Kitty Hawk 1/32 OV-10D Bronco

[BarryW]

One good thing about Kitty Hawk is that they do provide proper FS numbers to help accurately identify the right colours and, of course, they can easily be tied into the MRP range as they too provide FS numbers.

I have sprayed the interior components with the appropriate shades of grey (2 not 50!). Plus where needed interior green.


I will start some detail painting tonight.

 

[Vaughan]

All's looking good Barry.

 

[BarryW]

Look at what has turned up in the post!!


They look very nice indeed. I have only done limited resin work before and nothing quite like this. Any tips?

 

[Jim R]

Hi Barry
Progress on the cockpit is good. You seem to be overcoming KH's attempts to derail you Those seats look really good. The casting blocks will need careful removing. Sides look fragile.
Jim

 

[Mr Bowcat]

Give them a good soapy wash before painting to remove any release agent.

 

[Jakko]

I have only done limited resin work before and nothing quite like this. Any tips?

These don’t look like they need much assembly. The blocks on the bottoms of the seats, do they need to come off or should they stay on? If they have to go, use a razor saw and careful strokes so you don’t produce more dust than necessary, then wet-sand the bottoms flat. If the blocks should stay but need reducing in height or flattening on the underside, again, wet-sand them. In either case, to get it good and flat, you can tape or glue a piece of wet-and-dry sandpaper to a piece of wood and move the part over it in figure-8 motions.

 

[BarryW]

Blocks razor sawed off, washed and cleaned up a bit. Black primer and painted grey. Ready for detail painting tomorrow.

Thanks for the advice everyone.

 

[Jim R]

Hi Barry
Seats are very nice. Good job removing the casting blocks. It would have been easy to damage the delicate sides and top.
Jim

 

[Vaughan]

Well executed Barry as Jim says those sides look very delicate. Whats the part at the bottom of the photo?

 

[BarryW]

Well executed Barry as Jim says those sides look very delicate. Whats the part at the bottom of the photo?

It is the camera pod that sits below the nose.when I remove the masks you will see transparencies for the cameras. No cameras though.

 

[Vaughan]

Ah ok I've just looked back at the box art and that makes sense. I thought it might have been a resin part.

 

[BarryW]

I masked and then airbrushed field green for the seats. A little touch up will be needed then I will paint seat belts and other details.

 

[BarryW]

Some more pics.








I have to say that this is a shoddy badly produced kit. At first the issues were just amusing, it then became annoying and is becoming infuriating.

If I had not already bought the Kitty Hawk F5 then I would not bother with one of their kits again. I cannot stand thoughtless poor model design and engineering.

Fixing the resin seats into place was a challenge and the rear seat has only a drop of superglue to hold it In place. It will take the slightest knock to dislodge it. OK I need not have bought the resin but the kits seats are pretty poor and I do t think they would be much better to fix in place. I am persisting with this kit but it will not take much more for me to bin it.....

 

[BarryW]

Still struggling fitting the interior to the fuselage resulted in getting out some cutters and doing major butchery to the nose and in the process the seats and rear instrument panel all broke free. Before refitting them I will complete the main fuselage constriction which is going to involve a lot of filler and sanding.

By the way - what idiot decided decals over raised detail is a good idea? Anyway the obvious happened so the panels are a mix of decals and painting.















Lots of joint filling and sanding now to do.....

 

[papa 695]

Some very nice work Barry, those seats look great

 

[Vaughan]

Despite all your hassles with this kit the interior looks very nice. Keep plodding on Barry don't let this kit beat you.

 

[BarryW]

Its worth adding that the white metal undercarriage supplied by SAC is a waste of time. It is quite poorly produced and I am frankly not sure how to put it together without breaking it. It is the first time SAC have let me down.

I am reverting to the kit legs but I know they wont be strong enough but hopefully it might be OK for a bit before it saga and collapses.

 

[Deleted member 7181]

Well, that's Kitty Hawk crossed off the list of kits I must try. If it's causing you this many issues I'd have no chance!

 

[rtfoe]

What a contrast from Tammi to Kitti...just like my experience with a surprisingly good fitting Trumpy kit and my present Kinetic kit. I feel for you Barry but I know it'll come out good at the end albeit with wobbly legs.

Aren't there any other after market undercarriage for the Bronco?

Cheers,
Richard

 

[Jim R]

Hi Barry

Despite all your hassles with this kit the interior looks very nice. Keep plodding on Barry don't let this kit beat you.

I think Vaughan is right. With your skill and experience you'll make it work.

Well, that's Kitty Hawk crossed off the list of kits I must try. If it's causing you this many issues I'd have no chance!

Me too!
Jim