Sembach OV-10A
OV-10 does not have the "scissors" on the right main strut. It's only on the left strut, and it's not really a scissors - it's a squat switch.
This is the tedious part - getting all the seams filled in.
230 gallon drop tank by AMS Resin, painted in Euro-one colors.
Front and rear RHAW antennas, 3D printed.
Cargo bay additions. Floor painted as plywood. Sidewalls cut from thin styrene sheet. Hydraulic pump mounted in ceiling. Oxygen bottles. Some wiring. Note: OV-10A does not have a bulkhead between the cargo bay and the cockpit! Sometimes you'll see a small cargo net.
USAF props are natural metal, so the stencils are black. There are no black stencils in the kit, but they are in the AOA Decals set. Sometimes the blades have a blue Hamilton Standard sticker, but these quickly wore off. Blade angle should be set to flat pitch (This is a common mistake in all OV-10 kits. Nice thing about this kit is you can set the angle where you want.)
I printed these practice bombs and rack (BDU-33 bombs and BK-37 rack), but I won't be using them. I'll use them for another project.
Control surfaces are installed now. When the gust lock is installed the surfaces will be positioned as shown. The kit instructions have everything wrong. Also, the right spoilers will be up, the left spoilers down (not shown). Also, the control surfaces have Flettner tabs on them that always move in the direction opposite of the surface itself. For example the elevator is up, but its tab is down.
Oops! Don't be a dummy like me and forget to install the elevator counterweight before attaching the elevator. I guess I should read instructions. Fixed now.
Oops! Don't be a dummy like me and forget to install the elevator counterweight before attaching the elevator. I guess I should read instructions. Fixed now.
My first endoscope photo 🙂 In this photo of the cargo bay you can see the gaps in the ceiling beams. The HF ground plate will hide some of these gaps, but the rest will have to be filled in.
Comments
8 1 September 2022, 18:43
David CulpI wish KH had consulted with someone who knows the OV-10 before releasing this kit. First, the flaps are never left down. They are always retracted so that the cargo door won't damage the left-inner flap. Second, the control surfaces don't droop. Their natural position is the faired position. If the gust lock is installed (it's a fabric strap that wraps around the pilot's control stick and hooks under the right canopy sill - this pulls the stick to the right and aft), then the ailerons and elevator will be positioned as shown in photo 8. Plus, the right spoilers will be up.
Note: The spoilers are for roll control only, so you'll never see the left and right spoilers at the same time.
5 September 2022, 17:11
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USAF OV-10A as operated by the 601st TACW at Sembach AB, Germany in the 1980's.
