Italeri 1/48 A-10 Thunderbolt II

[adampolo13]

Update photos.  (today was a litte slow so I had some time)

Canopies masked.  First coat is flat black so the inside apears black.  The second coat will be the fues color.




Wheels and gear (you may have read my "I hate gloss white" post.  I was a little frustrated)




It was warm enought the last two days that I figured the primer I laid down was good and curred enough to prime the bottom.  (Shoutout to DreamKnight - I saw him using gloves in a video he posted and I realized it was a nesecity if I want to make sure I'm getting good results.  Thanks again DreamKnight!)



I am loving the way this is coming together.  Def not perfect by any means but I can already see the progress since my B-17.

[fumblethumbs]

YES!!  You should defo be happy with the way it's coming adam!  But I must say...The pic of the big hand in the rubber glove made me a little nervous!!  I'm due for a physical pretty soon. 

[adampolo13]

 

Cough Cough Cough

[Glorfindel]

I'm having flashbacks all of a sudden. I just did this stuff a few short weeks ago. Looking great adampolo13.

[adampolo13]

Thanks for all the complements!!! 

So, I was sitting at my desk this morning trying to decide what to do.  Since yesterday I figured out the whole "white paint" situation I would take a shot at painting the fun stuff.


About 3/4 of the way through this I realized that I also had to paint the gear bays:  (The pic doesn't do the paint job justice.)


Next thing I realized was that the primer was nice and cured and that I could get some real paint on her.  I decided to try some pre-shading.  (I have to give DreamKnight another shoutout here.  I watched his pre-shading video on youtube the other day and it made this whole process so so much easier!  The one thing I realized from the technique is that I def need a better AB.  My lines def were too wide)
(Sorry about the blurry pic)



Now, because I watched DreamKnights video, I did a number of very light coats until I got to a point where I could just very barley see the black.  It dried like this:







What do you guys think?

Since I had the medium gray out I decided to paint the drop tank:


Next on the list is putting a coat of future on the ordinace, attaching canopies, etc.  I am getting closer!

Thanks again!!!!

[Glorfindel]

Dude it looks great. That's a fantastic base coat. Never worry about the pre-shading...it could almost be zig zagged across the hull (though I wouldn't do it like that) because once you put paint on her and fade out that black where it is like you said barley visible....then you've scored! Funny thing about using an AB is that you'll never master it but only learn to use it very well.  Outstanding work!

[fumblethumbs]

Yeah, that's money right there!!  Came out really nice adam!  Great job dude!!

[adampolo13]

Thanks Glorindel and fumblethumbs!!!  I couldn't have done that paint job without the help of all you guys!

[Myke]

Looks fantastic. Perfect amount of pre-shading! Gonna look sweet man!

[adampolo13]

Good morning/afternoon/evening, (I figured I would cover all the world's timezones)

I woke up this morning (very very early and could not fall back to sleep) and decided to get right at it.  (If you guys haven't figured it out yet I have way too much spare time on my hands.  Haha)

First I attached the little things that go on the inside of the frong canopy.


Next I put the canopy in place and used Tamiya extra thin to glue in place


Next it was time to start masking off for the light ghost gray.  I created a template for the rear section then cut it out of masking tape then I laid it on the model.  I did it this way to give it a very uniform look.




I moved from the back of the plan forward


When I went to tape off the corners with the curve I cut a circle out of tape and then I cut the outside into 4 equal pieces so that I could get very nice even curves.


I finished masking all the way forward.


First thing I did was paint the main canopy.

Here she is with all the paint laid down.


All the masking off:




Here is the engine bay.  I sure am glad that I left the access panel in place for painting!



I couldn't resist getting her legs legs in place.  (Only dryfit)




Here she is next to the GUA-8!


Thanks for looking!

[Dark Kyp]

Woaw, really a nice job so far! 

I really like this airplane, remind me the beginning of Command and Conquer! 

[Myke]

WOW, that paint work turned out awesome!

[amateurmodeler]

looking good there man

[NecronautDrummer]

Very clean job on that paint!

[adampolo13]

Thanks for all the complements fellas.  I definatley can't complain esp since its my 2nd build.  No pics tonight but I did get some future on the top of the plane and I also got decals on a few of the bombs.  All in all its coming out nicely.

Ill try and get some pics up soon.