Project Mohawk

The Mohawk is not a glamorous aircraft by any stretch of the imagination. I got it as a starting point for a German WW2 asymmetrical fighter similar to the BV-141. And soon after I got the Mohawk kit, guess what Hobbyboss released… So, the Mohawk was a “Stash Queen” for a few years. After the huge Scooter diorama, I told myself the next project will be simpler. Project Mohawk like all my builds will be a “What-if”. The most challenging part was the “greenhouse”. Strangely, the windscreen cracked on the opposite side of where I cut it off the sprue. Which made for a perfect excuse for me to buy a vacuum form machine. I crafted a form for the windscreen and successfully vac-formed a new one. Also made custom 6 bladed props and spinners, raked wingtips and custom homemade decals. And last but not least, a placed a targeting pod in her nose. This project was a great learning experience. There is also a ton of resin aftermarket parts for this project. Such as ejection seats, exhaust, pylons, wheels, cowling correction, various scoops and vents. Along with the decoys are mastered, molded and I’ve pressure cast a few resin copies.

Purchased parts

Roden 1/48 scale OV-1D Mohawk

Quickboost resin ejection seats, nacelles, exhaust, pylons, air intakes and scoops

Aires wheel set

Scale Aircraft Conversation landing gear set

Eduard photo etched interior set and die cut mask set

Caracal OV-1 Mohawk decals for general airframe markings

AMMO by MiG fine .3mm rigging wire antenna

Raised detail on drop tanks are Archer Fine Transfer

Custom homemade parts

Vacuum formed wind screen

Resin spinners and props