Tamiya 1/48 A10A Thunderbolt II

[Neil]

OK, here goes then - well as you can see, not quite. I have done some work on this.


Rattle can primer (halfords) and I have painted a few bits. For some reason I added some very thin wash to provide some pre-shading but it is a tad pointless as I am painting with a brush, but ho hum, it is done now and will not make too much difference. The tyres are also glaringly black so they will need toning down too.


Anyway this is the start.


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[Richi72]

Yeh ein warzenschwein.


Will be watching this one.


Cheers Richi

 

[phikoleoputra]

Alrightttt, looking forward to the build progress Neil. I'm almost done with my A-10. Keep us posted will you

 

[papa 695]

Nice start Neil

 

[Neil]

First some extra decal sets, not sure which to do yet, but that is a while off


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[Neil]

And some progress shots. I have most of the ordnance painted to some degree or other (the green ones nearly complete, hellfires being white will require a coat or two more to look right.


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[Neil]

The seat is also done now with PE so I need to put the office into the fueslage, PE for the front undercarriage is very nice too but more to go in that, however I will smooth off the filler first. Wings are just on for photo purposes, they are not glued on yet.

 

[yak face]

Cockpits looking good Neil , love the A10 so i'm watching closely , cheers tony

 

[papa 695]

Some nice work Neil looking forward to more updates

 

[phikoleoputra]

Keep up the good work

 

[takeslousyphotos]

looking good Neil...... I'll be following this one.

 

[phill burrows]

One of my favourite aircraft. Good luck. Following you on this.

 

[Neil]

Been a while....


OK, the main parts are put together as you can see, rough outline of the camo done. I still have some PE and not attempted any of the undercarriage yet. The office is a real trick to get in! It would be better to install before putting the halves together. I also put some weight in but it doesn't seem enough. I think it will need a stand.


The paint looks poor but it is just a quick outline with a single coat so some work to go. Anyway pics.


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Oh, I probably have a set of print-scale decals spare, I'll be doing one form 354th TFW from the 1st Gulf War (Experts-choice one - the bigger sheet in the previous post).

 

[dougie]

Cool build mate, great aircraft, they look amazing

 

[takeslousyphotos]

Great job Neil.......... The A10 is a real kick-ass airplane......... I like it.

 

[Neil]

There's a good story on this particular one I'll do but I just realised I probably need to prime it again, or at least some parts of it.