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

[Leon]

Gun pods and weathering look fantastic Jamie!

[deafpanzer]

Looking STUNNING already... great touch with the duct tapes to the seat!

[adt70hk]

Jamie

Stunning, simply stunning!!  

Andrew

[panzerjager2]

That's some of the finest detail work I've seen. This is one AWESOME build

[dierk]

Just like the slogan for MR Kipling's finest: Exceedingly good!

[Haggis]

Thanks guys, I really do appreciate all the comments.

Finally I could close up the fuselage. The seam is long and flat, a recipe for an awkward join, that's Tamiya filler!



It's going to have fixed undercarriage so the nose wheel was blanked off using thin "steel" plates, simulated by plastic card.



Space for smuggling as much as possible is at a premium, so a Jerry can rack was made from Albion Alloys tubing, spare bits and some photo etch.



Right, lots going on here. An auxiliary ventral tank covers up the worst of that seam. This is going to be the new undercarriage mount, it's going to take a lot of pounding so needed strengthening hence the Albion Alloys tubing. Those WMIK bits on the outside are part of the suspension system.

[Leon]

Nice progress and scratch work Jamie! Coming along nicely.

[dupes]

Indeed! Not going to look much like an OV-10 by the time you're done!

[Haggis]

Thanks chaps, much appreciated.

Now attention turned to the rest of the airframe and first up the tail booms. The fit was OK but the inserts needed a bit of filler. After a good rub down and re-scribe the rivets were added with RB Productions' rivet wheel.





The exhausts were added from plastic tube plus the open area blanked off with mesh.



The wing to boom join needed filler too. For speed and more importantly non-shrinkage I used superglue mixed with talc.



Skinny sticks come into their own here.



And after a polish the rivets were added.



Underneath the wheel wells were blanked off with lead sheet.



The engine fronts were blacked off with plastic card. You'll see why later!



The contact area available for gluing is small therefore some brass rod was glued in place to act as wing spars.

[Haggis]

Gluing the wings to the booms wasn't really a drama. I used superglue followed by sanding then restoring the lost detail. Lastly was a full rivet job.















And that was the main part of the airframe all done.

[dierk]

Once again, and excellent update Haggis! And I finally found something I'm less than delighted with: the flat PE chains on the fuel-rack Other than that though: I'm totally in awe and impressed by your high standard of work, and if my back wasn't so knackered I'd bow down.

[Haggis]

I thought it would be cool do add a patch on the wing. 5 though plastic card was glued in place then Archer raised rivet decals applied. There are gaps, these were repaired.



These were sealed with Mr Metal primer then Alclad grey. It will be masked and I don't want the rivets to come off.



More random WMIK bits!



Various grab handles and the like were added as well as tread plate and supports to the foot rests. That big Albion Alloys tube is part of the gunner seat support. More on that later too!



Time for some colour! One of the spinners was painted up from yellow through orange to red.







It was masked using that new Tamiya bendy stuff before painting black.



And here is the finished spinner...



The 50 cal was drilled out then painted in matt black, pigment was used to get the right metallic tone. The barrel sleeve will be darkened with burnishing fluid later.

[Haggis]

Feb 12, 2016 11:34:04 GMT -5 dierk said:

Once again, and excellent update Haggis! And I finally found something I'm less than delighted with: the flat PE chains on the fuel-rack Other than that though: I'm totally in awe and impressed by your high standard of work, and if my back wasn't so knackered I'd bow down.

Those chains won't be too visible where they are and this is an extreme close up so they look better in real life. But anyway, I've knocked them off!

[Leon]

This is really looking fantastic Jamie! Awesome work on the details.

[dierk]

"I've knocked them off!" D'you want some fine 3D (actual) chains to replace them with? Got some if you want it, just PM me your address. I'd be honoured to contribute to your excellent build.

[wbill76]

Now it's really starting to come alive. Got to love the look of that spinner!

[adt70hk]

Mindblowing stuff jamie!

[deafpanzer]

Stunning work as usual!

[Rick]

Awesome!

Rick

[chris0423]

Good morning Haggis, fantastic build and a great what-if subject. I really like the pit.

Can I ask, where did you get the Mr. Paint's Soviet Interior paint?

Chris.

[nicely11b]

This is looking great, Jamie!

[panzerjager2]

Once again all I can humbly add is.....WOW

[thechaos]

Gread Work so far.

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[John Everett]

I love the idea of adding the brass as wing spars. How did they attach to the wing panels? Did you drill a shaft down each panel or were there already void spaces in the wings?

[Deleted]

I bookmarked this bad boy !

[Haggis]

Hi Chris, I get the Mr. Paint direct from the manufacturer. Google Mr. Paint and you'll find it.

Hi John, the wings are empty so no drilling required mate.

OK, I know its slightly out of order but here is some more WIP in the Bronco.

First up, I got the nose wheel out of the way. this had some light chipping done with a sponge (but later I went a bit crazy and did a load more)! The wash is Alclad's new Hogwash (brilliant by the way).



Ready for paint! But I wanted to get some of the ancillary's out of the way first...



Next up was the top gunner's rig. This was primarily from the WMIK kit but I wanted a rusted look for the gun mount but also wanted it to look like the gun deck thing had been taken from a ground vehicle.

So, first up the parts had a coat of Tamiya Red Brown mixed with a touch of black.



Next up a few light coats of Ammo of Mig Scratch Effects



Dealing with the turret ring first, some RLM 75 was sprayed on then chipped.







Chipping was enhanced using the sponge technique.



Yet more chipping fluid, XF-64 (a more rusty tone) and chips!






Now a mix of Rust Effects and Pigments was flicked onto the parts.



Then a pin wash, in this case Ammo of Mig's Track Wash.

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The finished turret ring.



The base had the same treatment but the base colour was Tamiya Sand. This has had the Scratch Effects and Sponge chipping.



To finish off, some graphite was rubbed onto the exposed metal parts and some dusty pigments applied.





That's it for now. Next time I'll show you how I did this!

[Leon]

Awesome work on the chipping and rust effects Jamie!

Patiancely waiting for your next update.

[Deleted]

So friggin cool .

[dierk]

Another cool update. I too am waiting for the next one, but unlike Leon, not patiently - after all: patience is a virgin