Official Freewing Twin 80mm/90mm A-10 Thunderbolt II Thread

[RCjetdude]

Tim, that is wonderful to hear. Praise the Lord!

[farmflyer]

That’s great news he is obviously one tuff and blessed little dude.

[Hardway]

Awesome!!!! Praise the Lord and give him a giant hug from us all!!!! Wow!!

[Boots Whirlygig]

Such great news!

[MikeT]

Great news.

[Jimrc73]

Just thought I would give an update on my grandson Noah. Vision is 20/60. Doctors are mystified. Thanks for all your prayers and well wishes. Miracles do happen.

Awesome news!! Thank God for these miracles!

[TiredIronGRB]

Awesome news:Cool:

[Grady.c]

Looks like we need to get that kiddo a plane when he is older!

[rifleman_btx]

Much agreed!

[GliderGuy]

Check out my tire retreading post. I fly my A-10 off hard surfaces and foam tire wear was rapid. Read my hot glue repair/retread post. Cheap/easy way to avoid replacing A-10 tires and flight proven to be a tip you will appreciate.

[T-CAT]

Fantastic news ColtPilot!

[ATR42]

Some pics of my a10. Weathered with pastels and rub on rivers from pro mark! Lovely plane, flys in walking pace with flaps down. Love to do low circuits round the field! BRRRPPP!!!

[Hardway]

Welcome to Hobby Squawk!!! Nice job and pics!!! The A-10 is a nice flying bird!!

[purduephigam]

That's one dirty bird, love it!

[Elbee]

My A-10.BRRRPPP!!!

ATR42, Great looking bird.:Cool:Welcome to the Squawk! Best, LB

[Wobisch]

Hi, I'm Andy and recently got my A-10. I went through this entire thread and decided to follow some of your advice. Started with preshading and airbrush. I'm happy with the result so far. Still waiting for the upgrade Parts from Motion RC. I love the size of this bird. Best, Andy

[Wobisch]

I did some airbrush work with my parkjets so I know how to brush. Preshading is new to me. That's what I've done with my A-10 so far.

[e4dragongunner]

Love the mottling between the pre- shaded panel lines!! can't wait to see how she turns out!!!

[Wobisch]

My lab looks pretty cool.


I didn't know how it turns out either. Compare the two..


I would say not visible from 100 foot.

Added some rivets with these tools

[Wobisch]

Not sure how the rivets look in the end but I guess after washing it must be ok because they will be covered with color.




I did not like the dark factory grey which looked also a bit blue. So I decided to use some light USAF grey and added some thinner.
Between the steps I took the parts outside to see the real effect with daylight. I think this is the key point as other's already said.

before:


after:

I'm happy with the result.