Academy 1/48 A10C

[styrenemachine]

Woa! Fast work! Clean looking. Handsome brute of a plane.

 

[Jantk14]

I've been snowed in the last two days

 

[kevin]

Same here, northeast Mass. on the coast.
I'm not looking forward to shoveling tomorrow

 

[BarleyBop]

not looking forward to shoveling

Like my son keeps reminding me, if you are in the zone (45-70), fit or no, and shovelling, heart attacks are indiscriminate.
Take care.

When that son was a kid, he, my dad and I went to the only airshow I've ever been: after a lull in flybys, what I remember as a low growl filled the air, then one of these Warthogs loomed just above the trees, squared with the crowd, seemingly crawling, the hair on the back of my neck on end, all of our eyes glued to its menacing glare...

 

[Glenn S]

That's awesome. And thank you. There is clear styrene piece that goes on the dashboard inside the front canopy that I didn't know what it was or how to paint it. The instructions just tell you to mask it but don't tell you what color or what part of it to paint. Now I know

I assume you mean the HUD (head up display)?

 

[styrenemachine]

Can you imagine the feeling of seeing one coming at you in angry mode

 

[blakeh1]

It's a shame it has so many issues. It seems like a highly reviewed and anticipated kit, especially being a new tooling from Academy, but sounds more like one of their old toolings

 

[blakeh1]

Also thanks for the heads up on the cockpit/canopy issue. I will need to make sure to test fit before gluing in the chair/pilot

 

[Jantk14]

The problems are mostly with the cockpit and the canopy. There is also a fit problem with the HUD on the dash and the front canopy. I had to trim the bottom of the HUD to get the front canopy on. It is a nicely detailed kit, but it's not one of the smoothest kits to put together. I recommend it but just be sure to dry fit everything. And if you are doing an open canopy you'll have less problems, except for the HUD.

 

[Jantk14]

First step of painting done. This is dark ghost grey and light ghost grey. Both FS numbers match the actual aircraft. They are very similar which made painting it a challenge. Definitely a tint of blue which I feel is unusual for an Airforce aircraft..

 

[Glenn S]

First step of painting done. This is dark ghost grey and light ghost grey. Both FS numbers match the actual aircraft. They are very similar which made painting it a challenge. Definitely a tint of blue which I feel is unusual for an Airforce aircraft..View attachment 181839View attachment 181840View attachment 181843

Hey! Your A-10 is the same colour as mine! What are the chances?

 

[styrenemachine]

That really turned out great!
That snow storm was well spent!

 

[Jantk14]

Added some post shading and cleaned up my lines, particularly on the fuselage

The last pic is a better shot of it. I did it all free hand and it was pretty crooked.

 

[Wig41]

Looks really good to me, compared to my free hand painting!

 

[Jantk14]

Thanks

 

[Jantk14]

Landing gear. I post this only because I actually did put enough weight in the nose to keep it from tail sitting. And I struggled getting the landing gear together and on the plane.

 

[BarleyBop]

Nice! I've yet to try my hand at landing gear on my first plane; sounds like it is often the bane of aircraft modelers...
Yours looks pretty good, and the plane seems to be sitting solidly on it's tricycle!

 

[Jantk14]

Nice! I've yet to try my hand at landing gear on my first plane; sounds like it is often the bane of aircraft modelers...
Yours looks pretty good, and the plane seems to be sitting solidly on it's tricycle!

When I was a kid I didn't put the landing gear on. I liked to play with them. Now from a display standpoint point you kind of need the landing gear. But I still do canopy closed. I think they look cooler.

 

[Littlemarten]

sounds like it is often the bane of aircraft modelers...

I prefer to display my builds as "in flight" for two reasons: 1: It's an airplane. 2: A lot of kits have pretty poor landing gear, although recent production seems to have improved a lot.

 

[Jantk14]

I prefer to display my builds as "in flight" for two reasons: 1: It's an airplane. 2: A lot of kits have pretty poor landing gear, although recent production seems to have improved a lot.

Do you put them on some kind of stand or just belly down? Because for example this one has a big fuel tank right in the middle and will sit tilted to one side.

 

[user 22148]

That is looking very good indeed.

 

[Littlemarten]

Do you put them on some kind of stand or just belly down? Because for example this one has a big fuel tank right in the middle and will sit tilted to one side.

I make clear plastic stands. For jets I put a clear plastic rods in the exhaust cone(s).

 

[blakeh1]

Looks great!

 

[blakeh1]

Academy actually makes some after market clear stands, but they also involve cutting holes in the model to fit the slot into, although a few Academy kits come with a built in slot ( the 1/72 TBF Avenger comes to mind)

As an aside, this is really something I wish more model companies would consider with giving clear In flight display stands. Occasionally Hasegawa will have the odd one included, but more often then not they just assume everyone wants a gear down version. But if that is the case why don't they give positionable flap and slat options so you can accurately represent them in gear down mode?

Sorry for the rambling "that's what grinds my gears rant".…

 

[Jakko]

Matchbox aircraft kits used to have them, until sometime in the early '80s. They all had a recessed area moulded in the underside of the fuselage and told you to cut that out if you wanted to use the stand.

 

[VegasAWACER13]

Occasionally Hasegawa will have the odd one included.

I have a Hasegawa F-35A in the stash that came with a stand, and I plan to use it.

 

[blakeh1]

First step of painting done. This is dark ghost grey and light ghost grey. Both FS numbers match the actual aircraft. They are very similar which made painting it a challenge. Definitely a tint of blue which I feel is unusual for an Airforce aircraft..View attachment 181839View attachment 181840View attachment 181843

out of curiosity, what paint brand did you go with? Tamiya, Vallejo, something else?

 

[Jantk14]

Vallejo Air. The light ghost grey is actually a primer but looks just as good as a paint.

 

[blakeh1]

Vallejo Air. The light ghost grey is actually a primer but looks just as good as a paint.

Great! I was planning on using the same

 

[styrenemachine]

Academy actually makes some after market clear stands, but they also involve cutting holes in the model to fit the slot into, although a few Academy kits come with a built in slot ( the 1/72 TBF Avenger comes to mind)

As an aside, this is really something I wish more model companies would consider with giving clear In flight display stands. Occasionally Hasegawa will have the odd one included, but more often then not they just assume everyone wants a gear down version. But if that is the case why don't they give positionable flap and slat options so you can accurately represent them in gear down mode?

Sorry for the rambling "that's what grinds my gears rant".…
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Slightly after the Ice Age, when I built my first models, most of them came with "in flight" stands in the kit.