Dukie99 Posted August 23, 2017 Author Share Posted August 23, 2017 Here she is, almost finished, fully armed with a dead flat finish. I have couple of bits and pieces to add (climbing ladder and lights on the front wheel) but I could not resist taking some pictures on a beautiful evening. Leaving tomorrow for a week at the beach, i will post RFIs picture on my return. Enjoy...or not. Cheers, David Spooky56, BradG, Dany Boy and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BradG Posted August 24, 2017 Share Posted August 24, 2017 Great work mate. I'll wait for your RFI pics before putting you in the gallery. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaka HI Posted August 24, 2017 Share Posted August 24, 2017 Oh ya! I hope you have a proper place to display that monster! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark M Posted August 24, 2017 Share Posted August 24, 2017 very nice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dukie99 Posted September 1, 2017 Author Share Posted September 1, 2017 Thank you for all the kinds words. And she is finished, I am very happy with her even if I could have done better (but you can always do better). She looks great in the cabinet and hopefully in the not so distant future she will be joined by a Su-25A in an Afghan scheme, so I will have the two ultimate Afghan mudmover side by side. Here are the pictures: and for Shaka Hi, I do have some space to display it, here she is in the cabinet: Now on to dig something else out of the Shelf of Doom. Cheers, David Out2gtcha, Harold, A-10LOADER and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted September 1, 2017 Share Posted September 1, 2017 Now that looks great! Kev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BradG Posted September 1, 2017 Share Posted September 1, 2017 Super and you're now up in the gallery! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dukie99 Posted September 1, 2017 Author Share Posted September 1, 2017 Thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted September 1, 2017 Share Posted September 1, 2017 Love it! Super job on this one. Ive really got to get me one of these and some correction resin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dukie99 Posted September 1, 2017 Author Share Posted September 1, 2017 Thank you guys. Brian, I love the A-10 and when I picked up modeling again 4 years ago it is one of the first kit I purchased and I finally started it when I received Harold A-10C miniset. I have seen the discussion about Fisher models doing a correction for the nose (and hopefully it will include new resin canopy) but even if this comes out, I don't see myself doing another one, there are too many fit issues with the major components to make it an enjoyable build. I am super happy to have built a A-10C in 1/32 but it will remain my only one. Cheers, David Daniel460 and Harold 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SapperSix Posted September 2, 2017 Share Posted September 2, 2017 Outstanding build. The ordnance is spot on! I am building one right now and using the exact paint scheme. I am interested if you used black basing, pre-shading or some other style for the scheme? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dukie99 Posted September 2, 2017 Author Share Posted September 2, 2017 Sappersix, Thank you for your kind words and noticing the loadout. I spent a lot of time looking for pictures of current loadout and had my eureka moment when I found pictures of A-10C with GBU-12 on the outer pylons, they look really cool there, much better than leaving the pylon empty or with sidewinders which A-10C rarely carries nowadays. I could have added a 1000lbs JDAM in the central pylon but thought she was heavy enough;) I did not use any preshading or black basing. I useally do preshading but here I was concerned that with such a light colored scheme, it would take a lot of paint to properly cover the preshading, I guess I could have done the preshading in grey rather than the usual black but I didn't. This is a two tone scheme and after I applied it, i used the lighter color on the darker color and vice versa to create a bit of variation but this not really noticeable. What made a difference was the Flory grey Wash and the Alclad flat coat, instantly turned the bird into a well used machine. Cheers, David Harold 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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