A-10A Thunderbolt II (Academy)
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1 1 May 2018, 00:17
Martin OostromChecking in! One day I'll build this as well. Any hints and tips? Yours looks fine so far 👍
16 May 2018, 19:28
Augusto@Martin Oostrom For this partycular kit, not much. The exhausts look terrible! Tried to do something about it but with not much sucess. Ill post a photo of it when I can. My biggest issue is the lack of decals for the bombs and missiles, wich made me sweat a little bit to come up with some details. Overall, the panel lines are fine and with good details. Oh! And the lines of the canopy are inside it. Dont know if this is normal in other kits, but its becoming a little more challenging to paint it. Other than that, its a good kit for what I paid for =D
16 May 2018, 19:44
Augusto@Martin Oostrom Just remembered: the back landing gear bays are awful! hahaha
17 May 2018, 13:26
Augusto@Günther Debiscop Maybe it looks good on camera, but it is actualy pretty banged up. =( Besides, I already have an ideia for the base =) But now that you mentioned it, think I could have use those decals for the base! I just used it for test, but maybe next one Ill save it and try to use it for the final build. Thanks for the ideia!
17 May 2018, 14:12
AugustoI'am having trouble in finding a good source for what loadout would be a realistic one for a typical "Iraqui Freedom" mission. Besides the bombs and missiles that I tried on the photos, there is more twelve (12!!) 500 lb GP bombs that the manual says to load in, but I find a little bit overkill. My original ideia is to leave those out. It doesn't help that the manual doesn't identify the bombs and missiles in the kit, so I have some doubts about the exact version of the GBUs and GP bombs. I'm guessing the big GBUs are GBU-10 (2,000 lb), the big GPs are Mk 84 (2,000 lb) and the smalls ones that I'll leave out are, as I said, 500 lb GP bombs. The Mavericks are no problem. hehe
Any help?
23 May 2018, 02:01
AugustoCoat of Future (Brilho Fácil here in Brasil), decals aplied, little more Future, wash with black oil paint, and now aplying final coat of mate varnish. Its almost done!!
9 July 2018, 13:04
AugustoI'am struggling to call this one finished since there was an "accident" with the pitot tube that needs to be fixed and some wheel chocks that I want to add... but I can declare it semi-finished ... or pratically finished ... or maybe virtually finished ... whatever ... 🙂
7 August 2018, 13:52
Łukasz GlińskiApart from the pitot it looks grand, I don't mind the chocks anyway
7 August 2018, 14:30
Augusto@Martin Oostrom Thank you!
@Łukasz Gliński The chocks are not essential, but I think it ads a nice touch to the display. Thank you for your words!
@Guy Rump Don't know if it is lovely, but I'am proud of it 🙂
7 August 2018, 23:49
Kerry COXAugusto. There is one thing you mentioned about the exhausts, and my only concern is that the engine exhaust pipe is too thick, and maybe you could thin it down a bit or maybe use some brass sheet and make one of your own. Other than that, I am really impressed with your result. Not the easiest of aircraft to work with, but you did well. 👍
🙂 Salute. 👍
8 August 2018, 00:01
Augusto@Kerry Cox Indeed its not the easiest one. I noticed that it has more "corners" and less "flat surfaces" as other modern aircraft. About the exhausts, its more about the fitting than the overall thickness. It just fit poorly! And that is what botters me.
8 August 2018, 04:14
