4,029 pounds (1,828 kg) of pure awesome. I love that avenger. No point in shooting a rabbit if you cant eat it afterwards. Go for the headshot.

Here's an update. Horizantal stabs have been cut off and the fuselage halves joined together. Next up is the resin nose and gun. Here's a pic.

Looking really slick.  Keep the photos coming! 

Medicman71

Here's an update. Horizantal stabs have been cut off and the fuselage halves joined together. Next up is the resin nose and gun.

 Looking sharp. Keep up the good work..

Howard

now to be serious.....

my friends uncle shot a rabbit with a 6 round shotgun, and used all 6 rounds...................
you guys dont want to see the result

poor poor rabit

the real red baron

now to be serious.....

my friends uncle shot a rabbit with a 6 round shotgun, and used all 6 rounds...................
you guys dont want to see the result

poor poor rabit

 

Very efficient.  Not much to clean and dress.  Meat is pre-tenderized.

our dog caught a rabbit once. Dad took it from her, cleaned it and put it in the stew! 

Baron: Love that photo of the A-10's cannon. Should be in the dictionary under the term 'kick@#$'...

Great work folks, sorry for the lack of photos. The Dark Shark was coming along well until I wrecked one of the two beautiful and finely-molded resin air intakes with my apparently overly zealous sanding. Am trying to rebuild the parts now

CallSignOwl your work never disappoints, that's one nice looking A-10 ( notice I did NOT say hog ??? ) I was going to get one when I went to Michaels this past weekend with my 50% coupon. However I made a great score anyway, a 1/32 Monogram M48A2 Patton Tank for 12 bucks. Will be a good one for my first armor build I think

Medicman71 the Tomcat is coming along nicely for sure, keep the pictures coming man

vetteman42

CallSignOwl your work never disappoints, that's one nice looking A-10 ( notice I did NOT say hog ??? ) I was going to get one when I went to Michaels this past weekend with my 50% coupon. However I made a great score anyway, a 1/32 Monogram M48A2 Patton Tank for 12 bucks. Will be a good one for my first armor build I think

Medicman71 the Tomcat is coming along nicely for sure, keep the pictures coming man

Thanks Vetteman. I got my Tomcat and my WARTHOG (yes I did say it) from Michael's. I've been gettig the cheap kits for now and loading them up with aftermarket stuff.

Working on getting the resin nose and gun panel sanded and on. This really is an easy build model once you get past all the crappy parts.

Gamera

Baron: Love that photo of the A-10's cannon. Should be in the dictionary under the term 'kick@#$'...

agreed

ive never tasted rabbit stew, but it sounds nice , ive tried kangaroo, now that is very nice!

now ive never tried scratch building before or trying to detail the cockpit so dont be too harsh.

 i know the cockpit is pretty

i should of cut the strips used in the cockpit detail a bit thinner, but this is 1:72 scale.
you guys will probably come up with 1000's of things i did wrong, but how else am i going to learn?

this was the first time i have bothered to paint the cockpit

the real red baron

 

Gamera:

 

Baron: Love that photo of the A-10's cannon. Should be in the dictionary under the term 'kick@#$'...

 

 

agreed

ive never tasted rabbit stew, but it sounds nice , ive tried kangaroo, now that is very nice!

 

I liked the flavour of roo, but found it quite tough.

Rabbit stew now thats something to get excited about.

Ron

Im dealing with a bit of motivational-block right now. Decals are not my favorite part of the build, and the multitude of stencils on the modern-day planes even less so!  Im slowly working on them here and there, so it will eventually get finished in a few days!

CallSignOWL

Im dealing with a bit of motivational-block right now. Decals are not my favorite part of the build, and the multitude of stencils on the modern-day planes even less so!  Im slowly working on them here and there, so it will eventually get finished in a few days!

Tell you what OWL, you come deal with the gaps and resin on my Tomcat and I'll do the decals on your kit. LOL!!

Medicman71

 

CallSignOWL:

 

Im dealing with a bit of motivational-block right now. Decals are not my favorite part of the build, and the multitude of stencils on the modern-day planes even less so!  Im slowly working on them here and there, so it will eventually get finished in a few days!

 

 

Tell you what OWL, you come deal with the gaps and resin on my Tomcat and I'll do the decals on your kit. LOL!!

 na, im good. Have fun with that tomcat! 

Its not that the decals are hard--I just don't wanna do it!  That and the sheet has much more decals than what the instruction sheets call for (see my A-10 formation light thread).  Im about halfway through them right now, working in spurts, a little in the morning, some after lunch, etc....

...are you unlocked yet?!...

EDIT: fixed it!

Owl,

It helps me to divide the whole process into easy to tackle chunks.... You know,.... top left wing......go watch a show......top right wing......have a smoke.....left fuselage......go have a shower....etc. etc. You get it i guess

Richard

kermit

Owl,

It helps me to divide the whole process into easy to tackle chunks.... You know,.... top left wing......go watch a show......top right wing......have a smoke.....left fuselage......go have a shower....etc. etc. You get it i guess

Richard

See I like to do all the decals at one time. That way when there's decals on both sides that I get them in the right spots.

Dudes and dudettes,

Well,... the B25 im building is in the paintbooth so that gave me the room to look at my A10... As said i previously started it and did some fuselage sanding. Looking at it again i dont think it was half bad...most of the fiddly detail hasn't been compromised.

But lets get up to speed.... The model in question is Revell of Germany's offering in 1/48th scale... Two decal options, both with mouths, both in standard two tone grey. Might deviate from that as i do like the Thunderbolt II in European camo scheme (two or three tone greens)... Not sure yet.

And the model as it sits here now:

Oh and reading through the posts regarding this.... Yes there is a "vintage" scheme A10 in green with invasion stripes and yes there is an example of the Hog in green and grey:

And a profile of the european camo:

(profile pictures borrowed from the wings palette website....)

Think i am going to have fun with this one

Richard

kermit

Owl,

It helps me to divide the whole process into easy to tackle chunks.... You know,.... top left wing......go watch a show......top right wing......have a smoke.....left fuselage......go have a shower....etc. etc. You get it i guess

Richard

i would never smoke

i have plans in the future for my lungs which involves "breathing"

All of the WIP's herein really exhibit such a high level of expertise.  Glad I can observe and learn.  You guys educate the rest of us without even knowing it. 

Kermit:  Why not a nice Danish beer rather than a smoke?

MAJ Mike

All of the WIP's herein really exhibit such a high level of expertise.  Glad I can observe and learn.  You guys educate the rest of us without even knowing it. 

Kermit:  Why not a nice Danish beer rather than a smoke?

But my dear sir... Everybody knows the dutch make the best beer outthere 

Haha,... Joking.... on my travels i must say i did like your beers but nothing beats a "hiney" or i am told you refer to it overthere like that. 

Yes i smoke.... heavily i might add.... But i assure you that talking to me on this forum won't affect you in any way other than mentally

Richard

thanks for the paint info, Kermit!  My plane wont have invasion stripes, but its good to know that this has actually been done before. 

Richard:  Promise I won't preach, and I apologize for the comment about Danish beer.  Everyone knows that Texas microbrews are the best, anyway!

Again, want to compliment you on the truely amazing GB badge!!

Owl and Kermit both building A-10s !!!!!!!!!!!! I am loving this. Great work on both builds

I was finally able to get back in the mancave and working today, sure was relaxing leme tell ya. Anyway I made a bit of progress on the P-51, got the wings and fuse glued together. I like to pose the control surfaces on the 51s I build and this one is no exception. I read a tip in FSM submitted by Fermis that I decided to try out, and it worked perfectly even though the tip seemed kinda, well, strange at first glance.  I cut the flaps and elevators off with sewing thread, thats right sewing thread. The cuts were very clean and straight needing a minimum of clean up and was much faster than cutting them with a hobby knife. Thanks Fermis

All these cuts only took a half hour neat huh.

I dont know if it was me or the kit but the seams arent bad on this one at all, not much clean up to be done other than on the radiator scoop. Hopefully I will get back to the bench again tomorrow

V-Man! Busy on one of your Mustangs i see and doing a terrific job as well i might add. Great to hear you are enjoying yourself and glad the new technique worked out for you so well. Carry on sir...

Yes, an A10. Of all the hardware you guys are throwing at the taliban and other bad guys i must say that the warthog is my most favorite. When i saw this box at the LHS half a year ago it was a real no brainer. Didn't think about it at all and just picked it up without even looking beyond the boxart LOL. Would be my first modern fast mover as well

Working on the B25 as we speak because i want to wrap it up so i can concentrate more on this one. I did however glue and sand the wings and started on the engine nacelles. WIPS to follow soon people

Richard

vetteman42

Owl and Kermit both building A-10s !!!!!!!!!!!! I am loving this.

I've been umming and ahhing over an A-10 for a while now. I've got a Trumpeter 1/32 A-10 Thunderbolt II sitting in an online 'cart'. I am holding off 'checkout' for the moment. It's mighty tempting!

This kit also has a resin engine. YUM!

Cheers

Nice work Vetteman, I'll have to try that thread trick myself.  I found the seams on the Revell mustangs are not bad at all--the worst one was the radiator place! Its a nice little kit. DO you have an idea of what scheme you'll be doing this mustang in?

Kermit, Im sure you will do an excellent job on the warthog, just as you always do!

myself, I worked in a dedicated fury to finish up my own Warthog. It was taking up a lot of space on the workbench, LOL! The decals, protective coat and weathering were completed, and the ordinance loaded up. I went with my own load-out than what was supplied in the kit. I have a F-15E without any bombs in the stash (WTF Revell, a mud-mover with nothing to move mud with?!)  so I decided to save the bombs for  the F15. I've seen A-10s armed with a pair of sidewinders, and wanted mine to have some as well. The missiles and their double-rail came from the spares box, and I added a pair of bombs from another kit.

in keeping with the paint scheme, the bottom of the aircraft says "US ARMY"