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Finishing the wheel
wells:
In part two of this article, I was working on the wheel wells, so here is a picture
of left sponson, with the fuel tube, a careful paint with touches made
using a black pen, give a nice look to the area.
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Fuselage / wings:
I forget last time to
talk about a thing I've added, it's just at the junction, I didn't know
how it is named, but the Trumpeter piece is too small comparing to the
real pictures, so I made an extension with plasticard filled with
putty.
Also, I strenghtened the
internal junction of the wings / fuselage, I was worried that with the
load and the weight of the beast, that the wings could break the
fuselage, the junction is pretty small in fact! So, as seen in those
pics, I added plasticard inside.
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Gears:
Well, you just need to clear the
metal parts; I changed nothing on them; I know that EDUARD is making
some parts for...but I was worried that they would stay strong enough for the weight
of the model!
I added all the lines,
and there are a bunch of on the A10...so check your references!
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Finally..the painting
process...:
Ok, then the big beast is ready,
after all! As I've decided to make a European One paint scheme, using TESTOR
paints as usual. A 1/32 scale model is heavy and difficult to
manipulate....and I didn't have a lot of space here on my workbench! So, as
always....I'm trying to give an effect to the paint; airbrushing three different
times with the same colour, first coat with the exact colour, second one with
some white / grey or yellow (added into the first paint; and the third one
with a bit more lightened. I work each panel with this mixed, lightened the
center of the panel. With this technique, I've the border of the panel in the
darker color...going lighter to the center.
Weathering:
Also an old technique for me,
using SMOKE from TAMIYA. With a brush I "paint" some panel lines
with smoke and directly whipped it off with a wet cloth. With this, the lines
are darker (but not black) and the smoke when whipped off lay a pattern on the
panel, which gives a nice look; not too dirty!
I make some soft dry brush using
light grey on the fuselage sections which have rivets......
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Decaling:
I was using the
CUTTING EDGE
decal sheet ( CED 32021 ), to make the bird belonging to
the 23 rd TFW " Flying Tiger"....First I put a coat of FUTURE,
with a soft brush. Then I apply the decals. When dry, I applied a second
coat of FUTURE. So the decals are " sandwiched " between two
coats of " gloss"....this prevents some silvering
troubles when you apply the final coat of matt varnish.
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Weapons load:
I used the ECM pod from the box,
but for the other weapons I decide to use some resin ones. CBU are coming from
CAM, AIM 9 SIDEWINDERs are from
Cutting Edge
and finally the MAVERICKs are
coming from the HUNTER box from REVELL.....they are really great! Oh, just
one more thing, the dual rail for the Sidewinder is very poorly done in the
box, so I decided to rebuild one in plasticard.
In fact, my first idea was
to reproduce the FACC load as I made with my 1/48 model, but I was in a hurry
to finished it...and you know that when you've been working on a model for a long time.......you decide to cut the corners!
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Laser seeker pod:
Well, I think this particularly bird didn't wear it...but anyway
I thought it was an
interesting addition. I decided to scratchbuild the inside of the seeker and
I vacuformed the lense...it was the first time I ever vacuformed
something, I think I made ten of them before having a good one!!!
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Conclusion:
Well well well...as the
British said.....after waiting so long for an 32nd scale repro of
the A10, we finally got it! OK, there are a bunch of errors, those
errors cost lots of money when you decide to replace them from the resin
market....but when you take your time; plasticard is your best friend!
Here I didn't really take my time and put money into....that's why I decided to finished it!!!
I'm finally proud of my A10,
this is a strange plane, when you look at it you can feel its power,
strength....but it's ugly!!!! Last thing, check the
balance of the weight, especially if you install the resin engines......!
Last pic, the two
brother on the table...1/32 and 1/48.....incredible ! And you know what?....maybe in a
few years, when the prices of the boxes are getting lower...maybe I will
make another one...!
Enjoy!
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Patrick
IPMS BELGIUM
ANS MODELISME
http://www.ansmodelisme.com
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