Having
fun with the ancient Tamiya A-10 kit
The
kit really shows its age (not Tamiya’s best) with some fit problems joining the
fuselage halves and a few raised panels. But, when it’s solved, all the rest
goes quite right.
Until
started, I had plan going mostly by the built out-of-the-box approach, with
just one ejection seat set, but soon changed my mind. So, ended up using Eduard’s
48328 detail set, Aces II 4144 Ejection Seat set and Reskit RS48-002 wheels set,
plus some small scratch details were and there.
Decals are from the kit and a few home
printed for the armament and ladder door. Paint job and clear coat was done
with Mr. Hobby and weathering with artist oils. Regarding the weathering, I did want
to go a little (but not exaggerated) overboard, looking for a quite worn-out
aircraft.
Apart
from the details set mentioned before, I also did some scratch in the wheel
wells area, some panel rescribing and riveting and redo the canon. The poster
on the ladder door was a personal touch to cheer up and give some colour to the
final result ;-)
Despite
a troubled start, it ended up as a very satisfying and fun build which I truly
liked.
Hope
you like as much as I did,
M
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