Okay, this my first model, a Revell 1/72 A-10. I've gotten quite a bit done on it, and I finally got a digital camera so I can show it off. YAY! Technically this isn't my first. The first was actually an M-41 Walker Bulldog that came out with a horrible finish, and just got worse when I started applying washes and whatnot to it. So it's now my test model for weathering techniques and all that good stuff.



So I 'm gonna consider this A-10 my first model, since it's my first successful one, so far anyway.



So here's pics. I have no proper photo set-up at all yet, not even a tripod, but comments and critique are more than welcome.















As you can see, I still have all the canopy work to do. I'm not sure if I'm ready to mask a canopy yet, especially on a 1/72. And I discovered quite a while after it was built that I glued the seat in too far up in the tub, therefore not allowing the canopy to close all the way. Grrrr.



All the ordnance is built but not painted yet. I get to sit on my butt for the holiday weekend because I just had arthroscopic knee surgery, so hopefully I can get some work done on it.



And I still need to put some Dull-cote on it, to kill the Future shine.



Thanks for any comments,



Bruce.

WOW!! That's one awesome looking first model Bruce, well done!!
I hope that when I get started once again, my first will look this good.

Also, I wish you speedy recovery from your knee surgery.

Thanks a bunch.


This is my first scale model, but I've been painting miniatures, sci-fi and fantasy stuff, for about 5 years on and off, so I'm not a total rookie, just different scale and subject matter. But I have found quite a few different techniques between the two. Don't have to do any wet-blending or layering on the big stuff Smile [:)] Already have an airbrush and all the good stuff.

Hi Bruce:

It´s coming up very well. It doesn´t looks like a first build.
Keep on modelling

Hey Bruce, great first model so far, definitely a lot better than my first. lol Keep it up!
BTW
How would you say is the quality of this Revell A-10? I've been interested in building one of these.

Looking good so far.
Before you add the canopy touch up the inside edges and interior side walls. The cockpit wall may naturally be gray so it may be ok. The gray line behind the seat probably should be black.

Looks good for your first.

Good job! now that the warthog is "retired" there should be a lot of them showing up at museums!
http://www.aerospaceweb.org/aircraft/attack/a10/

Good looking build. Looking forward to seeing the finished product.

Okay, this one's been finished for a while, but I just got around to shooting some pics of it. And I have since discovered the Gimp, so that nasty yellow cast is gone.

I ended up hand brushing the canopy after it was masked 'cause I didn't want to mess up the surrounding parts with the airbrush. It turned out okay but not great I think. I definitely learned a lot about the order of the build on this one, hopefully the next one (probably an ME-262) will turn out better.

Tell me what you think!

Bruce.

Beautiful camoflauge job there. Great looking model. Although I mainly build second world war aircraft in 1/72 scale, I might add, I have thought about getting back into jets. This is one I would like on my shelf. Take care.
What unit does this aircraft represent by the way? Take care. Russell

Great job on that one. It looks really good. It does not show it is your first model.

Thanks for sharing

Ohh... If my first model would have looked like this then I would have been very happy.

About ejection seats and canopies: I never glue ejection seats to the plane. Instead, I use the special microscale glue which permits (a bit like post-it glue) to remove the canopy or seat any time needed.

:-) :-) :-) :-)

Umm, the 1st Regiment High Guard of Malvernis.


No not really. The blue decal on the left hand view is from a miniature wargame I play called CAV, and the army I use in that game called Malvernis. As for the real unit the other decals represent, I'd have to dig the paperwork out to see.

I was wondering, what do y'all think of the finish? I know it's probably personal preference, but what do you think, more flat or good like it is?

I may try for more flat in the future.

Looks pretty good. For my taste, I would prefer a flatter finish.

The A-10 is one of my favourites and i've build and broken loads of them. Nice job with this one although it's just a bit to shiny for my taste but each to their own if you like it leave it. Looking forward to the next one.

Looks like a good build. I have never seen one in NATO 3-tone camo though.

Also, the A-10 has not been retired. The USAF is rebuilding and upgrading them to be more effective in the current fight. They are planning on cutting a couple squadrons of them to the USAF Spec Ops Command to be used as dedicated counter-insurgency platforms. The A-10 is too loved by the ground pounders to let them be retired. They are now planned to be flying till at least 2025.

Thanks everybody.

I was thinking of a flatter finish too, just wanted a second opinion.

As for the NATO 3-color, I just like the way it looks. I'm not really an "accuracy" painter yet, just kinda do what I think looks cool.

I used the same camo pattern that was in the literature, I just swapped the dark green for black and the gray for brown. At least I think that's what it was without getting the instructions back out. It's been a while.

Looks really good for a first model, or any number of model for that matter. Looks a little shiny though, bu that could be the camera too. As for the paint scheme, I have seen them 3 tone camo before, so dont worry about that part of it.


herky

What you have seen is not the NATO 3-tone camo as he has painted it. NATO 3-tone is for ground vehicles, not aircraft. The USAF 3-tone camo used on A-10s is called the "Euro 1" scheme and is composed of dark green, medium green, and dark gray, as such:



It does not have brown or black in the scheme.

I've got the same set of pics that one was taken from on my hard drive for reference.

That's the same camo that the kit has instructions for, where I just change out some colors for others.

Hi Bruce:

Great job. Very good paint job. Just a little thing: there are some visible seams on the weaponry and the big belly tank. Well done

Congratulations !!!! Looks greats