discussion Italeri Fairchild Thunderbolt A-10C ‘Blacksnakes'

[flyjoe180]

Progressing nicely Neil

 

[minitnkr]

Office looks outstanding.

 

[HAWKERHUNTER]

Great to see this back on the work bench Neil. Coming along nicely.

 

[Stefee]

My mind is truly boggled by the sheer amount of detail in the cockpit, I thought car dashboards and interiors were hard to execute but this is several levels better.

 

[Neil]

My mind is truly boggled by the sheer amount of detail in the cockpit, I thought car dashboards and interiors were hard to execute but this is several levels better.

Tell me about it! I have had an odd ‘bonging’ sort of alert from my car in the last few weeks and absolutely no idea what it is for, and I swear I have tried every possible option top track it down

Thanks for the comments - I find there are a number of distinct stages with aircraft:

- The office
- Then the ‘nothing much is happening’ while you get the office fitted,
- Fuselage put together with wings, tail etc
- All taped up for priming
- Primed
- clean up, fill etc
- paint and gloss
- decals
- add any externals
- matt and weathering

It’s that second stage when nothing much seems to change, but now it looks like an A10 and need to get sone extra PE added before taping up ready to prime.

 

[Neil]

Nice progress Neil, a real beast in this scale, cockpit looks great have fun

Oh yeah, I’m thinking of getting a lightbox for pics and this will not fit a 30x30cm - need to get 40x40 to fit this in.

 

[Neil]

Primed now. As the main colours are grey, grey and grey I went with a black primer so I can see when the primer is covered.

 

[Neil]

Primed the munitions pylons too - as most of the munitions are white, I’ll prime them in grey or white.

 

[Neil]

And the cockpit surrounds in the same pale grey as the interior, I’ll obviously spray these with the right main colour when ready.

 

[Neil]

One minor problem, one of the tiny mirrors that is inside the front part of the cockpit flew off, pretty sure it was on my desk but I can’t find it. Oh well, I’ll hunt again but may just need to forget it.

 

[Geoffers]

Just catching up Neil, your doing a very nice job of it

It’s a good size, it’s going to look a real beast when finished

Geoff.

 

[Steven000]

Nice progress Neil Looking good in black already, have fun

 

[flyjoe180]

Looks good in black Neil

 

[Neil]

Just catching up Neil, your doing a very nice job of it

It’s a good size, it’s going to look a real beast when finished

Geoff.

you’re not wrong, it only just fits in the paint booth

 

[Neil]

Looks good in black Neil

it does doesn’t it, they should have had a black one, matt black, very dulled down markings and a big sharks mouth - it would look the dogs dangly bits!

Hmm, maybe, when I have made some reductions to the stash (so in about 5 years time ),it sounds like an interesting idea - all black A10 as steam-punk kind of thing

 

[Neil]

No photos today. Had some tiny PE to try and fit in the cockpit, but then I was trying to spray the pylons, missiles etc gloss white and that was not working. Tamiya X2. First I tried Mr Color levelling thinners and that was like sludge.

Then I used Tamiya thinner which at least sprayed but it was not great. Not sure if it is the pressure or it was not thinned enough but these will need to be done again before I can use them. I did find some small gaps on the wheel nacelles that will need a bit of putty too, but I should be on the main spray next weekend I hope. That and respraying the white gloss - or just go to brushing instead.

 

[Andy T]

Tamiya acrylics and levelling thinner normally go together perfectly. Maybe it wasn't thinned enough as you say.

I'd start at least 50/50, maybe adding a touch more thinners if it still doesn't spray nicely.