daveculp

After going through the trouble of making the bomb racks and practice bombs I decided not to use them. The load out will be four LAU-68 launchers with inert rockets. This was a standard load for rocket practice and qualification at the range in Zaragoza, Spain. I don't have four launchers, so I printed them as scaled-down versions of the 1/9 scale launchers I made for the giant scale project. In this photo the 1/9 scale warheads are WP, so they're a bit larger than inerts.

Great video. I visited Holloman after the F-4's were finally retired and saw about a dozen of them on the ramp in various stages of dismantling. I guess they were being prepared for museum duty. I wish I had taken photos, but the active duty person I was with was a bit nervous about photographing the flight line.

I just ordered some AOA decals for my KH OV-10A and found them on sale at the AOA site. Since these kits might be reissued some day this seems like a good time to stock up on decals.

After working with Thierry on the OV-10A/C tweak list I'm inspired to get back to work on my Sembach based OV-10A. I started the finishing work on the ceiling of the cargo bay. For some reason the kit designer left sizable gaps in the center of the ceiling beams. Maybe he was afraid that close tolerances could prevent the closing of the fuselage halves? In any case I've started the process of closing up these gaps. Some of the gaps will be hidden behind (what I think is) the HF radio ground plate. Also shown in this photo is the first steps in filling in the roof part over the cargo bay door. I've modified the brass main gear struts by cutting off the fork from the right strut. The main struts on the OV-10 don't need forks, as there is no way for the main strut to twist. The left side has a squat switch which looks like a fork, but it's much more delicate than a fork. The right strut has nothing there. I'm now installing the 3D printed aft RHAW antennas. The kit is missing these.

Some of the items I'm amazed by with your build: 1) I can't figure out how you smoothed the printed surfaces and then scribed into them without chipping out the putty(?). 2) I'm amazed that you could even print out the small pieces on an FDM printer. 3) This is the best prototype I've ever seen.

Is it going to be a Patuxent based airplane?

I've noticed that the carburetor air scoop varies among the airplanes, but I can't see a correlation between the scoop shape and the model number. This might have been a later mod. The airplane has been in service for so long that it's hard to find photos of unmolested ones.

So long! Good luck!

That's what happens when you exceed max stick deflection while rolling. Adapted from the Dash-one?

I'll be entering this model in the Best of the West IPMS/USA show, sponsored by the Las Vegas chapter. The show is August 27, so I have time to finish it, as long as I don't encounter any more disasters. The model is far from adequate to compete in the commercial kit categories, but I might do OK in the vac/scratch category. Anyway, I've decided that the "Draken International" decals that I've been tolerating all this time, even though they are grossly silvered, will have to be redone. Sanding them off is not easy since this paint comes off in sheets, like latex paint. I might hand brush some paint into the "holes" to build the surface up to be flat, then airbrush over that. Here's a photo showing the mess. It also shows how rough the paint (Vallejo Air acrylic) went down. I'm sure most if not all of that effect is due to my inexperience at airbrushing, but regardless I'm switching to lacquer for all future models.

Fantastic! What a gorgeous airplane.

Works fine for me using three different browsers: Dissenter, Firefox and Chromium.

An F-105 for sure. If Elon Musk adopts me I might be able to get one running.

If it was glued on with CA glue then you can use Bob Smith Uncure to uncure it.

After a couple months of trying to get my mojo back I started working on the Honey Badger again. I installed the main gear, then after fitting the nose gear I saw that I'd designed it waaaaaay too short. So back to the CAD program to stretch the nose strut 8mm. It's an easy fix. Here I'm testing the new nose gear to make sure it's the right length before I spend time painting it. The airplane should sit level, so the nose gear passes the test. Also shown here that is newly installed are the pitot tubes from Master Model (Aero L-39 Albatross tubes). I'm back in the saddle!

I don't mind the smell at all. I'm using the standard Elegoo grey resin. I tried the water washable stuff and didn't find any advantage to using it. It takes a lot of water to clean the part off, and you're not supposed to pour the used water into the sewer. I found the IPA-washable stuff cleans more readily. I keep the printer in my office in the Winter, and as son as the temperature outside gets to 75F or so in the Spring I move it out into the garage.

Hey, I lived in Satellite beach as well for a year. When I first came to Patrick in 1980 I think all the airplanes were grey, and they started repainting them after I left. When I came back through Patrick about 1982/83 they had the Euro One airplanes and maybe a few grey ones still. I know the Euro One airplanes at Sembach at first had very sparse markings. There were no unit markings at all, and they didn't have the data stencil nor the ejection seat triangles. I wasn't at Patrick when they first got the Euro One airplanes, but I assume they came with the TAC badge on the tail. From what I can tell only the Patrick airplanes had the black/red prop tips. -- Dave

... also, if you're on Facebook check out the OV-10 Bronco Association group. They might still be active there.

And some more, from 1984: https://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/235037530-red-flag-84-3-549tas/ Some things to note: 1) The ILS antennas on the right boom are painted body (camo) color. 2) No RHAW antennas 3) 3-digit airplane number on the nose 4) Red triangle ejection seat placard (I don't think the Sembach airplanes had these) 5) Patch on the tail might be a TAC patch, but I'm not sure 6) Note that the FM antennas on top of the booms are straight. They bend back in flight.

Here's one that Jennings posted: https://forum.largescaleplanes.com/index.php?/topic/89481-ever-seen-an-o-2a-in-euro-i-lizard-camo/ Here's an earlier photo showing a livery that more resembles the Sembach-based airplanes: https://spotterup.com/the-ov10-light-cas-aircraft-temporarily-reappears/ The earlier scheme had fewer markings overall. Some things of note in the second photo: 1) The white antenna on top of the horizontal stab is, I think, an off-the-shelf ELT antenna. 2) The prop tips, painted black and red, are unusual 3) Note there are no RHAW antennas installed

I use that "Expo" type of paint booth. It works great, but it's a bit small for 1/32 scale models. The filters are expensive, but you can get cheaper household type filters and cut them to size.

They look British to me, but I'm not an expert. RAF bomb loading on Typhoon Great video!

Here's a color corrected and enhanced version of the first photo. I'm no expert at this, so I may have done it wrong. Anyhow, enhancing the blue saturation turned the sky bluer, and also the more distant of the two P-26's.

Interesting variation in the green colors on the fuselages. Looks like at least two types - forest green and olive green.

I print both laser (black toner) and ink jet (CMYK). For paper I use Experts Choice. I use a first coat of spray enamel just to seal the ink and prevent it from smearing or being dissolved (wicked up) by the decal film solution. After applying the solution I'm expecting it to lay down pretty thin, but it looks too thick and I get thick and stiff decals as a result.