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L-1011-Heavy · 04-05-2008, 05:16 PM

For Those Who Don't Care What The Model Looks Like...Buy It.
Some Of You Are Forgetting Glider Pilot Is Asking How "GOOD" Is Their MD-11 Mould.
IMO Their Mould Does Not Even REMOTELY Look Like An MD-11, Nor Does Their DC-10. They Are The Worst In The Hobby.
David Will Agree I'm Sure.

The Tucano Story, Or At Least As Far As Moulds Go.
1) DW/Tucano Models were FINE. Love The Swissair & Varig Stuff They Made.
2) Rumored To Have Cheated DW Financially, Ending The Partnership.
3) Introducing A New Tucano B-747-400 mould. SEAMLESS! Superior To The Seamed Gemini Jets At The Time, But Definitely A Copy.
Truth Is It Has Several Flaws. The Wings As Mentioned. Upper Deck Is Too High & The Most Bizarre Cockpit In The Industry For Their First Model. Eva Air.
Tail Fin Chord Is A Bit Narrow & Off Shaped. Pylons & Engines Have Issues Too.
The KLM Had The Cockpit Corrected, But Different Names On Each Side Of The Nose. Not Only That The Cheatline Expanded On One Side.
For The First Year, They Had The BEST Colors In The Industry By A Milestone Which Is Why I Bought the Eva Air, KLM, Singapore Tropical Megatop, Qantas Formula One & JAL Super Logistics.
4) Introducing New MD-11 & 767 Moulds. Welcomed By Some, But Scorned By Those That Know What These Aircraft Look Like.
QC Issues Continued While In Their Final Years Adding
5) More New Moulds Such As The DC-9-32, TU-154, B-717, DC-10 & MD-80.
These Models Not Only Had The Usual QC Issues, But Were Also Poor Moulds.
Color Also Suffered Drastically With These Moulds.
The ERJ-145 Was Pretty Good However.
6) These Moulds Went On To Phoenix & Gemini Used Many As Well For A Time.
7) The Fall Of The Company Is Prolly Due In Part Their Business Ethics, Quality & Greed. Boy I Paid HANDSOMELY Foor My Tucrappo 744s. 60 Bucks Each Retail. Big Bird Killed Them With 40.00 Pricing & Superior Moulds.
8) Tucriminal. To Those In Behind The Scenes, They Are Also Known As "Tucriminal"
Personally I Use The Term Tucrappo Mostly, But Every Now & Again Tucriminal, Simply Because They Cost So Much.
They Are Also Known As Tucriminal Because They Introduced "Golden Wings" Under The Tucano Brand Name, They Gauranteed Only 499 Releases Per Model Under Tucano (As Well as Promising To Replace Flawed Models & MELTING The Defective Ones). Under Golden Wings However They Tried To Cheat The Collectorate And Released Several Models Like The Eva Air With An Additional 499 Pieces(Same reg, Same Flawed Cockpit).
They Tried To Fool The Collectorate, But Someone Called Them On It Earning The Tucriminal Name In The Eyes Of Collectors As Well.
End Of Tucano Story.

04-05-2008, 05:16 PM	#20
L-1011-Heavy The Heavy One Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Toronto, Canada, Eh? Trijets & Landors 4 EVER Age: 45 Posts: 4,445	Re: Info required on Tucano models. For Those Who Don't Care What The Model Looks Like...Buy It. Some Of You Are Forgetting Glider Pilot Is Asking How "GOOD" Is Their MD-11 Mould. IMO Their Mould Does Not Even REMOTELY Look Like An MD-11, Nor Does Their DC-10. They Are The Worst In The Hobby. David Will Agree I'm Sure. The Tucano Story, Or At Least As Far As Moulds Go. 1) DW/Tucano Models were FINE. Love The Swissair & Varig Stuff They Made. 2) Rumored To Have Cheated DW Financially, Ending The Partnership. 3) Introducing A New Tucano B-747-400 mould. SEAMLESS! Superior To The Seamed Gemini Jets At The Time, But Definitely A Copy. Truth Is It Has Several Flaws. The Wings As Mentioned. Upper Deck Is Too High & The Most Bizarre Cockpit In The Industry For Their First Model. Eva Air. Tail Fin Chord Is A Bit Narrow & Off Shaped. Pylons & Engines Have Issues Too. The KLM Had The Cockpit Corrected, But Different Names On Each Side Of The Nose. Not Only That The Cheatline Expanded On One Side. For The First Year, They Had The BEST Colors In The Industry By A Milestone Which Is Why I Bought the Eva Air, KLM, Singapore Tropical Megatop, Qantas Formula One & JAL Super Logistics. 4) Introducing New MD-11 & 767 Moulds. Welcomed By Some, But Scorned By Those That Know What These Aircraft Look Like. QC Issues Continued While In Their Final Years Adding 5) More New Moulds Such As The DC-9-32, TU-154, B-717, DC-10 & MD-80. These Models Not Only Had The Usual QC Issues, But Were Also Poor Moulds. Color Also Suffered Drastically With These Moulds. The ERJ-145 Was Pretty Good However. 6) These Moulds Went On To Phoenix & Gemini Used Many As Well For A Time. 7) The Fall Of The Company Is Prolly Due In Part Their Business Ethics, Quality & Greed. Boy I Paid HANDSOMELY Foor My Tucrappo 744s. 60 Bucks Each Retail. Big Bird Killed Them With 40.00 Pricing & Superior Moulds. 8) Tucriminal. To Those In Behind The Scenes, They Are Also Known As "Tucriminal" Personally I Use The Term Tucrappo Mostly, But Every Now & Again Tucriminal, Simply Because They Cost So Much. They Are Also Known As Tucriminal Because They Introduced "Golden Wings" Under The Tucano Brand Name, They Gauranteed Only 499 Releases Per Model Under Tucano (As Well as Promising To Replace Flawed Models & MELTING The Defective Ones). Under Golden Wings However They Tried To Cheat The Collectorate And Released Several Models Like The Eva Air With An Additional 499 Pieces(Same reg, Same Flawed Cockpit). They Tried To Fool The Collectorate, But Someone Called Them On It Earning The Tucriminal Name In The Eyes Of Collectors As Well. End Of Tucano Story. __________________ *The Heavy Armada* *"In The Absence Of Excellence, There Is Only Mediocrity."* Last edited by L-1011-Heavy; 04-06-2008 at 12:12 AM.