Bowcat's Tamiya 1/48 A-10A Thunderbolt

[Mr Bowcat]

Pylons installed and the rest of the bombs & missiles glued up. Still have quite a bit of sanding to go.

I'm amazed at how much ordnance this kite carries.

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[flyjoe180]

Fully loaded as a Warthog should be, looking good Bob

[Mr Bowcat]

Right, painted white, job done, one aircraft in winter camo.

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Only joking, just the white primer down. :tears-of-joy:

Also got the gear together and painted.

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[papa 695]

Looking very good Bob

[Mr Bowcat]

Cheers Ian.

[Guest]

Awesome build Bob!!!

The A-10 is such a cunning little beast being more or less just a flying 30mm Gatling gun wrapped in aluminium with two jet engines, a set of wings and a cockpit!
I remember watching a video where they serviced the main gun and removed it from the Warthog and it almost silly in size...
I've never dreamt of becoming a pilot but if I did I would surely dream of flying one of these beasts!

I've handled live 30mm rounds for the JA37 Viggen Oerlikon KCA cannon and although they've got bigger case size we're still talking similar type of rounds - only that the A-10 shoots a hailstorm of these 30mm depleted uranium rounds...

I'm also impressed with the amount of ordnance it carries! Much more than I thought.

[Mr Bowcat]

Cheers Jens.

Yep, she's quite a beast.

[colin m]

All looking very nice in white - more to follow I know.

C1 metaliser

What is this stuff. It looks great.

[Mr Bowcat]

https://www.scalemodelshop.co.uk/catalogsearch/result/?q=C1+Metalizer+Metal+Buffing+Powder

It's a metal pigment. You just wipe it on with the supplied foam applicator (makeup applicator) then buff it with a cotton pad. It was really easy to use and is supposedly masking tape and fingerprint resistant. I've got an Enzo in the stash and I might do the body in this.

Edited to add: I've just realised that John sells it so I've changed the link.

[Guest]

Nice looking "Hog" there Bob, do love this aircraft. Lookin' great so far matey.

Have fun, John

[Mr Bowcat]

Cheers John

[Mr Bowcat]

Got the preshading done.

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[Mr Bowcat]

Got back to work on the Hog over the last couple of evenings. The camo's now down, just needs a little tidying up here and there.

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[flyjoe180]

Camouflage scheme is looking very nice indeed Bob.

[Mr Bowcat]

Cheers Joe.