Quiddy Posted April 15, 2008 Share Posted April 15, 2008 (edited) Nice paint job!! It really looks at home on an A-10. Did you base it on the old camo scheme that was on the A-10? Wayne Edited April 15, 2008 by Quiddy Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jai5w4 Posted April 15, 2008 Share Posted April 15, 2008 Nice to see the quality of this build continuing with the paint job. Well done! -John Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Aggressor Supporter Posted April 15, 2008 Share Posted April 15, 2008 That is looking good! The preshading apparently worked well as the panel lines looks nice. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FAR148 Posted April 15, 2008 Author Share Posted April 15, 2008 Thanks Gregg, John and Raptor Wayne, Thanks. The scheme is losely base on that Trigger posted in the "What If" thread. Steven L :blink: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
NazaruddinHashim Posted April 15, 2008 Share Posted April 15, 2008 Awesome....can't wait to see the next progress....keep it up... just one question...are you used a masking method or free hand for the 3 tone scheme? Thanks in advance Naza Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FAR148 Posted April 15, 2008 Author Share Posted April 15, 2008 (edited) Awesome....can't wait to see the next progress....keep it up... just one question...are you used a masking method or free hand for the 3 tone scheme? Thanks in advance Naza Thanks Naza I used masking. A friend of mine at work told about using Silly Putty for masking. It works wonderfully! It does not leave any sticky residue nor lift up paint and it is reusable. Another first for me on this build. Steven L Edited April 15, 2008 by FAR148 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
regevmo Posted April 16, 2008 Share Posted April 16, 2008 With that IAF camo this A-10 look like a one mean machine :o Regev. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FAR148 Posted April 17, 2008 Author Share Posted April 17, 2008 (edited) Thanks Regev During paint, I dropped my Hawg....Like all model tragedies, it happened in slow motion. Breaking off the whole right tail assembly! :o I finish spraying whatever color I was shooting. I than super glued the tail back on without any problem and without having to go though the putty/sand/putty/sand routine. After I finished the camo job, I was admiring my handy work and notice a new panel line running straight down the center of the fuselage! after a bit of :blink: I let the paint dry for a day and then I hit the crack with some Proweld to seal it. After that I applied some red spot putty and let it dry. After sanding and resrcibing a few panel lines back. I than reshot the sand color. Even those the crack repair is a pain in the ***, it give me a chance to add one of my bumps and antenna combo I forget to add before paint. With a bit of superglue, I placed the bump and antenna combo. I then remasked the sand color with silly putty and shot the light brown. Good as new! Until next time, Steven L Edited April 17, 2008 by FAR148 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ken Middleton Posted April 17, 2008 Share Posted April 17, 2008 wow, great work and recovery Steven! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
trevortex88 Posted April 17, 2008 Share Posted April 17, 2008 That looks awesome! Do you have any shots of the tail section? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FAR148 Posted April 18, 2008 Author Share Posted April 18, 2008 Thanks Ken and trevortex88 Here's a shot of the tail. Steven L :blink: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
GreyGhost Posted April 18, 2008 Share Posted April 18, 2008 Nice save Steven ... now stop "flying" it around the hobby room ... Gregg Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Quiddy Posted April 18, 2008 Share Posted April 18, 2008 Good save. Been there, done that, dropping a model when its all painted and decaled. Keep it up. Wayne Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ChernayaAkula Posted April 18, 2008 Share Posted April 18, 2008 Wow! Looks great with colours on! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
longmc Posted April 18, 2008 Share Posted April 18, 2008 Wow o' wow! that is THE best scratch building I have ever seen. Truely outstanding work, and a pleasure to follow. I cant wait for the finished product. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jeff briner Posted April 18, 2008 Share Posted April 18, 2008 Great save Steve. I am following a build on the WhatIf forum where a guy dropped his Natter model... wrecking it TWICE. Oooh the humanity. Glad that the damage was minimal, except for the probable heart palpitations which have obviously subscided by now. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
trevortex88 Posted April 18, 2008 Share Posted April 18, 2008 Here's a shot of the tail.Steven L Looking great! This build has definitely achieved legendary status Quote Link to post Share on other sites
D_IcarUS_ Posted April 18, 2008 Share Posted April 18, 2008 Jake, Your A-10 is a master piece. Love the work you have done so far!!! Can't wait to see it finish. By the way: yr book abt them is just AMAZING!!! :lol: :D Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FAR148 Posted April 18, 2008 Author Share Posted April 18, 2008 (edited) Thanks everyone! It's Friday! Let the weekend begin! I hope to get the bottom paint and to get her on her own feet this weekend. More to come, Steven L Edited April 18, 2008 by FAR148 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
rjwood_uk Posted April 18, 2008 Share Posted April 18, 2008 wow. been waiting for that for a long, long time lol. amazing stuff!!! what paints/airbrush do you use? lovely job mate, and a great repair job!! looking forward to the undershots and the weathering...etc Richard Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FAR148 Posted April 18, 2008 Author Share Posted April 18, 2008 Thanks Richard I'm using an Iwata Eclipse w/ Iwata Power Jet lite compressor and Gunze Sangyo paint. Steven L Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FAR148 Posted April 23, 2008 Author Share Posted April 23, 2008 Hello everybody, Been wondering about how I should weather my Sandhawg. should I keep her nice and clean or dirty her up? What do you think? Steven L Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jeff briner Posted April 23, 2008 Share Posted April 23, 2008 Assuming this would be based out in the Negev, a certain amount of weathering in the form of lightened paint would appear. I am just guessing, but wouldn't they have covered shelters for the planes, so it wouldn't be sitting out in the sun all day. Whatever natural streaks and smears appear on operational A-10s in normal service. Or go all the way, with paint chipping, obvious repaint on certain panels, maybe even a few tank "kill marks" under the canopy. How brave do you feel attacking that cool paint job and making it look "used"? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
regevmo Posted April 23, 2008 Share Posted April 23, 2008 I would like to see this beast with heavy weathering but i'm sure that what ever route you will choose it will be exellent. Regev. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Hornet78 Posted April 23, 2008 Share Posted April 23, 2008 The guys from Isra decals saw my F-16C at the nats in LA last summer and they liked it allot. The one comment they made though was that the little streek I put on the fuel tank, and the little bit of black I ppout on the gun muzzle was "Unrealistic" becasue a IAF crew cheif would never let that happen since they Always stay ontop of their jets adn that if it did happen eh would be fired. So a faily clean jet would probably be more realistic but i would definatly fade it a bit. Might fine sand hog you got goin Jim Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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