Alex's 1:72 Italeri A10 Thunderbolt

[flyjoe180]

Nice work Alex, coming along nicely

[Thorbrand]

Ok so here's another update and i'm not 100% sure about the dark camo on this, the light undercoat seems to be a good match but to me, the darker grey seems like it has too much of a blueish hue to it? what do you think?

the last two photos are my references and I will be weathering this one a bit but not sure if it's going to get the desired effect. Each photo I see of the warthog seems to have different tints of grey probably due to the lighting so it's difficult to get a really close match.

[yak face]

Looking great Alex , i love the A10 too , in fact ive got this kit in the stash in a Tamiya reboxing so im keen to see yours go together. The grey looks fine to me ,as you say it looks different in every photo anyway and when youve weathered it a bit it will blend in . cheers tony

[papa 695]

I'm in agreement with Tony on both. A great build and the grey looks good, once weathered and a Matt coat on it should be ok.

[Thorbrand]

Now glossed and panel lines filled in with dark grey as I think black would pop out too much, also used a 4b pencil in some areas and the good thing with that is when you smudge it, it helps to create a more weathered look plus you can still use low odour white spirit to clean up areas that are too smudged. Currently working on the undercarriage stuff and other small bits

[papa 695]

Looking good Alex and a great call with the grey panel wash.

[Thorbrand]

Ok, here's my latest update, some excellent terrorist destroying ordnance. Today I'm doing transfers so will probably be another update later on today or tomorrow.

[Thorbrand]

Finally, all done! This is one of my favourites. Quite a good kit with good detail for a 1:72 scale. I've put the rest of the pics up in the 'completed Aircraft section'

[colin m]

Nice result. And look at all that hardware, good idea not to argue with a Hog...