Gelerth Posted September 12, 2015 Share Posted September 12, 2015 (edited) Hi, After a lof of struggling with this model I finally was able to finish it. Model as an early Trumpeter is not perfect, it has a lot of errors and a lot of work is needed to do it properly so I wouldn't recommend to beginners. I add resin cockpit (in set was also a resin gun muzzle), Eduard exterior and armament sets, another metal gun muzzle for gun on a trailer and additional model of VW Beetle from Airfix (a terrible, terrible model). Trailer is a scratch build, a few details were added to resin engines frome the kit and to the gun (from kit) on a trailer - especially the ammo belt. Model was painted in three tone grey camo called Flipper. i know it was not used on A-10N/AW (as it only existed in one prototype) but I liked it much more over a standard grey-green camo. I only add a little of oil wash and weathering. No dust pigments were added as I wanted to keep it quite clean. Just to mention as one of the inspiration was probably well known old photo of VW Bettle copared to GAU-8 gun. Ohh, and one more thing - I've noticed than some masks were not removed from front windscreen. Please watch and comment (and be gentle): Edited September 12, 2015 by Gelerth Nick32, Uilleann, EmperorKai and 10 others 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gelerth Posted September 12, 2015 Author Share Posted September 12, 2015 Zero77, alain11, D.B. Andrus and 11 others 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gelerth Posted September 12, 2015 Author Share Posted September 12, 2015 mywifehatesmodels, HL-10, Lars Befring and 11 others 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reconspit Posted September 12, 2015 Share Posted September 12, 2015 Very cool...,Great paint scheme and weathering, well done dude... Oh, and you forgot the paint mask's on the windshield...:-) Gelerth 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 12, 2015 Share Posted September 12, 2015 Beautiful, beautiful build!! Yep flying blind....Harv Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Youngtiger1 Posted September 12, 2015 Share Posted September 12, 2015 Awesome, when I did mine I was contemplating this scheme as well. Glad you did her in this cool scheme Gelerth 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted September 12, 2015 Share Posted September 12, 2015 That is superb! A shame about the canopy masks still being in place for the photos, but at least they're easily removed. I'd love to publish this one on the website if you'd permit me. Kev Gelerth 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Peterpools Posted September 12, 2015 Share Posted September 12, 2015 Brilliant, simply a wonderful build. Fit and finish is so very well done; both the cammo and weathering are right on the money. How I remember the early Republic photos of the A-10, it's Gatling Gun and the VW ... just a classic :thumbsup: Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Posted September 12, 2015 Share Posted September 12, 2015 Awesome.....shoot off like a "volkswagen"...... Gelerth 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Posted September 13, 2015 Share Posted September 13, 2015 Absolutely brilliant! Love the rusted out Volksie adding "scale" to the immense size of the GAU-8! Cheers Adam Girlscanplay2 and Gelerth 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alain11 Posted September 13, 2015 Share Posted September 13, 2015 Hi spectacular, impressive !!!!!! nice paint scheme , fine paint job too . it's a really wonderful fully load big "baby" Alain Gelerth 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dodgem37 Posted September 13, 2015 Share Posted September 13, 2015 Pretty special. Sincerely, Mark Gelerth 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mgbgtv8steve Posted September 13, 2015 Share Posted September 13, 2015 Wow!! Gelerth 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joe Posted September 13, 2015 Share Posted September 13, 2015 Man that is really impressive...most impressive. Awesome models. Gelerth 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gelerth Posted September 13, 2015 Author Share Posted September 13, 2015 I'm truly sorry for responding so late but I was with my family on one of the biggest contest this weekend with my models but thank you very much to all of you for you kind words. I'm really happy that you enjoy watching my model. It is good to know that after all those hours of hard work finally pays off with such a wonderful reaction of people like you. Again big thank you very much. Kev - it will be an honor for me to publish this photos on the website. Please let me know if you would like me to take some another photos with masks removed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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