Revell A-10 Warthog

[Heavens Eagle]

Beautiful work Greg! She looks great in black!

Saul, thanks for those TMI pics, I love when you saturate us with that kind of info. I was wondering about that A-10 that bellied in...

If that is the one I am thinking about, the pilot was on a training mission, did a pass and heard a loud bang. The plane immediately started acting up, but he was able to still fly and control it. Managed to make a wheels up landing, which looks like it wasn't all that big a deal. Don't know of any other plane that could land like that and be put back in the air in short order.

 

[Steve Ski]

I'm liking the gear work, excellent! That 30mm had it's rings dinked. Weapons shop is gonna love this rebuild.

 

[helios]

This interview is worth a listen/watch.

 

[sharkman]

looking good Greg! Nice details!

 

[Greg Kimsey]

So, while the Mustang is drying I thought I would work on Ray's A-10. Evidently, Tamiya doesn't make all of the military colors. I needed Lt Green FS34102, Dk Gray FS36081, and Dk Green FS34092 to complete the camo pattern. I found a pretty cool place that gives Tamiya formulas for military colors they don't make. I am sure you guys know it already but here it is: https://replikator.club/2021/02/06/tamiya-paint-database-us-federal-standard-colours/
For FS34102 I mixed 3 parts XF-5, 3 parts XF3, and 1 part XF2.
For FS36081 I mixed 7 parts XF-63, and 3 parts XF-60, which made a really weird shade of gray.
For FS34092 I mixed 3 parts XF-26 and 1part XF-2.
Here she is in the hanger bay with two colors based in:

We will see if I get to work on her tomorrow. Happily, the new parts for the airbrush have it behaving beautifully. I knew there would be extensive spraying so I gave Gail's sensitive nose a break by thinning with alcohol. Although, the activated carbon filters I put in the spray booth seemed to have done the trick collecting odors, I knew lots of overspray would not be filtered.

 

[Greg Kimsey]

This interview is worth a listen/watch.

This was so cool! Thank you

 

[Greg Kimsey]

I got the third color on, but actually mixed it a bit darker than the formula said. Also, using this reference, I mottled the colors quite a lot.

 

[jeaton01]

Excellent, Greg.

 

[moon puppy]

Nice, really good blending.

 

[Heavens Eagle]

Looking really Good Greg!

 

[Big10]

That camo is looking exceptional well.

 

[centaur567]

Nice job!! Gary S.

 

[Greg Kimsey]

Here's to the Future! I sealed everything with two coats of Future in prep for decals. I started weathering the A-10 and thought, "Why not decal first, then weather all at the same time?" So, I prepped both the P-51D and the A-10 at the same time. More on the P-51 in that thread.

I really like the way the camo is looking, and I appreciate your kind comments! On to a decal decathlon!

 

[iambrb]

Wow man that is just exceptional work! I keeps thinking I need to build me one of those flying thingies

 

[moon puppy]

Regular production line now.

 

[Steve Ski]

This baby is lookin good, Greg, real good!

Great vid post, Chris. That gal is an incredible flier to bring the hog home, incredible!

 

[Greg Kimsey]

This baby is lookin good, Greg, real good!

Great vid post, Chris. That gal is an incredible flier to bring the hog home, incredible!

Thank you @Steve! And I agree, that video was so good.
I have the figure finished using oil paint. and am putting her on her plinth. I will load her as soon as I take better photos. I am so glad you encouraged me to use oils for figures. It is SO much easier and better looking.

 

[Steve Ski]

It is SO much easier and better looking.

I certainly agree with that! As long as you're having fun learning, that's what counts.

 

[Greg Kimsey]

So, yesterday did not turn out like I expected. Rather than a decal decathlon I got all of the bombs, missiles, and whatnot ready for decals. I still have an issue sanding the seams, and always make a flat area on a round object. They look OK though. I stuck tooth picks up their butts and made a little holder for them out of an old box. I then painted and painted and painted in the airbrush booth.

I was looking at my references and thought that the jammer under the port wing was supposed to have a glass front, so I cut off the front tip.

I painted the plastic after sanding. I then cut a tiny circle out of a colored film with my dandy little circle cutter.

I glued that to the front, then used my fly tying resin and made a bubble of "glass".

It turned out that I was looking at the Maverick missiles. So, the jammer has a glass front. No biggie. So I did the same to the actual Mavericks.

Anyway, the bombs and whatnot are all prepped and ready for decals and distressing.

 

[Sharkmouth]

I love your attitude. I would get hung up on those details and never finish. You are enjoying it all the way to the finish line!