A-10 Thunderbolt Maly Modelarz

[milenio3]

Let's cut some paper.

This model of the A-10 is a "remake" of another A-10 from Maly, but digitalized. Also the camo is from Desert Storm. The colors are incredible!

[milenio3]

The quality of the paper is fair, almost no granular surface. The colors are great. The scale is 1/33, meaning that is going to be a huge plane!!

[milenio3]

Let's begin with some formers. In this model, Maly is using the bulkhead kind of construction.

I have to be careful then

Here I'm making the formers join to have the same shape, and I sand them with a nail sandpaper.

Then I paint the edges on the fuselage peice. Half of the former stays "out" to be able to join the other section of the fuselage.

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And now we have a section.

[GreMir]

Great start!
It will be very interesting to see both the original (OldTroll's) and redrawn version (yours) being build at the same time.

[Don Boose]

How great is it to have another Milenio Maly Model under construction!?

You are really off to a good start with this one, Gerardo. I agree with Mike that you and Ron are pumping up interest with your parallel builds of this Yankee Sturmovik.

Don

[Texman]

And especially interesting to me, as I have all three, and one day hope to build
them in 1/144.

Ray

[milenio3]

Mike, Don, Ray... thanks for the kind words. I've been checking Ron's A-10 and he's doing a great job.

Ok, let's hope this big pig can be seen as beautiful as it suppose to be... given the camo.

[milenio3]

Internal former with one of the engine supports.

As the pieces fit too good so far... we get happy.



This fuselage fits 100%, and errors are totally mine. Maly scored big time with this model... or at least that seem so far.

[milenio3]

Now the cockpit interior. I looked at this, and I saw it too white, too blank. So I got thinking that maybe I could mess this up.

This are the lateral panels on the cockpit. I made a little dusting here. I did it by scratching the tip of a pencil and then rub it with my finger smoothly.

I also thought about some other details like a couple of tubes. I took a thin wire, made it like a srping, and paint it black.

Then I applied some color to a couple of buttons on the panels.