Because there are so
many 1/48 A-10´s in here, I won't write anything about the history of the real
plane...I think others have said enough! This A-10 was an all time
favourite for me and I always wanted to build one. In the early days (6th
grade oor so...) I used to build 1/72 and I always looked for the A-10.
Now, with the age of
27 I started this nice hobby again, after 11 years of abstinence ;-)
I purchased this
baby over the internet because there are very poor shops in my city...I built it
(almost) out of the box with some scratchbuilding from styrene, some old magic
markers and stuff from my "trash-box". The weapons were taken
from various sources. The Hasegawa weapons set provided the LGB´s.
I took the JDAM´s from an Academy F-15E Strike Eagle which also provided the
sniper Pod and the AIM-9X´s. Finally the CBU-87 clusters were modified from the
Rockeye's that the Kit came with. I know, I know ,some of you may say that
this armament was never used in action and something like that but I always was
fascinated by the big load of weapons this tank killer could (theoreticly) carry
and I wanted a full load of ammo on this one.
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The build itself
went without bigger problems, the fit was overall really good. I liked the
engine section of the Italeri kit because it could shown open. The only
problem was that I didn't want to spend money for the detail set with the GAU-8
and the engine itself. So I build the engine from scratch. Most of
it was build from an old pen and unused parts I had from the F-15.The wiring
were from an broken wireless router. I tried to pimp it with some colored
accents here and there.
This baby was my
first paint job with a good airbrush pistol and I tried my best. I used
thinned Revell enamel color for painting. The decals were out of the box
from the Italeri kit. I like the sharkmouth look of the A-10, but as I saw
that almost every model has this shark mouth I chose the clean look.
The guy working on
the engine stands on an scratch built ladder cut from thick styrene. He
came with the Italeri ground crew set I bought a while ago for my F-111 (Rest in
Pieces). I had to brake his leg to fit him on the ladder...sorry for that.
I washed the model
with thinned acryl color and gave it a dry brushing with soot.
Works perfect!
Overall I think it
is a nice build and it was much fun. This kit was worth every cent.
Philipp
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