A-10 seaplane fighter

kerick · September 29, 2020, 09:02:19 PM

Working with the fiddly bits right now. I'm going to place two or four Maverick missiles on top of the wings to keep them out of the spray. Need to find two more Maverick launch rails. Sidewinders and ECM pods out on the wing tips. Also some wing tip floats. Then landing gear doors all around.

TheChronicOne · October 03, 2020, 01:40:19 PM

Looking good!!! (just getting caught up here... )

kerick · October 08, 2020, 01:27:38 PM

Finished upswept winglets on the wing tips to hold Sidewinders or ECM pods. Working on the floats.

kerick · October 23, 2020, 10:45:57 PM

Here are some pics showing the latest progress.
The winglets were cut from the fuselage left over from another A-10 kit.

The wing floats are from 1/48th minigun pods, parts of the Skyhawk's tail and Aves epoxie putty.

I'm really going to have to choose a paint scheme soon!

NARSES2 · October 24, 2020, 05:52:30 AM

Good to see the progress. Really neat work, especially on the winglets

Old Wombat · October 24, 2020, 09:39:19 AM

Winglets: Tricky! And they look very good!

zenrat · October 25, 2020, 03:42:28 AM

Winglets. Like twiglets but harder to chew.

PR19_Kit · October 25, 2020, 06:05:43 AM

....and they don't taste like marmite either!

TheChronicOne · October 25, 2020, 02:38:37 PM

Fancy pants!!! looks good

kerick · October 25, 2020, 02:59:47 PM

The winglets were actually pretty simple once I found an object with the right shape. Just a matter of cutting and sanding to shape. Now I need a couple of Sidewinder launch rails. I'll double check the F-16 kits I have.

Captain Canada · October 25, 2020, 06:02:16 PM

Alot of work but so worth it. Can't wait to see more of this one. Seaplanes are always cool

kerick · November 17, 2020, 02:40:57 PM

I've been agonizing over a paint scheme for this build and it finally came to me. How about a Russian/Soviet scheme with lots of red stars? Story could be its working with the eckronoplanes in the Black Sea and Caspian Sea areas. I have a MiG 21 decal sheet that should work well and an SU-22 that might provide some missiles. I'll have to look into the actual colors used by the Soviet/Russian navy or just wing it.

DogfighterZen · November 17, 2020, 04:43:44 PM

Soviet sounds good, maybe a scheme like the Yak-38 used?

kerick · November 17, 2020, 06:43:26 PM

There are Be-200s going into Russian Navy service painted a very dark grey top and sides with a blue undersides with red wingtips.

NARSES2 · November 18, 2020, 06:11:56 AM

Quote from: kerick on November 17, 2020, 06:43:26 PM
There are Be-200s going into Russian Navy service painted a very dark grey top and sides with a blue undersides with red wingtips.

Would look good