Kitty Hawk 1/32 OV-10D Bronco

[Guest]

Has stirring paint gone out fashion?

[BarryW]

Has stirring paint gone out fashion?

Depends what paint you use I suppose. I use
MRP with steel agitators in the bottle. Stirring is so much more fuss and time consuming. I remember in the old days using crappy Humbrol enamels, levering off the lids and stirring away for ages, scraping pigment off the bottom. It used to take forever. Much easier to give the bottle a shake, ideally with a machine.

[Guest]

Depends what paint you use I suppose. I use
MRP with steel agitators in the bottle. Stirring is so much more fuss and time consuming. I remember in the old days using crappy Humbrol enamels, levering off the lids and stirring away for ages, scraping pigment off the bottom. It used to take forever. Much easier to give the bottle a shake, ideally with a machine.

I was only ribbing. I wrote the message with a winky smiley on the end, but I guess the formatting doesn’t support them.
You’re right on the enamels. The grime at the bottom of enamels is definitely one of the things I don’t miss since I went over to Vallejo!

[Guest]

I was only ribbing. I wrote the message with a winky smiley on the end, but I guess the formatting doesn’t support them.

If you inserted an actual emoji character (not a smiley from the menu at the top of the message text box), the forum software strips them out, unfortunately — for reasons that are completely unclear to me, as they’re valid Unicode characters. I’ve been meaning to make an account at the XenForo forums and ask about that, but haven’t bothered yet.

You’re right on the enamels. The grime at the bottom of enamels is definitely one of the things I don’t miss since I went over to Vallejo!

I actually like Humbrol enamels to paint with, but not the stirring. ISTR I broke more than one cocktail stick on that pigment layer if the paint had sat for too long.

[BarryW]

This build continues to amuse, annoy, infuriate in equal measure. Some more progress.

Cutting off two pieces from the sprue resulted in one breaking with one end disappearing into the ether. It was not a small part either. You can see the broken part with the intact one below. These are part of the canopy framing. Provided they are internal, I can have the canopy closed up and it will look OK. I am not sure what to about it if it is external


So I did some test fitting, I won’t tell you the details but the part numbers let you down again.....

It looks OK, they are internal, so I will have the canopy closed up. Not what I intended but at least this can be resolved.

Weight, as supplied, added. I have to cut plastic away to get the weight in place. Including a molded in lump where they tell is to position the block. Perhaps the block was intended to have a location hole. KH’s lack of care showing again.


Now, as for these transparencies. This made me very angry, utterly thoughtless design having a sprue gate on the window of edge.


Not much I can do about that. It will be on the top too. Sums up Kitty Hawk’s shoddy thoughtless product design.

Finally
I worked on the gun pods. Poor execution by Kitty Hawk made it harder than it need be.


I had to trim the bottom of the guns to fit them

[BarryW]

I have just had a peek at the Kitty Hawk F5 Tiger that I have in the stash.

It as only a cursory glance but the plastic looks better quality with smaller more refined sprue gates and that is a good sign. I am aware of some issues still with the instructions but maybe they are improving with newer releases. We shall see. In the meantime let’s get in with this Bronco...

[Fernando N]

Sorry to read about the issues Barry, hopefully as the build progresses things will be better.
As an avid Bronco fan I'll try to follow along :smiling: .

Oh this Belgium one always gives great shows:

Have some more pics if you want them.

[Jim R]

Hi Barry
Most certainly very different from Tamiya but I suppose you get what you pay for although as others have said the problems are more annoying than catastrophic. Your experience and skills are enabling you to make a fine job so far.
Jim

[Guest]

Cutting off two pieces from the sprue resulted in one breaking with one end disappearing into the ether. It was not a small part either. You can see the broken part with the intact one below. These are part of the canopy framing. Provided they are internal, I can have the canopy closed up and it will look OK. I am not sure what to about it if it is external
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That looks like it can be replicated with some plastic strip fairly easily. Take plastic strip that’s the same width as the part but thinner, curve it (pull it out from under a ruler you press down onto your work surface) then laminate it while making sure it has the correct curve by comparing to the other part.

[BarryW]

I have done a bit more work, slow progress this week.

Another example of Kitty Hawk’s shoddy production.

See this


That bulkhead, no part number but as it is a distinctive shape it should be easy to spot. Not. I searched every sprue three times, including the transparencies and even the pe fret. There is no such part. Not really a problem as I am not planning to have the nose open (as designed by KW).

I have not received the seats yet but thought I would start the interior painting anyway. So I sprayed some primer ready.

[BarryW]

One good thing about Kitty Hawk is that they do provide proper FS numbers to help accurately identify the right colours and, of course, they can easily be tied into the MRP range as they too provide FS numbers.

I have sprayed the interior components with the appropriate shades of grey (2 not 50!). Plus where needed interior green.
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I will start some detail painting tonight.

[Vaughan]

All's looking good Barry.

[BarryW]

Look at what has turned up in the post!!
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They look very nice indeed. I have only done limited resin work before and nothing quite like this. Any tips?

[Jim R]

Hi Barry
Progress on the cockpit is good. You seem to be overcoming KH's attempts to derail you :rolling: Those seats look really good. The casting blocks will need careful removing. Sides look fragile.
Jim

[Mr Bowcat]

Give them a good soapy wash before painting to remove any release agent.