A-10 gpm 1/33

[Michael Mash]

Its nice that all these details will be done and ready to go when you are assembling the aircraft. Looks good.

[ricleite]

I agree, Michael. At the end of a complex construction, patience for the repetitive tasks is seldom high…
Today’s pictures show the Sidewinder launch rails and the triple Maverick pylons.
The complete arsenal, too.

[Isaac]

The A-10 can carry lots of toys.


Nice work up front as apposed to later.


Isaac

[YOAVHOZMI]

Just this work on all the armaments and missiles, it's like building an entire model.

Great job.

YOAV

[Erik Zwaan]

Very impressive work Ricardo! I prefer paper bombs and missiles over real ones.

Regards,
Erik

[ricleite]

Thanks, Isaac, Yoav and Erik. Yes, the A-10 can carry a lot of “toys”, and I also prefer the paper ones
The detail set includes laser cut formers and coloured parts as well. However, they are not textured and look desperately “flat”. A good example is the fan blade disk. I opted to use the laser cut disk but covered it with the individually printed blades. The trick to get uniformly oriented blades is obvious in the pictures. A bit time consuming but worth the effort.
I added gluing tabs for the inner parts. They helped a lot go get satisfactory assemblies.

[smithdr]

Really neat work on those engines and nacelles. Love the fans!


Dan

[Isaac]

Unless there is an optical illusion with your build, the TF-34 engine fan blades rotated counterclockwise front looking aft. Thus the blade leading edge on top should be on the left.


See here actual engine view.






Minor issue.


Isaac

[Mauro Mantero]

Ciao ma il kit non si troverà più in vendita?

[ReynoldsSlumber]

Holy cow, the perfection in the cylindricity of the nacelle and the evenness of the blades! Very impressive.