Pacific Aircraft Models 19/44
Wingspan: 18 "
Fuselage Length: 5.5"
OV-1 Mohawk Model Airplane: Skillfully Carved and Artistically Hand-painted
Pacific Aircraft, makers of hand-made model aircraft offers you OV-1 Mohawk Model Airplane. Our OV-1 Mohawk Model Plane is made of the finest grade materials which underwent stages of meticulous and careful sanding, carving and polishing to replicate the original airplane. After carving the wood, the model plane undergoes stages of fine sanding between primer coats, to produce a silky smooth finish ready for final painting. After passing through several stages of sanding and priming, our talented artists paint the details on the OV-1 Mohawk Model Airplane with historically correct markings of the actual plane.
Multiple coats of clear lacquer is applied to the OV-1 Mohawk Model Plane to protect the exquisite artwork and provide an overall glossy finish. The OV-1 Mohawk Model Airplane is supplied with a mahogany base for display. This is a model plane you can’t resist having!
The OV-1 Mohawk History:
The Mohawk was intended to operate from short, unimproved runways in support of Army maneuver forces.It is an armed military observation and attack aircraft, designed for battlefield surveillance and light strike capabilities.The OV-1 entered production in October 1959 and served the U.S. Army in Vietnam and Operation Desert Storm. The Mohawk was removed from U.S. Army service in September 1996.
Over the years, the mission and the aircraft underwent many changes and roughly 380 were built over all variants.The Mohawk's mission included observation, artillery spotting, air control, emergency re-supply, naval target spotting, liaison, and radiological monitoring. The radar imaging capability of the Mohawk was to prove a significant advance in both peace and war. The SLAR could look through foliage and map terrain, presenting the observer with a film image of the earth below only minutes after the area was scanned. In military operations, the image was split in two parts, one showing fixed terrain features, the other spotting moving targets.
In mid-1961, the first Mohawks to serve with U.S. forces overseas were delivered to the 7th Army at Sandhofen airfield near Mannheim, Germany.
The OV-1 finally retired in Europe in 1992, then from Korea in September 1996, and finally in the US in 1996 because it had been superseded by newer systems, newer aircraft, and the evolution of the satellite.
*Alteration on the design such as change of paint schemes and markings or embodied features on our models occurs at any time. Detachable stand is included with the model which may vary from the photo.
