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It's a HOG! 1/72 Italeri A-10A Thunderbolt II - Completed! Pg.32


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57 minutes ago, giemme said:

Decals, weathering and the final flat coat are going to dramatically reduce the effect (at least, that's what has happened to me so far :coolio: 😏 )

 

You are probably spot on there G, I always seem to under do the post shading & it almost disappears!!

 

K

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1 hour ago, Silenoz said:

and then there are also the Mr hyde putty (less "creapy" it seems 😉 ))and the MIG spin off from panzer putty

 

I use one of the many makes of silly putty; seems to have very similar properties to the much more expensive panzer putty. No residue, most importantly.

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Another vote for the many makes of masking putty. Just about no residue, perfectly malleable . It's great, but the make that I'm using is starts to sag after a little while (like less than an hour) so one have to be quick with painting. 

Blue-tack or similar is much more form stable over time, which is good for notoriously slow builders like me 🙂

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Thanks for posting the link Silenoz, I know this stuff gets various reviews...

I like it actually but have learned to stretch it out thin before application to avoid major creeping. HTH Håkan

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On 21/06/2018 at 13:36, Biggles87 said:

Bellisima! Well recovered.

 

John

Cheers John, thanks! :thumbsup:

 

On 22/06/2018 at 00:20, The Spadgent said:

She looks great. The post shading is about right as adding extra layers later on Will blend everything together. Top stuff my man. 😀

 

John.

Hopefully so, Johnny :thumbsup:

 

On 22/06/2018 at 15:03, Spookytooth said:

Looking nice Giemme.

Good touching up done sir.

 

Enjoy the weather sir.

 

Simon.

Thanks Simon :thumbsup:  I did actually enjoy the weather, and BBQ with friends, and ine, and swimming pool ...

As a result, not much time was left for modelling last WE, so here's the little I did:

 

I made a paper copy of the decals, cut out the shark mouth and test fitted it in position....

 

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....to determin where to spray a black area to be faired in with the actual decal

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which I did airbrushing Tamiya Flat Black

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the same Tamiya Flat Black was sprayed on the fin tops, followed by Tamiya Sky Blue

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Then I glued in the leading edge slats, touched them up by brush and gloss coated

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The camo on them needs merging with the wing surfaces, so I'll attempt a dry-brushing and see how it works. Next time though

 

All comments welcome, as ever

 

Ciao

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10 hours ago, Biggles87 said:

Another imaginative use of Lego, did you buy some from Ced? 😁

Thanks John, I actually have a good provision of my own :rofl: That's my standard aircraft stand, anyway; I've been using it for all my recent builds on BM :winkgrin:

 

Ciao

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3 hours ago, Biggles87 said:

Sorry, my short term memory is rubbish.

 

Tell me about it! :banghead: :wall:

 

1 hour ago, keefr22 said:

Looking rather nice G, coming on well!

 

K

Cheers K, thanks! :thumbsup: 

 

Ciao

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45 minutes ago, CedB said:

Very nice Giorgio, she's looking smart under the varnish :) 

Cheers Ced, glad you like her :thumbsup: Although her current appearance is far from the one I have in mind for when it's finished ... :coolio:

 

Ciao

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Hi everybody; 

 

little progress to report. I started working on another long postponed task, to wit the main gear struts and wheels. First this:

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On the left the unaltered kit part; the triangular reinforcement in real life is hollowed out in the middle, so I thought the best way to replicate it was to cut out most of it and glue in a plastic strip from 0.5mm styrene sheet

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Both done

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I glued the strips in using Tamiya Green Cap and let them settle for the night; then I'll have to do some shaping/filling/sanding to get to the correct shape and size.

 

I also glued the wheel halves together, and here are all the main gear parts (except for the actuator arms)

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I forgot to mention that during the final unmasking after the camouflage painting, I partially cracked open the port wing to fuselage join :wall:, so last night I also fixed that (hopefully)

 

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This is staying a good 24 hours like that, then I'll remove the tape.

 

I'll be off for the  WE, so no progress till mid of next week, I think

 

All comments welcome

 

Ciao

 

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1 hour ago, CedB said:

Nice job on the gear struts Giorgio :) 

Bad luck with the wing join but I'm sure you've sorted it now.

Thanks Ced :thumbsup: Tonight I'll check if the wing join is sorted. Fingers crossed :fingerscrossed:

 

1 hour ago, Spookytooth said:

I see that you are up to your usual tricks Giemme.

The U/C legs look nice, as for the wing?

Ah well, ..it happens mate, at least it was spotted before any other work was done.

 

Simon.

 

Thanks Simon :thumbsup: The wing issue wasn't that evident, if not for the dihedral .... :chair:  🙂

 

Ciao

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On 28/06/2018 at 16:58, Azgaron said:

Nice work with the landing gears, and I hope the join holds! :)

 

Håkan

 

Thanks H, the join did hold :thumbsup:

 

On 30/06/2018 at 09:47, The Spadgent said:

Lovely steady progress G. The UC looks nice. 🤩

 

Johnny

Cheers Johnny, thank you :thumbsup:

On 30/06/2018 at 23:44, PlaStix said:

Very impressive progress Giorgio - hope the wing is sorted okay.

Kind regards,

Stix

Thanks Stix, and yes, as said above, the wing is sorted.

 

Service resumed on this one during the WE, so here's a progress report.

Main gears refined:

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so it was time to glue their actuator arms in. Before doing that, I deepened the hole shown here (top undone, bottom done)

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and glued in using Tamiya Green Cap (apologies for the poor pic, and it won't be the last one, unfortunately)

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PPP applied where needed, and smoothed out with the usual spongy make up brush

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I then added a simplified version of the piping/wiring

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Main wheels got sorted too, removing the central edge

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and sanding them to reproduce a flat spot

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So now I have a bunch of stuff ready for priming :pilot: (that's another awful pic, I know :chair: )

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Back to the main airframe, while CA glue I used for the gear struts piping settles; I masked around the retractable ladder bay and the avionics bay

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Then I first airbrushed a flat black base coat, followed by the final gloss aircraft grey layer

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Then some detail painting (by brush) inside the avionics bay

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I now need to raid the spare decals bank and see if I can find some suitable little black placards, and after that I'll add a dark wash and a flat coat.

 

Next time, though; comments welcome, as ever

 

Ciao

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