Fairchild-Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II

Mark DeBacker
Have resin NAWS conversion (meh)

Matthew A
Getting into 1:144

Nils Steyaert
ok, im calling this project done, although i ran into a big problem on the final stretch.
the matt coating i applied at the end really smudged up the canopy, in the last picture, you can see that im trying to fix it with a few layers of Humbrol Clear.

Greg Baker
Yeah... that's what I want to see.

Gareth Burge
It looks better out of focus....

Greg Baker
That's why I keep mine out of direct sunlight... I have the Ace Corp boxing of this kit. it seems better than I thought.

Николай Дом
Попробовал, как выкладывать фото проектов

Michael Hickey
CooL, watching.

Moritz Fentzahn
Another A-10 from your bench? Watching

Stephan Ryll
Your welcome Michael and Moritz
This is one one the projects I hope to start in 2020 - so please stay patient

Christopher Mullins
Been taking some pictures as I have been working on it, it is almost together and just posting now because of work. Got to do the seat and paint on the third camo color, but Im not sure if I should use NATO Green or Medium Green. The olive (ANA 613) I used is a bit darker than it should be because I ran out of the other olive green, so I was think about going darker with the NATO Green as well. The grey I used is Revell 77 Staubgrau.

Patrick Hagelstein
Well, that saves on canopy masking.... Interesting subject!

Holger Kranich
Had more Soul with canopy.

Nigel
I agree with Patrick.

Puts me in mind of the Pale Man in Pan's Labyrinth.

Nathan Dempsey
Had a spare A-10 with a broken canopy. I guess this will save the trouble of getting a new one
+ I'll be able to have a little more freedom with the markings & nose art.

Nathan Dempsey
Added some GPS/SATCOM antennas. Work has slowed a bit while I gather weapons stores.

Robert Lipstreu
How much weight did you put in it?

Dave Flitton
How was the build? Anything outrageously hard?

Robert Lipstreu
Haven't started yet, had to get weights for the build. Currently showering the net for Italeri 1320 Drone Mq-9 Reaper 1/72 Scale Model Kit. Apparently nobody has it

baran ismen
5-10gr's of small weight piece as i remember

Tom Beighley
Great build!

Kaju Stas
thanks Tom !

Anto1966
Ciao ti chiedevo se gentilmente hai le istruzioni del montaggio perché ho perso il foglio
grazie Antonio

Francesco
Ciao antonio, controllo e nel caso te le invio via mail

Anto1966
Grazie Mille

Anto1966
Ciao

Michael Hickey
Good t hear you had fun with this Hog, I've got this kit in my stash as well and the tip about the styrene strip on the underside is most helpful, thanks for that. I was going to build mine with the snake had on the nose but that's a "C" variant and the HobbyBoss kit I believe is an "A" variant, so I might to her in experimental camo scheme. Do have any pics?

Ron Garcia
No, but I might get around to it since you asked. Yeah, because the bottom is so flat with tons of recessed detail, having a slightly misaligned fuselage on the bottom was hard to correct. I wasn't 100% successful, but since no one is ever going to pick it up, I can live with it. Have fun with your build. I'm knocking out all my A aircraft in my stash so onto an A-1, A-3, and an A-4 and then I'm done.

Michael Hickey
Cool, yeah don't be shy gives a look at her, I know when I build a model I don't have enough fingers to count for all the mistakes I make on them, I just try to hide them. Since I build now for me and not commission I'm just trying to pump them out a bit quicker than I used to. Also helps knowing I don't have any intention anymore in going into comps. At the moment I'm trying to reduce my Phantom II stash, I think last count there were at least 25 to 35 of them all in 1/48 and all Hasegawa or Academy. Just about got my Greek F-4 done.

Michael Hickey
I've got a couple of decal sheets from Two Bobs on the A-10 but the one I'll be doing first more than likely is an experiment scheme that is on a decal sheet by Print Scale. Basically two tone brown and a third green color.

Ekki
Following.

Augusto
Iam new to the community. Thanks for the support!

Ekki
Welcome and looking forward to the final result. Happy modelling!

Augusto
Finished the model!! On to the base...

Augusto
I'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 ...

Bryn Crandell
Looks great. Welcome to the community.

Cuajete
Looking very good. Nice base. Congrats!

freegamer
Good job!

Augusto
Thank you, guys! Very kind words.

Ron Garcia
Had this model in my stash FOREVER. Definitely not state of the art. Raised panel lines, ECM pods attached to the pylons, decals for the instrument panels, etc. The worst offense is that the top and one side of the nose wheel well is open. I have no idea why they did this. I used some styrene to block it off. Good thing I did so because it required a TON of weight to get the plane to sit on its wheels. I believe this model is based on the prototype so I painted mine as Preproduction Aircraft 1. Used the kit supplied stores. They look OK. I've read that this model isn't very accurate, but it looks like an A-10 to me. I have another one in my stash that I'm going to complete, but having said that, I don't recommend this kit. It's just too old and should be retired.