My Next build Tamiya 1/48 A10 thunderbolt

[urumomo]

Aren't you up in Jersey or something ?
You should order from Scale Hobbyist -- they're right there in NH .

 

[Docbritofmf]

Good lord , I just noticed the price on that jar of paint from Amazon ,
Friggin criminal

Ya .. I just saw Tamiya sells little jars of enamel paints I did not know that

 

[Docbritofmf]

After some self debate I figured out what paint scheme I'm going to go with for this warbird.


I Just need to find the nose art works decal set because I have the old shark teeth set

 

[Docbritofmf]

Progress progress.. all in the name of progress or so to speak.

So far Today I was able to get a bunch done as far as assembly goes. I broke it down into about 4 main sub assemblies and a few smaller sub sub assemblies.

The main Hull of the aircraft, in the instructions from the very beginning calls for the hull to be dry fitted and taped together but not glued, this is I guess important because certain parts like the cock pit need to be completed and then fitted in to place threw the bottom . The only issue I have with this is that it's hard to properly fit the hull which is in two half's together until some point later in the build which means any seams or alignment issues can't be handled until alot of other delicate work is also fitted into place. This is gonna make painting and masking a bit of a pain.

Also the instructions seem to fail at telling you at what point the tape is removed and glue is applied so thats gonna take some figuring.

The other sub assemblies include the wings, empennage (tail section), and power plant with minor assemblies being the cockpit landing gear and ejection seat which I have each mostly built.

Lastly will be the weapons payload which will be a lot of work as this beast carries a lot of bad guy party favors

 

[urumomo]

https://www.ultracast.ca/Twobobs-48-276-A-10C-Hoosier-Hawks-p/twob48276.htm

https://www.ultracast.ca/1-48-Decals-A-10-s/777.htm

 

[Docbritofmf]

https://www.ultracast.ca/Twobobs-48-276-A-10C-Hoosier-Hawks-p/twob48276.htm

https://www.ultracast.ca/1-48-Decals-A-10-s/777.htm

Little pricey but that'll work

 

[urumomo]

That's Canadian Pesos
about $ 17

 

[Docbritofmf]

her paint job is getting there but it's been a rough time of tapeing and measuring and repainting and adjusting but it's getting there

 

[Docbritofmf]

View attachment 94764 her paint job is getting there but it's been a rough time of tapeing and measuring and repainting and adjusting but it's getting there View attachment 94765

I forgot to mention on lesson that I learned the hard way.. definitely in the future will paint everything black first then matt varnish it so that the black paint is protected because this black paint picks up every little speck of dust and finger prints when it's left unfinished which creates a metric F*ck ton of extra work

 

[Docbritofmf]

Question time,

So I'm reviewing the color list Tamiya provided for the A-10 and in reference to wing tip Navigation/position identifying lights it list the Left/port side wing tip light as Red and the right/Starboard side as Blue.. as far as I know this is incorrect Right/starboard is identified by green on aircraft which is the same as boats and ships

Unless military aircraft use blue which I don't think is true because The FAA training for all pilots, instructs pilots to identify the position of another aircraft in the night sky based on what color lights they see and in what order they see them these colors are red green and white with no mention of blue

Any one know why there would be a reason for the A-10 to have a blue wing tip light or is this incorrect and I should go with green

 

[urumomo]

The position lights are red and green .
Blue lights are low intensity formation lights .

 

[urumomo]

Set to play at relative point , but these are green :

 

[Docbritofmf]

The position lights are red and green .
Blue lights are low intensity formation lights .

Looking at your video the ones on the main wing tips appear to be blue it has to be a an A-10 thing.. positional lights are red and green like you said and they are in the wing tips and belly of the planes fuselage, formation lights I didn't know where blue but then again I fly civil aircraft not military. I live with in the McGuire/Lakehurst joint base flight path I'll have to pay attention now to planes flying over head and see what lights are lit up. They have to fly with lights on here because they have several small airports and 3 large airports with airspace nearly on top of each other

 

[urumomo]

I can't find anything that shows anything other than the conventional red on the left and green on the right , even in USAF documents .
The lens may appear blue when not lit .

 

[urumomo]

Both the formation light strip on the tail , which we know is green , and the wingtip appear bluish in this photo :



More greenish here :

 

[urumomo]

 

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[Docbritofmf]

Both the formation light strip on the tail , which we know is green , and the wingtip appear bluish in this photo :

View attachment 94769

More greenish here :

View attachment 94770

Very possible it's just the lense color looks blue but is actually green Tamiya must have messed that up under similar circumstances looking at a lense and thinking the color was supposed to be blue when it's green in reality.

I got most of the bulk of the air craft back together I got some work Todo on paint touch ups and this cut mark that I accidentally put into the wing triming the masking tape .that needs to be filled.

My next big concern is going to be trying to mask the canopy which I have never had much success with in the past

 

[urumomo]

From one of our members --> https://davidsscalemodels.com/tips-and-tricks/masking-with-kapton-tape/