   

   

Basic cementing ….

    The whole model is lacquered by nitro varnish, sanded and coated by Modellspan. Then two part spray putty was used, sanded, two part spray filler, sanded again and again – never ending Boogie – and sanded “under watter” in the end. Every shadow is this hot summer (2015) is very pleasant …..

   

In this very hot summer ( 2015 ) was every shadow pleasant ….

   

Pilots try to seating posture in the cocpit for the first time …. still without equipment ….

   

Whole surface was sprayed by two part white colour …. and masking,  exhausting work ….
the clours spraying is contentment then ….

   

    

    

    

Wings skeleton and set up with fuselage ….

    

   

Undercarriage shafts preparation ….

     Rivets, lines, covers, mounting holes gluing, all from plotter films …. the model owner has joined ….

    

    

 

 

And here it is …. when the things go wrong …. red colour entained to white base during unmasking …. I am afraid I used spirit for degreasing which probably includes some component acting as separator …. no more …. again waiting for me grinding and spraying ….

 

This is, except some corrections, better ….

 

   

Semifinished products of instrument panels and control sticks ….

   

Front and back cocpits, look better now ….

   

Finished ….

    Application of some decals printed on laser printer …. the best way to do it is in the kitchen of course …. the table is 1200 mm wide ….

   

Preparation on airfield called “Czech Heaven” without spinner yet…

   

At present, a complete adjustment and setting of all the controlled functions in the RC transmitter and the verification of the Center of Gravity position are awaiting. The first start is always adrenaline …. the pilot has in his hands two years of hard work and considerable finances …..

The last info: this year ( 2019 ) the model changed owner.  In one of flight he landed with undercarriage down in front of asphalt surface into the grass….. Embraer was totaly destroyed ….