A 10A Thunderbolt Tamiya 1/48

[BeebleBrox]

This will be fun.
Never built a ”modern” aircraft before, going for moderate wheatering.

EDIT:
....built a SR71 not long ago if its considered a modern plane, a10 almost as old.. must be the glue


Scale model addict, yes I am.

Will paint like the ones at the Bentwaters base in UK

 

[BeebleBrox]

Some progress

 

[BeebleBrox]

Stickers on




Clear coated, waiting for it to cure and then the fun stuff begin.

 

[BeebleBrox]

Started with some oils.. did not add much to the look (as usual).

 

[BeebleBrox]

Landing gear on.,

Dont know, thinking I should have paint it grey instead. Kind of boring toyish look.

 

[Quaralane]

I can definitely see where you're seeing the toy look

 

[BLT]

Well the cool thing about the Grey paint job is all the nice weathering that shows up... Just weather the green paint job apropiatley, and Bobs your uncle.

When you knock the glossy finish back it also helps...

And... Reference pics.

 

[cobraleader]

hit it with some oil dot filters

 

[BeebleBrox]

Yes. Need to wheater it more. Done alot of dotting. Will try dusting it with pigments.. maybe mist it with deluted buff.

Reference

 

[urumomo]

hit it with a bat

 

[BeebleBrox]

Baseball bat or bat? Got no baseball bat

 

[urumomo]

LOL
I agree it will look better once you matte coat it .

 

[BLT]

Give it a story...

Like this...



Or some different color panel, that tells a story. I have some walk around books on these planes... They're almost indestructible, if you see some of the damage these things take and still they make it back home, it's insane... So they would definitely see a lot of wear and tear and repair in the field.

 

[BeebleBrox]

Bat bashed pigments, a bit better.

 

[BeebleBrox]

Saw one of these that looked like a Swiss cheese. They are robust.

 

[urumomo]

Get to work !



Or if you really hate it :

 

[BeebleBrox]

Will buff it

 

[BLT]

Get to work !

View attachment 86961

Or if you really hate it :

Yeah no problem... That'll buff right out.

 

[BeebleBrox]

Better with some stuff on the wings.. poor quality on the fire crackers. Lot of sanding and filling, not good, decent maybe.

 

[urumomo]

Nice .

yeah , that's a dog of a kit from Tamiya .
Not the usual quality .