Global Scale Modeller

Decided to start this, so far it's going together nicely. It has the raised panel details again so I won't be sanding and filling the seam but I will do the best I can. There are a few fit issues and there is a glaring error in the instructions for the wing wheel wells. I don't like how the wings and the horizontals are attached to the kit as it's a bit fiddly. Oh well, time will tell how it turns out.

Cockpit fit issue. Wheel well painted and weighted. There's a weight behind the piece that drops in too. Wings finished just waiting to go on.

Wings and engines on ready for primer. There is about a 0.5-0.8mm gap where the engines join the fuselage when it gets glued down so that will require filling as well as the wing roots.

Sweet! I love the A-10, so I'm looking forward to this baby getting painted and decaled!

Love the A10 too. Had one as a kid that I never got to make. I remember it being difficult then. Keep the posts up. I'll be watching and learning.

Well I got it all put together and managed to get the primer on before my airbrush decided it didn't want to play any more the nozzle has decided it no longer likes to stay attached to the AB So until the replacement AB arrives I will paint and decal the weapons. It's Bank Holiday Monday here too so I will have to add an extra day wait to the postage My problem is I'm too impatient so I will probably find a way to fix the nozzle in PERMANENTLY

Looking great so far!! The A-10 is such a cool airframe! Such a wonderfully angry canon in it's snout

This weekend must be the weekend of Hell....or there is a wave of negative karma going around!

Great start so far mate....good luck with the new AB, can't wait to see how it transforms this sweet "Tank Busting" machine!

My brother had that kit when we were kids in the 80's. He never got around to building it; one of the many times he was a total douche to me I ended up smashing it all to hell. I should buy him another one. I built the Tamiya version a while back and remember it going together very nicely without the fit issues you had.

HistoryRider wrote:This weekend must be the weekend of Hell....or there is a wave of negative karma going around!

You're not wrong, hopefully that's the end of it and we can get back to painting

UKguyInUSA wrote:Great start so far mate....good luck with the new AB, can't wait to see how it transforms this sweet "Tank Busting" machine!

Thanks, I've not decided yet but I might switch paint schemes otherwise I'll end up with a shelf full of grey planes

EagleOnyx wrote:My brother had that kit when we were kids in the 80's. He never got around to building it; one of the many times he was a total douche to me I ended up smashing it all to hell. I should buy him another one. I built the Tamiya version a while back and remember it going together very nicely without the fit issues you had.

Lol I think as repentance you should have to build the Revell kit and seeing how well you have done with your MiG you will have no problems making it look good

Well weapons are all done so that's it until AB arrives. I think I have come up with what might be a useful tip for decalling, but if you already know it then oh well. Basically because I was dealing with lots of little decals my water kept going cold and I was getting bored of having to keep getting up and reheating it. So whilst on way to kitchen I noticed the Mrs candle scent burner thing on the fireplace and stole(borrowed until she notices) it, it keeps the water at a perfect 44C - 46C for up to 3hrs

One thing though, I used Krystal clear glue and well it hasn't dried clear, have I used too much and I just have to wait a lot longer than 15mins until it goes clear or should I pop the little caps off and re-apply but use a lot less?

lovely kit. I'm in the process of bringing one back from the dead (shelf of doom GB). Started it 20 years ago, now it's going to be a pain in the a$$ to finish. Did you have any plastic issues , i.e too brittle, didn't sand properly?

Very clean and lovely job on the ordinance. Is that all brush-painted? Are any of those colour bands decals? or is it all paint?

I know what you mean about the grey. I've decided to do the desert camo scheme (tan, khaki, and brown) - what a bad-a$$ looking bird.

Keep up the awesome work!

I love this "airtank"...Good work. I look forward with interest.

MikeyKb wrote:lovely kit. I'm in the process of bringing one back from the dead (shelf of doom GB). Started it 20 years ago, now it's going to be a pain in the a$$ to finish. Did you have any plastic issues , i.e too brittle, didn't sand properly?

Very clean and lovely job on the ordinance. Is that all brush-painted? Are any of those colour bands decals? or is it all paint?

I know what you mean about the grey. I've decided to do the desert camo scheme (tan, khaki, and brown) - what a bad-a$$ looking bird.

Keep up the awesome work!

Good luck with it and I hope it doesn't prove too troublesome for you. I've had no problems with the plastic but I haven't done any sanding apart from removing flash and sprue stubs and just a bit of scraping along the seam line with the edge of the scalpel. Brushed using Tamiya/Vallejo MC and about 6 light coats of Winsor & Newton gloss which is good stuff. The bands are all done with decals. I've found this scheme on the net and have ordered what I hope is the correct colours. I went for Vallejo MC 821, 822, 825, 826 & 912 I couldn't make up my mind with the darker brown so got a few

AchtungPanzer wrote:I love this "airtank"...Good work. I look forward with interest.

Thanks


I might try and AB it instead of the Pledge but it is pretty thick and will require thinning. I will experiment with distilled water/Ultimate thinners/X-20A and see what happens.

That's some sexy ordinance!

robertw wrote:That's some sexy ordinance!

vyper, I must concur with Robert. Amazing job on the explody things

Nicely done on the A-10 love it

Cheers guys, this will be my 1st camo scheme so hope it turns out right Still waiting on paint and new AB

vyper1 wrote:Cheers guys, this will be my 1st camo scheme so hope it turns out right Still waiting on paint and new AB

I can't wait to see it turn out!! For masking the scheme, I'd recommend silly putty and tape!! (Always seems to work well for me anyways ) Should work nicely on your scale!!

I bet you're on pins and needles in anticipation for your AB!

HistoryRider wrote: I bet you're on pins and needles in anticipation for your AB!

You're not wrong but knowing my luck it won't arrive till Thursday seeing as it's a Bank holiday week I have plenty of tape but what is silly putty, is that the same as plasticine in the UK?

vyper1 wrote:

HistoryRider wrote: I bet you're on pins and needles in anticipation for your AB!

You're not wrong but knowing my luck it won't arrive till Thursday seeing as it's a Bank holiday week I have plenty of tape but what is silly putty, is that the same as plasticine in the UK?

It's a toy goop made by crayola. It's stretchable, moldable,tacky but not so sticky it removes paint. Its really cool stuff!!! I use it to shape out the cammo patterns. Poster tack works as well but, I'm afraid to use it due to rumors of excessive tackiness.

http://www.crayola.com/products/origina ... y-product/

Well looks like it's another item we can't get in the UK only place I've found it was on eBay and they want silly amounts for postage would be like £2 for the putty and £11 postage

vyper1 wrote:Well looks like it's another item we can't get in the UK only place I've found it was on eBay and they want silly amounts for postage would be like £2 for the putty and £11 postage

That is outrageous!!

And I'm surprised you can't get it in the UK!!! We even took that stuff to the MOON!!!

HistoryRider wrote:

vyper1 wrote:Well looks like it's another item we can't get in the UK only place I've found it was on eBay and they want silly amounts for postage would be like £2 for the putty and £11 postage

That is outrageous!!

And I'm surprised you can't get it in the UK!!! We even took that stuff to the MOON!!!

Can you go retrieve it and send it my way
I've pre-shaded (badly in places, just can't get the hang of the trigger on this new AB) and put down the 1st base coat but I'm on hold until I find a way of masking. It has some complex shapes which weren't going right with tape

That looks GREAT!!! The nice thing about pre shading is that you don't have to worry TOO much about good or bad! I, for one, am glad it gets covered up Your tank buster is looking really nice!!

OK here is my 1st attempt at camouflaging, it's a lot harder than I thought it would be and this plane is so awkward to paint around the engines. It's nowhere near finished but I will persevere with it. In the end I used a combination of frisket film (forgot I had it) and tape to get the shapes. I'm not 100% happy with the colours as they are nothing like how they appeared on screen when I ordered them, is it just me or is the supposedly beige colour actually green (maybe I need my eyes testing). Depending on how it turns out I will either keep it or blast it with primer and start again

Looks Nice!!!! I see dark brown, sand, and green!!

Good find on the frisket!!

Keep it up!!



-Nolan

Thanks, but the picture of the scheme I chose shows brown, brown and brown and I'm sure I ordered 3 shades of brown it just threw me when I sprayed the beige and it was green Now I'm not too sure if the dark brown goes with the sand and GREEN I will have to wait till I finish it to see the overall effect, either way it will brighten up a grey shelf

vyper1 wrote:Thanks, but the picture of the scheme I chose shows brown, brown and brown and I'm sure I ordered 3 shades of brown it just threw me when I sprayed the beige and it was green Now I'm not too sure if the dark brown goes with the sand and GREEN I will have to wait till I finish it to see the overall effect, either way it will brighten up a grey shelf

I wonder if it could have been an issue with labeling like Model Master had with their RLM colors!?
(They switched the RLM 82 and 83 labels, so if you need the actual rlm83, you have to get the rlm82)

But regardless, its looking sharp, and it will liven up a grey shelf!



-Nolan

Yeah that's definitely green. It's still looking excellent though. Keep it up!

Looking great buddy.

The dark brown leading edges really came out well.

Well..... I didn't like it so I started again and guess what? I kind of don't like this one either Maybe it's just me but something doesn't look quite right. Admittedly this one looks more like the pic but I'm still not happy with the overall colours Only the tail section left to do so I will wait till it's all finished before I make up my mind as to whether I start again.......Again

T3hGuppy wrote:Looking great buddy.

The dark brown leading edges really came out well.

I also liked how it turned out, but judging by this pic the leading edge is the same colour as the light brown. Just that my brown isn't orangey (is that a word) enough, in fact none of my colours are like the pic Don't suppose anyone has got some pics of this actual aircraft? preferably from above

Camo is all finished, it's nowhere near perfect and can do with some touching up in places. I actually don't mind the colours now that I'm looking at it completed and TBH if I started again I would just paint it all grey next step is finishing the engines, gluing back on the pitot (think that's what it was) I accidentally snapped off and giving it a nice coat of gloss in prep for the decals.

It looks good!!!! Colors notwithstanding, you did a great job on it!!!

Great recovery viper!! I like it!!

Looking good!

That is one sharp "Hawg" you have going on there

Cheers guys,
Well it's almost complete, just the decals and nav lights to go on. There is one piece I have left off, it's a long clear rod thing that goes under the tail between the horizontals. It doesn't say to paint it and if I do stick it in then it's about 8mm too long and the plane can't sit on its wheels. So what is it and do I need it ? I've looked at pics of the real aircraft and can't see it on them so I guess I'm ok leaving it off

oh yeah, that little strange piece Lmao no one answer this one please as I have just realised what it is for and I shall take myself outside and give myself a slap but why have a random hole in the fuselage that needs filling

Is it to hold the back up stop it being a tail sitter?

Scottwba wrote:Is it to hold the back up stop it being a tail sitter?

Now that is a good use for it and is probably what it is for but it's too long and wouldn't using that negate the added weight in the nose. Well I'm leaving it off but must remind myself to fill the hole

vyper1 wrote:

Scottwba wrote:Is it to hold the back up stop it being a tail sitter?

Now that is a good use for it and is probably what it is for but it's too long and wouldn't using that negate the added weight in the nose. Well I'm leaving it off but must remind myself to fill the hole

I think it's for if you forget to add the weight.

Done an excellent job!

Cheers Guys,

That's the decals all done I have a love hate relationship with decals, but I think we all do. They do finish the models off nicely but sometimes I really hate doing them, especially when there's lots of the same repetitive 'no step' or tiny fiddly ones that stick to everything BUT the plane Luckily there wasn't too many on this one but I'm dreading the F-15 decalling Well once the micro sol dries I'll clean up any residue and seal them in, but I'd say this one is now complete and it's time to move on to the next one

Love the colours you chose, looks really good!

Nice clean build, I need one of these in my collection.

Excellent work

Thats coming along nicely vyper.

Good work mate. Nice camo

That came out sweet! I love the A-10, there was a base near where I work (since converted to F-15's) and they would fly pretty low over town.

NICE FINISH vyper!!!!!

it looks awesome!!!

-Nolan

Cheers guys, it turned out well in the end and it has to be my favourite so far