Quinta Studio 1:48 A-10C — a 3D printed colored interior on decal paper (Italeri) is a set for the digitalized cockpit of the attack aircraft. The main benefit here is the colored faces of the displays, which cannot be made with a brush.
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Quinta Studio interior sets are printed on decal paper and are applied like a decal. On the A-10C version that is particularly useful: the cockpit is no longer just a collection of round dials but a combination of analog instruments and screens. The printing manages to draw out the content of a display, symbols and colors included, which with a brush would mean an hour of fiddling with an uncertain result. The set is cut for the Italeri kit in 1:48 scale; Quinta releases the A-10C for kits from other manufacturers too, and the individual sets are not interchangeable.
The A-10C is the modernized standard of the A-10 attack aircraft. The fundamental change compared with the earlier machines is precisely the cockpit: multifunction displays and a new control panel joined the analog layout, so the pilot works with a digital interface. The rest of the cockpit stayed recognizable — it is still fairly cramped, with prominent side consoles and massive framing. A model with the canopy open therefore offers plenty of view inside, and the difference between bare plastic and a fitted-out panel is visible at first glance.
The final step matters more on this set than elsewhere. Once the decals have dried, the cockpit is usually oversprayed with matte varnish, so that the sheen of the decal film disappears and the surface looks painted. Keep a decal softener and a setting solution well away, as they would attack the printed resin. The instrument glass and the faces of the displays, however, are not to be matte — it is precisely the gloss that gives them the look of glass. Mask them, therefore, or after taking the sheen off go over them in spots with a drop of gloss varnish applied with the tip of a brush. The same gloss suits the round dials as well. Without that, even a superbly stuck-down panel looks flat.
It is an accessory, not a kit. The basic model, paints and glue are not included in the package.
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