Eastern Posted August 22, 2022 Share Posted August 22, 2022 (edited) Hello each and everyone. I managed to make a deep plunge into my new project keeping in mind wide scope of improvements and scratch builds. I found lots of detailed images in the Net so far but non of the piano hinge on the nacelles or hi res pics of the nacelles from above that all the panel and riveting lines to be clearly visible. If anyone by chance has alike images, would you be so generous to share them with me? And just a few in-progress pics to start with: Regards, Alexander Edited August 22, 2022 by Eastern adding images Quote Link to post Share on other sites
11bee Posted August 22, 2022 Share Posted August 22, 2022 Simply amazing work! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Eastern Posted August 22, 2022 Author Share Posted August 22, 2022 17 minutes ago, 11bee said: Simply amazing work! Thank you for encouraging me 11bee! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
crobinsonh Posted August 22, 2022 Share Posted August 22, 2022 Very nice Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Aigore Posted August 22, 2022 Share Posted August 22, 2022 Wow! Amazing work! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
markiii Posted August 23, 2022 Share Posted August 23, 2022 Nice work! I have this kit in the stash, so I'll be watching intently. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Eastern Posted August 23, 2022 Author Share Posted August 23, 2022 Thank you guys for the interest. Now I'm stuck due to lack of the nacelles images. I would much appreciate if anyone share with me some hi res images of the nacelles from above that all panel and riveting lines are clearly visible. Cheers! Alexander Quote Link to post Share on other sites
A-10 LOADER Posted August 23, 2022 Share Posted August 23, 2022 Holy cow, great work so far. Steve Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Eastern Posted August 24, 2022 Author Share Posted August 24, 2022 (edited) 15 hours ago, A-10 LOADER said: Holy cow, great work so far. Steve Thank you Steve. Well, another step. I managed the wings to be removable. This is how I did it. Plastic tube is just to illustrate what it's all about. 🙂 The tube will definitely be of more stronger material. Edited August 24, 2022 by Eastern adding some words Quote Link to post Share on other sites
karl h Posted August 24, 2022 Share Posted August 24, 2022 Hi Alexander, i will follow your work closely Do you have Jake Melampys A-10 book? Amazon.com: The Modern Hog Guide: The A-10 Warthog Exposed: 9780979506420: Jake Melampy: Bücher If not, or you have problems ordering it, i can take a look in my copy Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Eastern Posted August 24, 2022 Author Share Posted August 24, 2022 2 hours ago, karl h said: Hi Alexander, i will follow your work closely Do you have Jake Melampys A-10 book? Amazon.com: The Modern Hog Guide: The A-10 Warthog Exposed: 9780979506420: Jake Melampy: Bücher If not, or you have problems ordering it, i can take a look in my copy Hi Karl, Nice to hear from you. How's it going? I hope you are well. I had but some time ago I sold it along with some aftermarket stuff. Two years ago I wanted to get rid of the kit and advertised it for sale but there was no interest except the aftermarket stuff the kit was stuffed in plenty. 🙂 Then the kit was collecting dust and no one showed any interest on it. So after a while I decided to put my own hands on it. But Jake's Guide was off. If you by chance have some images concerning the in-question area I would much appreciate your sharing them with me. Cheers! Alexander Quote Link to post Share on other sites
karl h Posted August 25, 2022 Share Posted August 25, 2022 i will go take a look tonight hope you are well too, take care Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Youngtiger1 Posted August 26, 2022 Share Posted August 26, 2022 (edited) Amazing start to an iconic aircraft. I like the wing remove idea. It is a big jet once finished. I purchased a glass cabinet especially after building mine and when I got the cabinet home…the Hog wouldn’t fit. Oh well. I still love my ugly! Can’t wait to see it in all it glory in the masters hands. Keep up the good work! Edited September 3, 2022 by Youngtiger1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
karl h Posted August 30, 2022 Share Posted August 30, 2022 Alexander, i wrote you a PM Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Eastern Posted September 3, 2022 Author Share Posted September 3, 2022 On 8/30/2022 at 3:59 PM, karl h said: Alexander, i wrote you a PM Hi Karl, Got it and replied. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Eastern Posted September 4, 2022 Author Share Posted September 4, 2022 On 8/26/2022 at 5:16 PM, Youngtiger1 said: Amazing start to an iconic aircraft. I like the wing remove idea. It is a big jet once finished. I purchased a glass cabinet especially after building mine and when I got the cabinet home…the Hog wouldn’t fit. Oh well. I still love my ugly! Can’t wait to see it in all it glory in the masters hands. Keep up the good work! Hi Youngtiger 1, Thank you for your nice comment. Sorry to hear, though, on the cabinet. Sometimes s..t happens. 🙂 Well, now some improvements concerning the nose gun. I think it's of no good the gun is embedded in the fuselage so I managed to alter the in question area. First I cut the gun halves off the fuselage and filed the opening. Then I used piece of plastic to make "sole" of the gun covering and filed it to give it right shape. I used plastic glue to soften the back side of the sole to be more flexible and then bent it to fit the opening. Then I used just a pare of little drops of the glue to fix the sole on the fuselage and pressed it down with masking tape. Then I let it rest for a day to give time to the softened side to harden and then sandpapered it to give a correct surface. Then I...Then...then.. Well I think the below pics show the process and the result more nicely that words do. LOL Cheers! Alexander p.s. Can't figure out how to type below the uploaded images Quote Link to post Share on other sites
A-10 LOADER Posted September 4, 2022 Share Posted September 4, 2022 Nice work, much better. Steve Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Eastern Posted September 5, 2022 Author Share Posted September 5, 2022 (edited) 9 hours ago, A-10 LOADER said: Nice work, much better. Steve Thank you Steve for keeping your keen eye on my build. 🙂 And now the ultimate stage of the gun improvement. The gun muzzle is from the Cutting Edge. The last image shows my riveting tool. Edited September 5, 2022 by Eastern adding some images Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Alternative 4 Posted September 5, 2022 Share Posted September 5, 2022 This build is amazing, very tidy work. I'm looking forward to see how you tackle the nose shape. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Youngtiger1 Posted September 5, 2022 Share Posted September 5, 2022 That is one sophisticated riveting tool. Must have been purchased at the UMM-USA.com 😉 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Eastern Posted September 5, 2022 Author Share Posted September 5, 2022 17 hours ago, Youngtiger1 said: That is one sophisticated riveting tool. Must have been purchased at the UMM-USA.com 😉 🙂 Oh yes, there were very few of them there so I had time to grab one. BTW, the tool is very handy at making nice raised riveting lines like on the image below. Cheers! Alexander Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Eastern Posted September 5, 2022 Author Share Posted September 5, 2022 17 hours ago, Alternative 4 said: This build is amazing, very tidy work. I'm looking forward to see how you tackle the nose shape. I actually am not to alter whole shape of the nose thought the frames are not correct. I'm just to correct only the side view of nose. 🙂 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Neo Posted September 7, 2022 Share Posted September 7, 2022 On 9/5/2022 at 7:21 PM, Eastern said: 🙂 Oh yes, there were very few of them there so I had time to grab one. BTW, the tool is very handy at making nice raised riveting lines like on the image below. Cheers! Alexander Wow could you share how you managed that? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Eastern Posted September 7, 2022 Author Share Posted September 7, 2022 19 minutes ago, Neo said: Wow could you share how you managed that? Well, it actually is not too hard to achieve. 🙂 First, you have to arrange riveting lines with a pencil on their right places. If you want all the rivets to be at the equal voids you'd better use a thin and narrow rule like those you may find in some Scribing Template sets and put it on the place and fix with masking tape. Then you take the "riveting tool" with your right hand, or left one, if you are a left-handed guy and make rivets. You should keep the tool perpendicular to the surface and push it down with rotating movement. But first you should try it on some bit of plastic to reach a proper result. As for me, I scarcely ever use the rule, just lay on my keen eye and trained hand. 🙂 Some words concerning the tool. Choose the needle diameter considering the rivet size. Cut the syringe needle so that to leave 3 mm of it. If you use a insulin syringe leave just 2 mm. Then sharpen the edge of the cut needle with sand paper 1000 or 1500 grid and clear the hole with conventional sewing needle. Use a magnifying glass to control the process. Now try your tool and you'll succeed. But don't push the tool down too hard, otherwise you may bend the needle despite it's short enough. Why the rivets appear to look raised? When you push the tool down while rotating it, some plastic enters the needle canal and gives the desired result. Cheers and happy modeling! Alexander Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Thadeus Posted September 7, 2022 Share Posted September 7, 2022 This is some extremely nice work. I'm keeping my fingers crossed for You. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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