hacker Posted June 10, 2012 Share Posted June 10, 2012 First off l know the kit has issues and l wish to address them. I know Neil had a correction set out there but it either rare as hen's teeth or expensive on Ebay to bid on sooooooooooo the alternative is fix them myself which requires information. So I cometh to my brothers in arms here for answers and hopefully l good set of 1/48 line drawings to work by. The floor is now open please let me hear what you have to say and thanks in advance including smackers who got me the SAM article l wanted Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hacker Posted June 10, 2012 Author Share Posted June 10, 2012 So the tail booms from what l can gather from reading is too close together. How much further apart do they need to be?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyC Posted June 10, 2012 Share Posted June 10, 2012 I have the same kit and have been researching this for ages and am no closer to finding out what to do... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hacker Posted June 10, 2012 Author Share Posted June 10, 2012 I have the same kit and have been researching this for ages and am no closer to finding out what to do... yeah l know and good line drawings are not easy to come by either Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted June 10, 2012 Share Posted June 10, 2012 Would some measurements from one of Neil's sets help? I have one stashed away somewhere... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hacker Posted June 10, 2012 Author Share Posted June 10, 2012 sure that would help. l am trying to enough info to build a Philippine Air Force OV-10 for the Missus and what the heck what kind of a serious modeler would l be if l did not live up to my user name and hack up some plastic :lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReccePhreak Posted June 11, 2012 Share Posted June 11, 2012 (edited) I have hi-res scans of the tops & bottoms of both the Testors & Paragon wings, with a ruler in between. PM me with your email addy, and I can send you the scans. They are 1.24 Mb each in size. I also have some photocopies of pages (14) from the OV-10 Tech Order 1L-10A-1, which has drawings of the aircraft & interior , as well as photos of various cockpit stuff. Larry Edited June 11, 2012 by ReccePhreak Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hacker Posted June 11, 2012 Author Share Posted June 11, 2012 I have hi-res scans of the tops & bottoms of both the Testors & Paragon wings, with a ruler in between. PM me with your email addy, and I can send you the scans. They are 1.24 Mb each in size.I also have some photocopies of pages (14) from the OV-10 Tech Order 1L-10A-1, which has drawings of the aircraft & interior , as well as photos of various cockpit stuff. Larry PM sent thanks Larry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don McIntyre Posted June 12, 2012 Share Posted June 12, 2012 Doesn't really answer your question, but you can see here what's included in the Paragon conversion. http://s20.photobucket.com/albums/b229/DDo...20OV-10A%20Set/ Larry, wouldn't mind seeing your photos, myself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyC Posted June 12, 2012 Share Posted June 12, 2012 Sheeesh! I didn't realise there was THAT much wrong with the kit! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hacker Posted June 12, 2012 Author Share Posted June 12, 2012 Sheeesh! I didn't realise there was THAT much wrong with the kit! This is true but l think if l read it right somewhere a lot of the kit was based on the prototype. Yeah well got some work cut out for me. Keep those cards and letters coming they are a great help Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pigsty Posted June 12, 2012 Share Posted June 12, 2012 Sheeesh! I didn't realise there was THAT much wrong with the kit! Believe it or not, there are not actually that many mistakes. A lot of the improvement in the Paragon sets is standard stuff for an older kit - much better cockpit, more detailed wheels, surface detail, correcting the rudders. The real biggie is one simple mistake: the engines and tailbooms are too close to the fuselage. This requires a whole new wing and tailplane. Whether this is because the prototype's booms were in closer, I'm not sure. The OV-10's span was increased from 30ft to 40ft when it went into production, and the kit's wing is much closer to 40 scale feet than it is to 30, so it doesn't seem to be the prototype. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyC Posted June 12, 2012 Share Posted June 12, 2012 Ah! my mistake - I took the expanse of resin as being correcting faults rather than just enhancing inadequate detail! Yeah, the boom problem is a biggie though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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