A-10a Thunderbolt II 47th fighter Sqd Italeri 1-48

A-10a Thunderbolt II Barksdale's Dogpatchers 47 th Fighter Squadron

Personally, I think that at the moment, the A-10a thunderbolt II is the best aircraft in the world

GAU-8A Avernger Galting cannon









Resin parts: cockpit,Nose langing gear, Galting Cannan, Engine, Fan Blandes

Yeah, nice kit! I wouldn't want to be on the receiving end of that cannon that's for sure

What a wonderful aircraft It's my favorite Looking forward to this build Gordon

gordon, before starting go get inspiration from the a10's at the exhibition

i built the a10 when i was like 13

Mean machine Gordon, I love it ... nice Gatling gun.

Though personal choice I am still in love with the 'old' dark scheme, looked more brute in it ... at least still nice to see the warhog tattoo ... come one build it up!

Yes Gordon it's a unique type of aircraft ..I love it but I prefer the grey greens scheme as Ivan told you...

The mother of all type's of bombs carrier...

No not grey Gordon ..these are more agressive...

Happy modeling....

ok, Marco/Ivan the Dk green/green/grey scheme might look aggressive especially with the shark mouth, but even grey + sharkmouth still looks aggressive enough. Either way I would not want to be on the recieving end of that cannon. The other were just experimental schemes that were not adopted into service. An A-10 during the first gulf war would look nice too!!

I bet none of you actually saw one for real! I saw 2 in RIAT 05. MASSIVE! on take off they sound like an airbus.

Those 2 mottled camos marco showed us would test your airbrushing skills. They almost looks like a kids art class had a go at them.

These write ups may interest you:
http://www.clubhyper.com/reference/a10ajawsschemesdb_2.htm

http://www.clubhyper.com/reference/a10ajawsschemesdb_3.htm

http://www.clubhyper.com/reference/a10ajawsschemesdb_1.htm

@Marco and Ivan

I the have decals of the 47 fighter sqd and il-finazi tieghi mhix fis-sod

J.Fenech wrote:ok, Marco/Ivan the Dk green/green/grey scheme might look aggressive especially with the shark mouth, but even grey + sharkmouth still looks aggressive enough. Either way I would not want to be on the recieving end of that cannon. The other were just experimental schemes that were not adopted into service. An A-10 during the first gulf war would look nice too!!

Joe during GW1 was it still dark green/grey scheme if I recall correctly? The grey ones showed up in action during the Balkans, Afghan and GW2?

Gordon, it's your model so it's your choice not ours, I just expressed my personal choice ... yet again it's the typical scheme we normally see in shows!

iCocker wrote:

J.Fenech wrote:ok, Marco/Ivan the Dk green/green/grey scheme might look aggressive especially with the shark mouth, but even grey + sharkmouth still looks aggressive enough. Either way I would not want to be on the recieving end of that cannon. The other were just experimental schemes that were not adopted into service. An A-10 during the first gulf war would look nice too!!

Joe during GW1 was it still dark green/grey scheme if I recall correctly? The grey ones showed up in action during the Balkans, Afghan and GW2?

Gordon, it's your model so it's your choice not ours, I just expressed my personal choice ... yet again it's the typical scheme we normally see in shows!

yes during gulf war 1 they were still in dk green/green/grey with black markings/stencils and some color in the form of sqn badges/insignia and others items such as sharkmouths. This scheme, Euro 1 was designed for european battlefields where the A-10 would have operated at very low altitudes and to try to make less visible when seen from above - by enemy fighters. After the gulf war in the early 1990s, the A-10 started to adopt the low viz greys to try to make them less visible when in the air. I am not 100% sure about the dates but the transition to low viz seems to have been completed around 1997, so during balkan operations during 1994/95 need confirmation about which scheme but it also seems that by 1993 they were still green. It looks that by kosovo in 1999 they all look grey. As for operations since 2000s including Afganistan and Iraq war they are obviously grey :roll:


Anyway Gordon, this is your model and you choose which scheme you want to do. If you are doing a late A-10A, just check that it has got all the bumps in the right places as it did acquire some during it's service.

The Best Tank Killer !! I love the A-10! Hopefully I'll se a couple of them next July !!

Hi Gordon

lookin' goooooooood .......

Will be following this build closely.... I have a Tamiya and a Hobby Boss Warthog in 1/48th scale to build myself, the former with quite a few "amendments" in plan.....

Here are a few photos I took at RIAT '09:



















Hope they can be of added help and reference.



Awguri for the build and please keep us up to scratch on developments.

Alex

Alex thats some good walkaround photos...

Thank you for this pictures Alex

AdriaN wrote:I bet none of you actually saw one for real! I saw 2 in RIAT 05. MASSIVE! on take off they sound like an airbus.

Wait til they hit the Play button for the GAU-8...!

Some resin parts:Wolfpack update parts or italeri, Quickboost fan blades and Aires cockpit set

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=72FfERSgAaI

very nice gor..