OV-10A Bronco Cal Fire build COMPLETE

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I did a huge conversion on the S2T CalFire and now I’m doing the OV-10A Command bird.

Sticking with the 1/72 scale I was a little dissapointed that the only decals are for the older livery but, hey - no worries.

So converting the military version to the Cal Fire requires carving off the ordanace capabilities. Minor modification compared to the S2T. Anyhow, under construction.

Cutting off the War stuff

Getting the bird togehter

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Oooo! Neat! Watching. [:D]

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Got my hot chocolate in hand for the rest of the build. Lookin’ great to date!

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Hi,

I’m looking forward to seeing more of this build. I really enjoy seeing planes and such in less common markings, and firefighting markings look especially interesting.

Pat

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Very cool build. And at a time when it is most needed.

BK

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Keavdog, which OV-10 kit? I was going to do the same build with the Testors 1/48 OV-10 but I sold the kit with the Cal Fire decals. I’d like to do it in 1/72 scale, well, because that the size I have room for.

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Fotofrank,

The kit is the Academy OV-10. Revell Germany just issued a reboxing.

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Forgot to add, that I’m looking forward to this. Can’t wait to see it done.

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Thanks. So it is a nice kit.

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Yes, this is the academy kit. Minor fit issues. The plastic is very soft and easy to sand. Decals are from Draw.

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Working through some filling and sanding. Getting there. A bit concerned about the multipart canopy…

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Put the gloss white down a bit heavy. And then the red - I hate red/white… worst combo to paint unless you add some yellow. Anyhow - had some good masking and some bad. Wing tips are solid. Vertical stabilizers have bleed and I masked the top at the wrong angle. Yay, something to fix :confused: anyhow - fix this then it’s gear, decals and canopy so making progress

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Looks good

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Bit of clean up and sprayed the gloss black. Getting close to decals now

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It’s going to be a pretty one. I have a picture on my phone that a friend texted me of a row of them, just showing the tails over at McClellan. Can’t figure out how to send it to my computer.

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John easiest way is to email it to yourself

John the Bronco is looking awesome.

John

Wow that’s a lot of Johns[:P]

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Tried to do that last night, no joy. Used a different email app today, worked.

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Cool pic john. I grew up about a mile from mclellan afb, my dad’s last duty before returning.

The only decals available are for the older scheme. Same paint job but the newer scheme has the cool font.

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Hello;

Now this is what I like to see.There’s nothing better than a re-purposed Warbird that is a useful and versatile aircraft. Good job there,Young Man!