1/72 Embraer 110 P1 'Bandit'
Oct 13, 2023 12:23:43 GMT 12
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Post by harrysone on Oct 13, 2023 12:23:43 GMT 12
Its surprising that no main-stream kit manufacturer has yet come up with an injection molded kit of the Bandeirante (although there is the shorter fuselage EMB-111 supposedly waiting in the wings with Sova/Amodel).
Anyway, back to my build...This 1/72 model has its origins way back in 1984! Lawrence, a good mate of mine built a vac-form model of the Bandeirante during the '80s. The original timber molds for the vacform were made in the days before computers, were based on 3-view drawings and up to 400x enlargement using a trusty photocopier
! Lawrence recently came across his molds again and I felt inspired to have a go at creating myself a new Embraer 110 'Bandit' using some of his newly created vacform components. At the same time, and having researched some Embraer aircraft, I was aware that the later EMB 121 Xingu is actually closely related to the 'Bandit', in fact it shares engines, wings ( slightly shortened) and landing gear. I was also aware that Amodel had produced an injection molded kit of the aircraft. With this in mind I set out to use the '121 kit as a significant donor of parts to my 'Bandit' build, which now only required a new fuselage and tail plane.
The wings needed extending and the ride height of the '121 nose gear needed changing, as did the change from a dual nose wheel to a single wheel (from my parts bin). The cockpit interior for my 'Bandit' are all '121 components, including instrument decals (everything fit the 'Bandit' fuselage well). Scratch-built cabin floors and bulkheads were incorporated into my new fuselage, however I haven't put any cabin interior in this build, the interior is painted black. Cabin windows consist of plastic strip glued to the inside of the fuselage walls. Cockpit glazing is provided care of recycled clear 'superglue' vacform packaging, taking advantage of curved sections of the packaging to take up the curved nose section contours.
Here is the progress on my build thus far, it looks pretty good for a prototype , however I thing the side windows in the cockpit could be better shaped. Any changes to these windows will have to be in a subsequent build I think.
1I7A9499 by Harry Follas, on Flickr
Untitled by Harry Follas, on Flickr
1I7A9496 by Harry Follas, on Flickr
1I7A9493 by Harry Follas, on Flickr
1I7A9490 by Harry Follas, on Flickr
1I7A9492 by Harry Follas, on Flickr
1I7A9500 by Harry Follas, on Flickr
Anyway, back to my build...This 1/72 model has its origins way back in 1984! Lawrence, a good mate of mine built a vac-form model of the Bandeirante during the '80s. The original timber molds for the vacform were made in the days before computers, were based on 3-view drawings and up to 400x enlargement using a trusty photocopier
! Lawrence recently came across his molds again and I felt inspired to have a go at creating myself a new Embraer 110 'Bandit' using some of his newly created vacform components. At the same time, and having researched some Embraer aircraft, I was aware that the later EMB 121 Xingu is actually closely related to the 'Bandit', in fact it shares engines, wings ( slightly shortened) and landing gear. I was also aware that Amodel had produced an injection molded kit of the aircraft. With this in mind I set out to use the '121 kit as a significant donor of parts to my 'Bandit' build, which now only required a new fuselage and tail plane. The wings needed extending and the ride height of the '121 nose gear needed changing, as did the change from a dual nose wheel to a single wheel (from my parts bin). The cockpit interior for my 'Bandit' are all '121 components, including instrument decals (everything fit the 'Bandit' fuselage well). Scratch-built cabin floors and bulkheads were incorporated into my new fuselage, however I haven't put any cabin interior in this build, the interior is painted black. Cabin windows consist of plastic strip glued to the inside of the fuselage walls. Cockpit glazing is provided care of recycled clear 'superglue' vacform packaging, taking advantage of curved sections of the packaging to take up the curved nose section contours.
Here is the progress on my build thus far, it looks pretty good for a prototype , however I thing the side windows in the cockpit could be better shaped. Any changes to these windows will have to be in a subsequent build I think.
1I7A9499 by Harry Follas, on FlickrUntitled by Harry Follas, on Flickr1I7A9496 by Harry Follas, on Flickr1I7A9493 by Harry Follas, on Flickr1I7A9490 by Harry Follas, on Flickr1I7A9492 by Harry Follas, on Flickr1I7A9500 by Harry Follas, on Flickr 
