Hi John, the Bronco looks fantastic, you should be very happy with the result, as another viewer pointed out, it is a semi unusual subject, but then I don't mind what all you video producers build, as long as it is interesting, take care and keep safe and best regards to you and your family and friends from a Kiwi living in Australia.
Thanks very much Les! Honestly I couldn't wait to build it - aside from the small issues I had it was a fun build. Thanks as always for watching and stay well!
Thank you very much. I was not sure if I was going to purchase this kit because I don’t know if my skill level is up to it but you convinced me. Thank you for the build tips. Megahobby is running a special on this kit today and I am going to pull the plug.
The only things I personally want to see from video modellers are interesting/unusual subjects builds (not only fashionable new Tamiya kits) and deep craftmanship with scratch building and real accuracy enhancements :) Not insisting on it though :)
@@MisterGsWorkbench Don't get me wrong: modelling as any hobby must be a fun for the person who does it. However, there are SOOO many typical channels on RU-vid where guys do the same OOB builds often the same well advertised kits that I'll cannot designate them one from each other soon :) For what we all love Matt from Dough's Models channel is for the fact he is a f**ng perfectionist (c) as he states himself :) This approach to modelling creates stunning interesting videos with interesting and somewhat unique craftmanship techniques with a stunning result in the end. Some Russian and Ukrainian modelers are also very interesting to watch after but aside of perfectionism they have another reason for outstanding craftmanship: aftermarket sets are very expensive here in Ukraine and in Russia (but a bit cheaper) :)
New subscriber here. Very cool video. I was stationed with an OV-10 squadron from 1971 to 1975. 3rd MAW (Marine Air Wing) MAG-16 (Marine Air Group) Squadrons HML-267 (Huey's) HMA-169 (Cobras), and VMO-10 (OV-10s) My job was putting ordnance and weapons on the aircraft. I'm looking forward to your other builds.
Welcome to the channel Charles and thanks for subscribing. I've got the -D kit set aside for another day and I hope you enjoy my other builds as well. And thank you for your service!
Thanks very much! It's a fairly enjoyable build. Just find a way to get some weight up front to keep the front gear on the ground. Appreciate the feedback!
Actually you have that one spot in the rear throttle quadrant that is hollow to put weight in. or you can use white glue to glue lead foil onto the cockpit side walls as there is enough space for that too.
@@MisterGsWorkbench the A has that same wide open area in the back too. But you would have to glue the weight right up against the rear bulkhead for it to work.
Hi Troy - yeah unfortunately there's not many places to drop some weight on the Bronco, but I like the look of it so there's that. Thanks for watching!
John, thanks for uploading this build vid; I myself also just purchased the OV-10A from ICM and will be building it soon. I built the O2A Skymaster about 4 months ago and found it quite nice. I noted your tail-sitter condition on the Bronco and hope to avoid it; having not yet looked at my kit, is there no way to add weight to the inside nose, or is it already occupied by landing gear housing? I mean, gluing the kit down to a display base is certainly one solution (which is what I did with the Skymaster) but it would be nice to have the option . As as aside, I just finished the Kinetic 1/48 scale MQ-9 Reaper Drone. I don't know if you've done it or want to do it, but mine had nearly every part mislabeled or mis-numbered on the sprues. I had to be very careful to chose the right part for the right step by just viewing the illustrations because the rest of the instructions were totally wrong. What a headache. That aircraft, too, was a tail sitter and I had to glue it's nose gear to a base.
Hi Kip - the problem in adding weight is that everything forward of the cockpit is the nose gear bay. If you're not going to look up there, I'm guessing you can add a weight in the top of the bay and paint the area dark. The other place was the centerline tank - as some weight in there with that liquid weight stuff (I forget what it's called). Other than that it looks good when finished, so be sure to share your results later on. Thanks as always for your input!
You can buy lead shot and apply shot in smaller, more contour fitting weight that way, and you can buy solder in bars that can be heated and molded to fit less conventional placements. You do have to be careful not over doing the weights as too much will eventually collapse the landing gear.
@@MisterGsWorkbench I was thinking after I posted... what about steel balls for ball bearings? Amazon sells them in every size imaginable. If you magnetized them they'd require less glue. Also, just as a point of interest: I've watched a ton of model builds and done a lot myself in past years. How come no one uses chocks in their static displays? When I was being flown around in the Northern Canadian bush, all the planes had chocks as part of their gear. So you could use bearing balls in the wheels and magnetic chocks...? LOL. My imagination will be the death of me.
@@MisterGsWorkbench I should add, Great build. I did the Testor's 1/48 OV-10 Bronco back in the 90's. It was a pretty good kit. I did an original white/grey/black camo scheme and paired it with an 0-2A Skymaster in a similar pattern.
Thanks for your question - I'm not sure how much weight it would really take to get the Bronco to sit properly on its gear. The problem is the lack of room in the fuselage for weight. When I finally build the -D kit I'll try and get it to work. Appreciate your question and thanks for watching!
Silly question. How come only one option allows to use the outer wing pylons? On the boxart, it shows the Bronco with pylons but the instructions say not to use!!!
Hello - there are many online hobby store that sell the OV-10 from ICM. I believe you can also find them on eBay. I bought mine from a website in Ukraine before the war started.
Hi Robert - if I had some I would have used them but honestly couldn't justify spending for them at that moment. Appreciate the feedback and thanks for watching!
