RichB63 Posted January 14 Share Posted January 14 Home stretch indeed. Looks great Steve! Rich Quote Link to post Share on other sites
A-10 LOADER Posted January 15 Author Share Posted January 15 15 hours ago, RichB63 said: Home stretch indeed. Looks great Steve! Rich Thank you Rich. Steve Quote Link to post Share on other sites
A-10 LOADER Posted January 20 Author Share Posted January 20 Progress update on the AC-J. The fuselage and wings received their flat coat and I attached the engine nacelles to the wing. Overall pretty happy with how things are coming together. The fuel tanks are just held in place with brass pins, no glue, not needed. The same will be for the wing pylon and the BRU. The GBU-39's will be epoxied to the BRU. I added the formation lights to the underside of the wing from my decal collection, ZVEZDA does not include these. I still have some things to hand paint on the fuselage then I can attach the wing and also add the horizontal stabs. Thanks for having a look. Steve Quote Link to post Share on other sites
A-10 LOADER Posted January 21 Author Share Posted January 21 Another progress update on the AC-J. Yesterday afternoon I got the GBU-39's attached to the BRU-61/A's. Inching closer to getting the aircraft finished but, I will still need to work on the base for her as well as figuring out something acceptable looking for the spinning props. Thanks for checking in and following along. Steve Quote Link to post Share on other sites
A-10 LOADER Posted January 22 Author Share Posted January 22 The horizontal stabs got glued on today. My next update should be a finished Gunship, except for the props and, the display base.. Steve Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dutch Posted January 23 Share Posted January 23 Moving right along the production line! Won't be long now. Great work Steve! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
A-10 LOADER Posted January 25 Author Share Posted January 25 On 1/23/2024 at 2:53 PM, Dutch said: Moving right along the production line! Won't be long now. Great work Steve! Thanks very much Dutch. I'm trying to get the prop disks finished for the display photos, so at least the aircraft will be completed. Then it will just leave the base that will need to be addressed. Steve Quote Link to post Share on other sites
HERC164 Posted January 26 Share Posted January 26 Beautiful work here Steve! A master class in modeling, painting and decals. Your ability to identify and to correct the missing details and kit shortfalls is amazing. I really hate to see this build end, although I do look forward to seeing the completed gunship. I have learned a great deal from following your Ghostrider, and need to get started on my C-130's, rather than just collecting. Thank you for sharing your adventure! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
A-10 LOADER Posted January 27 Author Share Posted January 27 6 hours ago, HERC164 said: Beautiful work here Steve! A master class in modeling, painting and decals. Your ability to identify and to correct the missing details and kit shortfalls is amazing. I really hate to see this build end, although I do look forward to seeing the completed gunship. I have learned a great deal from following your Ghostrider, and need to get started on my C-130's, rather than just collecting. Thank you for sharing your adventure! Very kind of you to say Ty, thank you. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
A-10 LOADER Posted January 27 Author Share Posted January 27 (edited) Glued the main wing to the fuselage today and now she's getting real close to being finished. I figured I'd share some pics of the bottom of the aircraft for now. The two ball turrets were attached with white glue with the hope that someone will release aftermarket ones with the screens visible for "in-flight" mode. Thanks for checking in. Steve Edited March 3 by A-10 LOADER Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ST0RM Posted January 28 Share Posted January 28 Completely blown away on how much you've added. Beautiful job! -Jeff Quote Link to post Share on other sites
A-10 LOADER Posted January 29 Author Share Posted January 29 16 hours ago, ST0RM said: Completely blown away on how much you've added. Beautiful job! -Jeff Thank you Jeff, very much appreciated. Steve Quote Link to post Share on other sites
A-10 LOADER Posted February 1 Author Share Posted February 1 Update on the Gunship, A shot showing the status of the prop disks. They are not finished yet, the smoke and X-22 have been applied but, I still need to add the light gray edge to them. I think they give a good impression of spinning props and, I'm happy with how they're looking so far. Steve Quote Link to post Share on other sites
aircommando130 Posted February 1 Share Posted February 1 Looks really good Steve! Paint/details make it look mean like a gunship should. Any current and former gunship guy would be proud! Cheers...Ron Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Trojan Thunder Posted February 1 Share Posted February 1 Looking like a Herc now, the props look good Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ST0RM Posted February 1 Share Posted February 1 Those disks are spot on! Can't wait for the final shots. -Jeff Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dutch Posted February 1 Share Posted February 1 (edited) Awesome work Steve! Glad to see she is no longer a stealth glider Wraith! She looks terrific! BRRRRRAAAAAT! Edited February 1 by Dutch Quote Link to post Share on other sites
A-10 LOADER Posted February 1 Author Share Posted February 1 16 hours ago, aircommando130 said: Looks really good Steve! Paint/details make it look mean like a gunship should. Any current and former gunship guy would be proud! Cheers...Ron Thanks very much Ron, you've been a huge help with this project. 13 hours ago, Trojan Thunder said: Looking like a Herc now, the props look good Thanks TT, I like 'em. 3 hours ago, ST0RM said: Those disks are spot on! Can't wait for the final shots. -Jeff Thanks Jeff. Yeah they look the part to me. 59 minutes ago, Dutch said: Awesome work Steve! Glad to see she is no longer a stealth glider Wraith! She looks terrific! BRRRRRAAAAAT! Thanks Dutchman, I dunno I was kind of diggin' the "Wraith Glider". 😅 Steve Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philippe.chauvin Posted February 2 Share Posted February 2 Hello Steve Superb realization, it pushes me to continue mine at 1/48 😉 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
A-10 LOADER Posted February 2 Author Share Posted February 2 (edited) 13 hours ago, philippe.chauvin said: Hello Steve Superb realization, it pushes me to continue mine at 1/48 😉 Thanks Philippe, you should have a WIP on here for her. Steve Edited February 3 by A-10 LOADER Quote Link to post Share on other sites
A-10 LOADER Posted February 3 Author Share Posted February 3 (edited) Gunship update, My circle cutter showed up today so I wanted to see if what I had planned for doing the light gray edge would work or not. This 'test piece" disk has Tamiya smoke and X-22 on it already. I attached the card stock mask, with tiny blobs of Elmer's Tack and, mixed up some very thin light gray and sprayed at 90 degrees to the mask while rotating the disk. I let that dry while I cleaned out the airbrush then sprayed a good coat of X-22 over the entire disk again. Not too bad but, not quite right yet. The width of the gray is a little too wide for this scale. I'm going to cut four new, slightly larger card stock masks and spray the gray a little lighter next time but, definitely in the ballpark I think. Thanks for checking in. Steve Edited February 3 by A-10 LOADER Quote Link to post Share on other sites
usmcski6502 Posted February 3 Share Posted February 3 Holy crap, that looks amazing! VERY convincing. Great work! Semper, Ski Quote Link to post Share on other sites
utley Posted February 3 Share Posted February 3 Id like to see some decals that mimick prop spins adhered to a clear disk like you have. I know they're very subtle, but you can tell which blades are spinning clockwise vs counter clockwise, and that would be a very cool effect. Theres an idea for someone in the decal business you can credit me for! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
HERC164 Posted February 3 Share Posted February 3 Steve, Fantastic work on the spinning props, I can almost smell the JP-8. Looking forward to your finished props, as you are quite the stickler for the details. Very impressive work! Ty Quote Link to post Share on other sites
aircommando130 Posted February 3 Share Posted February 3 Great job on the props Steve! Cheers...Ron Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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