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The kit is the older Testor's
OV-10A. Out of the box, this kit isn't much. Not a bad kit, there just isn't
much in the way of detail. I added the Paragon OV-10D conversion kit to the
basic model. This is the second time I have built this conversion. The first
time was my first attempt at converting a kit and the first time using resin/photoetch
parts. This is a hard kit to try out your skills at resin parts! It didn't come
out quite like I hoped. Dave Aungst's OV-10 article on Hyperscale
encouraged me to try again.
The model is brush painted with
Model Master Acrylics for the brown and sand colors, and Model Master Enamel for
the undersides. My airbrush wasn't quite up to the task of painting this one (
or maybe I wasn't up to the task of airbrushing it!). Decals are from Super
Scale. The fuel tank is a modified ESCI tank from their A-4 kit, the Zuni pods
are from the Hasegawa weapons set, and the Sidwinders are from my spares box
with pylon spacers made from half round stock. Landing gear bays were made with
sheet stock The antennae are made from guitar string. And now I come to what I
am most pleased with myself about.
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"Disco Light" IR jammer on top of the wing. I really couldn't
think of anything to make it out of that was the right size, so I had
finally decided to use a section cut out of a 1/2 cc hypodermic needle
syringe. As I was pulling the plunger out of the syringe, it made that
"pop" noise, which made me look at the rubber stopper at the
end of the plunger. It was shaped about as close as you could hope for,
and was what I felt to be pretty much the exact size I needed! A little
paint and there you have it! |
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I learned a lot about new
techniques building this kit. Patience being the biggest. This kit took a lot of
sanding work to make the conversion fit, and I spent a lot of time working with
putty, sandpaper and primer. I even tried re-scribing some panel lines that were
lost, which is something I've never done before either. I did some
scratchbuilding too.
Mike
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