A 10A Thunderbolt Tamiya 1/48

[BeebleBrox]

Yeah, just wanna finish it and start something new… no space for more than one at the time. Not the most fun project I had at the bench.

 

[urumomo]

That's the kit I'm using for that long neglected A-10 Autonomous build ,, out of sight out of mind . Totally forget about that one .
I was surprised by how lame that kit is .
WTF Tamiya .

 

[BLT]

View attachment 87011Better with some stuff on the wings.. poor quality on the fire crackers. Lot of sanding and filling, not good, decent maybe.

Looks great man... We can't see any bad seems or flaws, so I'm thinking you've done very well on the sanding and clean up.

It still looks a bit shiny, but that might just be the lighting and the way the photo was taken.

Looking forward to seeing more.

You say this kit is bad? Are there better kits of the A-10 then?

 

[urumomo]

Italeri is releasing a new kit . I don't think it's out yet .
They have 2 others that are better than that Tamiya .

These are the kits that have been released - I'm only familiar with Italeri and Tamiya's :
https://www.scalemates.com/search.php?fkSECTION[]=All&q=Fairchild-Republic+A-10+Thunderbolt+II

 

[blakeh1]

Love the painting!

 

[BeebleBrox]

Still got the matt coat to apply BLT

 

[BeebleBrox]

Almost done. Matt coat on, masking pealed off. Just some landing gear details left.
Good looking with the matt coat.

 

[Quaralane]

Not too shabby there

 

[BeebleBrox]

Thanks Q!

 

[BLT]

That looks great man... You can be proud... I always liked this plane.

 

[BeebleBrox]

Thanks BLT!

 

[BeebleBrox]

Decent kit overall considering the price but the fire crackers was a dissapointment. No panel lines on wings and majority of fuselage. Cockpit not that detalied.

 

[BeebleBrox]

And some pix on the completed project to wrap it up.

Turned out better than I expected. The matt coat and the fire crackers saved it.

Pleased with the wheatering, consider it a low milage A10

 

[henrysan15]

This will be fun.
Never built a "modern" aircraft before, going for moderate wheatering.

EDIT:
....built a SR71 not long ago if its considered a modern plane, a10 almost as old.. must be the glue

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Scale model addict, yes I am.

Will paint like the ones at the Bentwaters base in UK
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A-10 Thunderbolt II, good choice such an interesting aircraft, have fun with it..

 

[Wolf Star]

Outstanding. Tamiya goes BRRRRRRTTTTT.

 

[BeebleBrox]

Thanks Wolf!

 

[Quaralane]

Looks really good.
But, I hate to be the one to say it, some of your decals are upside down

 

[BeebleBrox]

some with texts?

ahhh, I see now, the Stars. Well, thats life, some fuck ups. Next time I put them the right way.

 

[wjbrandel]

Looks great

 

[Docbritofmf]

I'm currently building one of these and looking at your build for notes and ideas