Post Apocalyptic OV-10A Bronco 1:32. FINISHED!

[Haggis]

The year is 2039 and the collapse in the Middle East oil reserves following the 3rd Gulf War has plunged the world into a world war. Nuclear fall out preceded drought and famine. Now the few remaining humans eke out a dangerous hunter gatherer living, trading scarce resources for food. Materials are abundant, abandoned in the old times, food and expertise are not. Neither is fuel, that precious commodity now replaces money and gold as man's treasure.

By far the safest mode of transporting goods is by air. The few remaining aircraft are cannibalised and adapted to keep flying, and their crews brave the airborne pirates who own the marauding skies. To survive a crew must relay on guile, cunning and superior flying skills to live. Many are pilots who survived the old wars, but then so are the pirates!

Here are just a few of the goodies that I will be using in this model. Hang on you may be thinking, what are the Zero engines in there for, and the Live Resin Wrangler Humvee wheels, and what the hell are those resin skulls......? What I haven't taken a picture of is the Hobby Boss WMIK in 1:35. I'm going to be using parts from this too......?!?!?!?!?! Well, this is going to be a very special project, a very unique model........



Work started in the cockpit as is usual. I wanted to replace the fighter style grip so mounted the cut down WMIK steering wheel onto some wire core plastic rod and added some cabling.



Next up is the pilot's seat. I've added some detail from plastic rod and strip. I need to add some piping and cabling yet. You'll note there are no cushions, they'll be painted separately before the harness is added.



I'm going for a really detailed cockpit, all fiction of course. This is just the start.



This model is going to have "different" engines which will require more cockpit levers. I cut off the rear cockpit throttle quadrant, blanked it off, removed some of the moulded console detail and mounted it in the front. The hole in the rear was blanked off with plastic card.



The cockpit floor was detailed with plastic strip. That grey blob is half a 1:48 F-14 Tomcat Vulcan cannon! The sandy part is part of the WMIK V8 engine block!



And this is where I am up to so far. There is going to be loads more detail to come in both cockpits, this is just the start!

[Leon]

Off to a great start and some fine looking scratch work in the cockpit!

[adt70hk]

A simply BRILLIANT idea! I wish I had your sort of imagination!

Bookmarking this one!

andrew

[wing_nut]

Nice details and scratch work. What's that saw?

[Haggis]

Thanks chaps.

The saw is an RB productions steel photo etched saw, it's brilliant!

[dierk]

Love the idea! That alone deserves a karma point. Some nice work going on in your cockpit! I'll be sure to pop by occasionally.
Judging by your name I'm guessing you're from Deano's neck of the woods?

[Haggis]

Hi Dierk.

Actually I was born in Essex but grew up in Somerset! My surname is Haggo and I picked up the nick name in the military when I started flying! Although my Grandfather is Scottish and he traced our routes to the Norwegian Vikings!

[dierk]

Ah, OK - I saw a conclusion and jumped at it

[TRM]

Awesome stuff there Jamie!! Looking forward to seeing this one unfold!! Enjoy the freedom of the build!!

[Rick]

Like the theme you're going with on this build Jamie. Quite the combination of equipment you've gathered too. Been really thinking hard about picking up this Bronco so will be quite interesting to see how your theme comes together.

Rick.

[Deleted]

Don't do any more till I get back with my bag of Pop Corn:)

[adt70hk]

Hi haggis

As I said before this is a brilliant idea - sort of reminded me a bit of Mad Max.

How much was the saw? It looks great idea.

Thanks again for sharing.

Andrew

[Wes]

Love the story, love the work so far.

Looking forward to more

[deafpanzer]

Hell yeah!!! Great start... count me in too!

[Haggis]

The saw was quite cheap, around 6 Euros I think. But you'll need a handle, they're cheap and RB Productions stock them.

The cockpit was finally finished. To be honest I just let the imagination run away and I just kept adding more and more so in the end it looks really very busy. Its all plastic card, bits of that 1:48 F-14 and 1:35 WMIK, lead wire, brass wire and Albion Alloys tubing.








That row of black dots are HGW rivets, decals in fact! Note also the home made spring in the pilot's seat, inspired by the real thing but I think that's part of the comms. I did this because I think it looked cool!



To glue the brass rod, I squashed the ends to give a larger surface area for gluing.



Here is the finished gunner's cockpit. That seat is from the WMIK!



The pilot's office wasn't neglected. As well as plastic strip and Albion Alloys tubing, I also added a WMIK thingamajig and some Airscale photo etch bits.

[Leon]

WOW.....Really great detail work on the cockpit Jamie!

[Haggis]

Now time for paint, first up, Alclad black primer. This is highly recommended owing to all the different materials, plus it will help with shading.



Next up was a layer of undercoat of a weathered steel colour; namely a mix of black, buff, red and Medium Sea Grey. On top was a layer of Ammo of Mig's Scratch Effects chipping fluid. When dry I sprayed the top coat, Tamiya XF-4 Yellow/Green which is a great Zinc Chromate primer colour. Note the subtle shading from the undercoat.





Now the fun part. Keeping the area wet I scrubbed the areas of wear with a brush, eventually the water will soak through and dissolve the chipping fluid (you can use hairspray but its a bit of a sledgehammer and can be unpredictable) and lift off the dry paint in realistic chipping patterns.





Next was the pin wash. I used a mix of tones from Ammo of Mig's Panel Line Wash (PLW) series and a new product from Alclad called Hogwash (brilliant by the way). I recieved a sample to test out so I'm not sure where you can get it, if it's even released yet.

The wash was dabbed into the area then when dry removed with a soft moist brush.



Time for some detail painting. The switches were picked out with a fine brush and acrylic paint. I "wet" dry-brushed the rear CB panel, the detail was too small to accurately paint and dry brushing is not opaque enough and would affect the edges of the box. By just removing the worst of the excess of the brush you get a much stronger finish.




If stencils give you nightmares then look away now. Using Airscale's superb placard decals I dressed up the cockpit, the CB panel has over 40 decals on it alone! I also added some wiring looms, these are cotton covered wire from Little Cars.



The instrument panel was a mix of Airscale decals and kit supplied decal chopped up. Note I got the Turn and Slip upside-down!

[Haggis]

I wanted to portray a dirty and dusty environment so Ammo of Mig's Airfield Dust and Earth pigments were applied in the nooks and crannies. this was fixed in place using white spirit.





Lastly some Ammo of Mig engine grime and Fresh Engine Oil was carefully applied in the appropriate places.





That was the cockpit tub complete so attention was turned to the seats. The WMIK seat for the rear gunner was made up then attacked with a scalpel to simulate cuts and general wear and tear.





The seat frames were painted using Mr. Paint's Soviet Interior. Honestly, get this stuff, its by far the best paint on the planet.



Metal bits were picked out using Ammo of Mig's new metallic acrylic. This stuff is superb for brushing, it also sprays very well when thinned.



To weather the vinyl, buff paint was dry brushed and strips of grey decal (from a 1:72 Phantom) were applied simulating gaffer tape repairs!



After a wash and decalling, the harnesses were added. In this case the HGW He-111 set!





And that's the cockpit finished!



I'll post up how I got to this stage tomorrow, I don't want to bore you too much!

[dierk]

Stunning result Haggis! Certainly no onset of boredom at this end! Loving the gaffa-taped seat!

[John Everett]

I used to fly a crop duster which had a car seat in it. In fact, that old Callair looked a lot like your interior here.

[Leon]

WOW...Excellent work on the cockpit Jamie!

Nothing boring about this project! Lookin forward to seeing your next update.

[chris0423]

Brilliant, absolutely brilliant Haggis, a stunning detail and finish on the pit!

Chris.

[adt70hk]

I couldn't agree more with the above comments! It looks amazing on my phone - can't wait to see what it looks like on a proper screen!

Andrew

[dupes]

Wow. Doesn't look much like an OV-10 anymore, does it? Excellent scratch and weathering work!

[Haggis]

Thanks chaps.

Here is the next update chaps. First off, the cargo cabin.

The rear bulkhead was was detailed up, I didn't go made as it's going to be dark back there!



The floor plate was detailed with etched tread plate, plastic strip and HGW rivet decals. The basket is from the WMIK kit but the floor became the lid, a new floor was made with plastic card, the back blanked with photo etch mesh and various details added such as clasps, hinges etc.



The bits were primed with Alclad black micro primer.



The various bits were painted and chipped as per the cockpit.





The tread plate didn't chip too well so it was enhanced by dry brushing.



Rust was simulated by applying Ammo of Mig's Rust Streaking effects. When dry it was blended with a moist brush.



Ammo of Mig's Airfield Dust and Earth pigments were applied and fixed with white spirit.



A thinned mix of Ammo of Mig Fresh Engine Oil, Engine Grime and Black pigment was applied to simulate old oil stains.

[dierk]

Another excellent update! Metaphorically speaking, I'm on the edge of my seat (I like my comfort too much to do it in RL)

[Rick]

Great work Haggis. Pretty much an SBS of how to make a beautiful mess of a cockpit. Appreciate you sharing the details. Looking forward to more.
Rick

[Leon]

Great update Jamie! This just keeps getting better and better.

[Deleted]

Wow! That is some incredible detail work!

[Haggis]

Thanks guys, I really appreciate the comments.

Now for the gun pods. The structural bits were painted on the sprue with Mr. Paint's Lemon Yellow Russian primer. Look how smooth that is, it's wonderful paint, the best ever.



I used Warpigs thinner for the pin wash, it's great stuff.



The was was cleaned up with a moist (enamel thinner) brush.



In order to simulate streaking grime, the was was drawn downwards and blended.



Who knew, dry brushing pigment over Tamiya matt black works a treat! These are the M60s which need to go in during the construction.



After the dusty pigments, Ammo of Mig's Engine Oil was thinned slightly and flicked onto the parts to look like splashes.



More oil was added near the guns themselves.