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Revell A-10A Thunderbolt II: Done
madcat911
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Singapore / 新加坡
Joined: April 09, 2007
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Posted: Wednesday, July 18, 2007 - 05:48 AM UTC
Hi All,

Here are some shots of my completed A-10A. Built from the Revell kit with decals coming from the Italeri kit. Represents 80-0186 which took part in ODS and was pretty much shot up. Feedback and critique welcome.











Regards,
Mark
mother
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New York, United States
Joined: January 29, 2004
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Posted: Wednesday, July 18, 2007 - 06:17 AM UTC
Two words…Like It! Excellent work and the paint looks great also, like how it was feathered/blended in. any chance you can share your paint technique. You say it represents a hot shot up in ODS, it would happen to be the one “Kim (KC) Campbell” flew.

Joe
jam2727
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Victoria, Australia
Joined: June 28, 2007
KitMaker: 171 posts
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Posted: Wednesday, July 18, 2007 - 10:07 AM UTC
wOw!
Thant has got to be one of the best done models i have ever seen!
I love the A-10 thanks

If you could share the painting technique that would be apreciated.

Once again bloody good model mate
CaptainA
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Indiana, United States
Joined: May 14, 2007
KitMaker: 3,117 posts
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Posted: Wednesday, July 18, 2007 - 10:29 AM UTC
Looks just like the one that made a few practice runs on me. Good job Mark.

sgtsauer
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Missouri, United States
Joined: March 30, 2002
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Posted: Friday, July 20, 2007 - 02:39 PM UTC
Great job. You made a mediocre kit look great. You should be proud of that one.
Erik67
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Buskerud, Norway
Joined: July 31, 2005
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Posted: Friday, July 20, 2007 - 03:40 PM UTC
I have promised myself to build one of these "flying tanks" one day. Good job!

Erik
madcat911
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Singapore / 新加坡
Joined: April 09, 2007
KitMaker: 112 posts
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Posted: Sunday, July 22, 2007 - 04:15 AM UTC
Hi guys,

Thanks for all the kind comments.

As for the painting technique, no special technique needed here. I firstly airbrushed the lighter green (Gunze 303 FS34102) to their respective areas. Then came to the dark green (Gunze 302 FS34092) according to the painting guide. Finally came the grey (Gunze 301 FS36081).

Parts which were painted wrongly were touched up accordingly.

Thanks once again.

Regards,
Mark
fish1642
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England - East Anglia, United Kingdom
Joined: September 04, 2006
KitMaker: 89 posts
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Posted: Thursday, July 26, 2007 - 08:08 AM UTC
Amazing job. I love the paint job. The wife broke my last A-10 but this makes me want to build another one.
SGTJKJ
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Kobenhavn, Denmark
Joined: July 20, 2006
KitMaker: 10,069 posts
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Posted: Thursday, July 26, 2007 - 07:12 PM UTC
Good job on this one. It looks like a real angry hog

Thanks for sharing
Silantra
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Putrajaya, Malaysia
Joined: March 04, 2004
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Posted: Thursday, July 26, 2007 - 09:44 PM UTC
good work pal. excellent.
This is one of my first painted kit when i started back this hobby. My experience with this kit, it's hard to get perfect join for the turboprops to fit into the center of the cowling. Since i was so novice back then, i just leave them like that.
Anyway, this build really remind me of how naive i am back then.
The painting was perfect!
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