OVA-10 Broncasy

Tophe · March 20, 2011, 08:33:00 AM

As my Me-2025 and Ju-86Ka are in the boring PSR-hardwork status

, I needed to create projects again to restore my enjoyment in modelling...

The next one (and last before I enter the 3-big-ones very last) is the OV-10D Bronco Hasegawa 1/72

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I like its twin-boom layout and pretty nose (without long-nose addition) but I need to whif it somehow.

The first idea was an asymmetric single engine version, all right, but I hope to do better.

Tophe · March 20, 2011, 08:36:36 AM

As my always-principle is decreasing span drastically, this will be of couse a biplane, but that was a true North-Am project and I need to be more uncommon. I plan to be over-asymmetric this way:

Tophe · March 20, 2011, 11:34:48 AM

Ahem... bumps and holes in the wing will make me change my project. I have not skills enough to scratchbuild that much from such a basis... $:-\$

Tophe · March 20, 2011, 11:41:57 AM

Here is the update project principle:

Weaver · March 20, 2011, 01:33:43 PM

How about cockpit on the front end of one boom, pusher engine on the back of the pod?

Tophe · March 20, 2011, 09:55:15 PM

Interesting idea... while I fear I would need two kits... and the widths do not match... $:-\$

saintkatanalegacy · March 21, 2011, 02:05:26 AM

wow

you must be very bored

Thiel · March 21, 2011, 02:26:26 AM

Somewhere inside me the little boy named Sense of Realism is crying because he's being beaten buy another boy called Sense of Awesome

Tophe · March 21, 2011, 11:19:25 AM

Thanks.
Building goes on. With this tiny span, I 'seriously' consider making it a triplane

Weaver · March 21, 2011, 04:00:19 PM

Quote from: Tophe on March 20, 2011, 09:55:15 PM
Interesting idea... while I fear I would need two kits... and the widths do not match... $:-\$

I didn't mean have two cockpits in total. Put the cockpit pod in the boom position and stick a cut-off bit of boom on the back of it to get the fins in line. Then use the front end of the chopped-up boom to make a pusher engine nacelle in the middle, where the podused to be.

Like this:

Captain Canada · March 21, 2011, 06:51:14 PM

Tri-plane sounds interesting !

Tophe · March 21, 2011, 09:37:10 PM

Thanks once more Weaver, your invention is clearly better than mine... while I lack the skills to make it plastic, I fear $:-\$
Thanks Captain, here is the detailed project of asymmetric triplane:

pedrospe · March 22, 2011, 08:36:17 AM

hi tophe, this project looks promissing.

best regards

Pedro

Tophe · March 22, 2011, 10:30:28 AM

Thanks.
The starboard boom is cut, glued to the pod (into a fuselage), putty is added (next step: sanding)

Tophe · March 23, 2011, 10:42:21 AM

Sanding success

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