Dutch Posted February 17, 2023 Share Posted February 17, 2023 (edited) Curt, nice find! According to the D&S Color & Markings book by Dana Bell, the very early test aircraft were painted overall in either flat black or flat dark grey, then were oversprayed with white or lighter shades of gray to get the 30%/40%/50%/60% mask effect. I don't have the book in front of me, but will quote it correctly later. Edited February 17, 2023 by Dutch Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Curt Posted February 17, 2023 Share Posted February 17, 2023 (edited) Dutch, that's what the Air Combat article states. Probably because Bell is the author of both😉 Edited February 17, 2023 by Curt Quote Link to post Share on other sites
KursadA Posted February 17, 2023 Author Share Posted February 17, 2023 Wayne kindly sent me the Pri-Fly article; which will help a lot and make some new options possible. Thanks for helping make this a much better sheet! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Norm DUbay Posted March 5, 2023 Share Posted March 5, 2023 The early Tamiya A-10a kit is based off the pre-production A-10s plus first four A-10s serial numbers 75-258 thru 75-262 I believe. The kit has the longer flap tracks that extend past the trailing edge of the wings. The kit has escapac ejection seat and lacks the chaff pods under the wings and sponsons. It also has the 30mm cannon not the 20 mm cannon. To do a prototype 11369 and 11370 you will need to do a lot of mods. The tails, profile of the nose, wheel sponsons, fuselage panels and scoops, shortening the wings, and adding the 20 mm gun will be required. If you want to do a really early prototype you will also need to remove the wing fillets to fuselage. I think the inboard slates will need attention as well. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
KursadA Posted March 5, 2023 Author Share Posted March 5, 2023 Agreed - building 11369 and 11370 are not for the faint of the heart and will require a lot of modifications to the kit. With this decal sheet, at least the decals will cease to be a obstacle though. The sheet will also have markings for many different early production/development aircraft that could be built with relatively easier modifications to the existing kits. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Norm DUbay Posted March 5, 2023 Share Posted March 5, 2023 Looking forward to this new sheet it will be another winner Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ZippoTheZipdrive Posted March 12, 2023 Share Posted March 12, 2023 On 3/5/2023 at 6:02 PM, Norm DUbay said: Looking forward to this new sheet it will be another winner I agree Quote Link to post Share on other sites
KursadA Posted March 14, 2023 Author Share Posted March 14, 2023 (edited) Coming soon in 1/48, and 1/72 a month later. 18 options in this one including the prototype and most documented early production jets, multiple "JAWS" camouflage trial jets and a few early service examples. Edited March 14, 2023 by KursadA Quote Link to post Share on other sites
aircal62 Posted March 14, 2023 Share Posted March 14, 2023 WOW WOW WOW this is going to sell out fast Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Stefan buysse Posted March 14, 2023 Share Posted March 14, 2023 Totally awesome once again. I see some options that I've wanted for ages and some cool things I hadn't seen before. Good to see it"s coming in 1/72 too. Cheers, Stefan. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Curt Posted March 14, 2023 Share Posted March 14, 2023 Preorder... Preorder... Preorder... Preorder... Preorder... Preorder... Preorder... Preorder... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Loach Driver Posted March 15, 2023 Share Posted March 15, 2023 I've got a 1/72 Matchbox YA-10 kit waiting for this sheet. The JAWS schemes are tempting too. Thanks for releasing this sheet. LD. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ZippoTheZipdrive Posted March 16, 2023 Share Posted March 16, 2023 They are looking good. As usual 🙂 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Darren Roberts Posted April 12, 2023 Share Posted April 12, 2023 This sheet is actually happening?!? Woohoo!!!!!!!! For those that want to do a YA-10, I did an article in FSM a couple years ago. That was in 1/72 scale. I'll be trying it again in 1/48 scale. I'm starting with the ESCI kit, as the canopy looks more like the YA-10. Other things that must be done are reshaping the lower leading edge of the tails and getting rid of the wing fillet. That's the biggest obstacle. But an A-10 in ADC Gray? How can you pass that up? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
thegoodsgt Posted April 12, 2023 Share Posted April 12, 2023 10 hours ago, Darren Roberts said: This sheet is actually happening?!? Woohoo!!!!!!!! For those that want to do a YA-10, I did an article in FSM a couple years ago. Pop quiz. Do you recall the issue date? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Darren Roberts Posted April 14, 2023 Share Posted April 14, 2023 On 4/12/2023 at 7:33 AM, thegoodsgt said: Pop quiz. Do you recall the issue date? October 2018 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
thegoodsgt Posted April 14, 2023 Share Posted April 14, 2023 10 hours ago, Darren Roberts said: October 2018 Thank you! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
KursadA Posted September 26, 2023 Author Share Posted September 26, 2023 Still working on the last touches for two of the JAWS schemes - but available for preorder now. I will send the mass e-mail in a couple of days, so preorder now to be the first in line. CD48198 - 1/48 A-10 "The Early Years" Quote Link to post Share on other sites
sierrascale Posted September 28, 2023 Share Posted September 28, 2023 FYI: Dana Bell's excellent multipart series on JAWS schemes is here: http://www.clubhyper.com/reference/a10ajawsschemesdb_1.htm Quote Link to post Share on other sites
aircal62 Posted September 28, 2023 Share Posted September 28, 2023 Bob I had forgotten about that article. Thank you for posting it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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Paul Boyer Posted September 29, 2023 Share Posted September 29, 2023 And you are going to explain the picture? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
habu2 Posted September 29, 2023 Share Posted September 29, 2023 (edited) Warthog Rhinoplasty..... https://www.secretprojects.co.uk/threads/fairchild-a-10-projects.160/page-4 . Edited September 29, 2023 by habu2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
AD-4N Posted September 29, 2023 Share Posted September 29, 2023 Just when you thought the Hog couldn't get any uglier. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
habu2 Posted September 29, 2023 Share Posted September 29, 2023 For those who don’t know, the A-10 had a lot of problems in early testing of the gun, the engines were ingesting the gun muzzle exhaust and IIRC stalling the engines. Lots of different aero solutions were tried on the nose to resolve the issue. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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