Buckeye82 Posted April 18, 2020 Share Posted April 18, 2020 Life has kept me away from modeling for a bit but my genealogy hobby has got me inspired again. I discovered a third cousin that was shot down in 1970 flying a Bronco for the Marines on his third combat tour. He and his copilot/observer spent the night evading capture. The following day after hearing small arms fire in the direction of my cousin he was picked up with a Spad pilot also shot down flying cover. My cousin was never heard from again, listed MIA. I’ll be building the Kittyhawk 1:32 Bronco in the livery of VMO-2 in his memory. It won’t be a quick build but I’ll post my progress. Mike 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bomber_County Posted April 18, 2020 Share Posted April 18, 2020 Looking forward to the build 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buckeye82 Posted April 23, 2020 Author Share Posted April 23, 2020 Started working on some sub assemblies prior to some painting. Nice molding details in this kit. Have found some heavy flash on some parts and the usual mislabeled parts in the instructions and wrong paint call outs. This is going to be a heavy one and the way the Bronco landing gear is designed (rough field) I think I better invest in some metal gear. So far so good. Mike 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smitty44 Posted April 23, 2020 Share Posted April 23, 2020 Ya I know someone who built the kit oob, and the kit gear splayed outwards in quick order. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buckeye82 Posted April 23, 2020 Author Share Posted April 23, 2020 6 minutes ago, smitty44 said: Ya I know someone who built the kit oob, and the kit gear splayed outwards in quick order. Thanks for the heads up! Mike 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Clunkmeister Posted April 23, 2020 Administrators Share Posted April 23, 2020 Definitely use the bronze gear. The SAC white metal gear is soft and worse than the kit gear. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vandy1 VX-4 Posted April 23, 2020 Share Posted April 23, 2020 Aerocraft models has produced a very nice set that is made out of hardened brass, and are exceptionally robust: https://aerocraftmodels.bigcartel.com/product/ov-10a-c-bronco-brass-undercarriage-set 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SapperSix Posted April 23, 2020 Share Posted April 23, 2020 58 minutes ago, Clunkmeister said: Definitely use the bronze gear. The SAC white metal gear is soft and worse than the kit gear. I only do bronze after my one experience with SAC. Definitely use bronze....(Aerocraft) 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buckeye82 Posted April 23, 2020 Author Share Posted April 23, 2020 Thanks for that information, I was just about to order the SAC white metal gear. Will definitely go with the brass! Mike 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HubertB Posted April 23, 2020 Share Posted April 23, 2020 5 hours ago, Buckeye82 said: Thanks for that information, I was just about to order the SAC white metal gear. Will definitely go with the brass! Mike It’s a simple rule to remember: NEVER EVER buy a SAC white metal gear for a 1/32 kit. If you have doubts about the strength of the plastic part, you can be certain that it still will be twice stronger than the crapium used by SAC ... Hubert 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buckeye82 Posted April 23, 2020 Author Share Posted April 23, 2020 Thanks Hubert! What do you use to assemble the brass parts, super glue? Mike 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Dekenba Posted April 23, 2020 Share Posted April 23, 2020 24 minutes ago, HubertB said: It’s a simple rule to remember: NEVER EVER buy a SAC white metal gear for a 1/32 kit. If you have doubts about the strength of the plastic part, you can be certain that it still will be twice stronger than the crapium used by SAC ... Hubert Couldn't agree more. Absolute crap, with apologies to crap. Very poor copies of the kit gear, but with the strength of a 2 week old blancmange. Needs a ton of clean-up, straightening, sanding & priming, and even then they won't last as long as a pair of toothpicks. The Aerocraft gear looks absolutely amazing. That's what I imagined a SAC set would look like, before I actually ponied up the dosh to buy a set. Generally speaking, G-Factor gear is also outstandingly good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HubertB Posted April 23, 2020 Share Posted April 23, 2020 11 minutes ago, Buckeye82 said: Thanks Hubert! What do you use to assemble the brass parts, super glue? Mike Not CA. CA is only good for resisting tensile forces, and the LG design of the OV-10 implies torsion and shearing forces for which CA is not the best. So, use two-component epoxy instead. The queen of epoxy glues is JB-Weld : old product, but still unbeatable. And, yes, the KH kit absolutely needs replacing. The Aerocraft landing gear is really great. Hubert 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buckeye82 Posted April 23, 2020 Author Share Posted April 23, 2020 Thanks again!! Will order this gear tonight. Mike 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vandy1 VX-4 Posted April 24, 2020 Share Posted April 24, 2020 Buckeye 82 Mike Also Harold of AMS Resin does the Wing tanks, seats, wheels, and center drop tank I recommend those as well. Highly recommend you get his seats and center tank. contact info is in this thread Let us know what you want as a load out in weapons! eduard does a 4 shot ZUNI pod. Harold (AMS) has some stuff to. https://www.hbhobbies.com/collections/rexx-exhausts/products/rx32048-ov-10a-c-exhausts 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buckeye82 Posted April 24, 2020 Author Share Posted April 24, 2020 8 hours ago, Vandy1 VX-4 said: Buckeye 82 Mike Also Harold of AMS Resin does the Wing tanks, seats, wheels, and center drop tank I recommend those as well. Highly recommend you get his seats and center tank. contact info is in this thread Let us know what you want as a load out in weapons! eduard does a 4 shot ZUNI pod. Harold (AMS) has some stuff to. https://www.hbhobbies.com/collections/rexx-exhausts/products/rx32048-ov-10a-c-exhausts Nice, will check this out. Thanks!! Mike 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buckeye82 Posted April 26, 2020 Author Share Posted April 26, 2020 On 4/22/2020 at 8:49 PM, smitty44 said: Ya I know someone who built the kit oob, and the kit gear splayed outwards in quick order. Thanks for the heads up! Mike 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buckeye82 Posted April 26, 2020 Author Share Posted April 26, 2020 Got one of the engines, mounts and bulkhead ready for paint. Kit has some nice photo etch included. I think I’ll close up the second one. Only complaint so far is some thick attachment points on some fragile parts and the part numbers on the trees are hard to read for these aging eyes. 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vandy1 VX-4 Posted April 27, 2020 Share Posted April 27, 2020 Mike Just a heads up! Look close at your reference photos for the screens on the engine intakes!!!!! A lot of them are museum birds and have screens in the intakes to keep birds out You have the semi round screen that should not be there on the Motor. I also had a distant relative that flew for the NAVY VAL-4 Black Ponies. He was killed on a Mission there. I also found out He ( Pete Russel ) had a unconfirmed Mig kill in a Skyradair to. On the landing gear? I know of some guys glue the gear inwards to counter the gear from splaying outwards. But it still does or breaks. Cheers Danny 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buckeye82 Posted April 27, 2020 Author Share Posted April 27, 2020 Mmmm, may have to break out the debonder. Very sorry to hear about your relative. Thanks Danny! Mike 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Clunkmeister Posted April 27, 2020 Administrators Share Posted April 27, 2020 Looking good so far, Mike. It’s a nice kit and builds into a speculator model when finished 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buckeye82 Posted April 27, 2020 Author Share Posted April 27, 2020 Hope I can do it justice. I see amazing work on the site here. I'm just your average builder for fun and relaxation. Mike 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HubertB Posted April 27, 2020 Share Posted April 27, 2020 5 hours ago, Clunkmeister said: .... into a speculator .... Methink that the #@!% autocorrector of your phone or ipad has stricken again, Ernie Hubert 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shark64 Posted April 27, 2020 Share Posted April 27, 2020 such a cool airplane. So much can be done to make it stand out . Will follow for sure 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Clunkmeister Posted April 27, 2020 Administrators Share Posted April 27, 2020 2 hours ago, HubertB said: Methink that the #@!% autocorrector of your phone or ipad has stricken again, Ernie Hubert Drat!! There it is again!! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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