A-10A N/AW Warthog "Ugly but well hung"

[Mike1975]

Fine copper wires were used throughout the cockpit to add little more detail.

 

[Mike1975]

After studying the photographs of the A-10A N/AW cockpit I quickly realized that Verlinden set did not have anything to represent the actuator for the canopies. I fix that problem by created my own from left over photo-etch parts and evergreen.

 

[Mike1975]

The Aim-9 are from the Academy F-16 kit.

 

[Mike1975]

 

[Mike1975]

Out of all the weapons in the trumpeter kit the ECM pod and rockeye CBU were the only things worth using.

 

[Sparrowhawk]

Doppelpost am falschen Platz, bitte löschen. Danke!

 

[Mike1975]

 

[Mike1975]

Maverick missiles and launch rails were used from the academy F-18 kit. A LOT better then trumpy stuff. ;)

 

[Mike1975]

Well, an other fine set of bombs used from the academy F-18 kit...

 

[Mike1975]

 

[Mike1975]

 

[Mike1975]

 

[Mike1975]

In the end, I added a little detail to the side of the fuselage, the Angle of Attack sensor. Now, on the 21st Century jets like F-15, F-16, F-18 the AoA prob looks like a piece of a fine needle sticking out of the side of the fuselage but the hog is still old school in many ways :D

 

[Mike1975]

Well, the last shot....drums... please....the complete Arctic camo scheme...

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[Mike1975]

Holy crap batman, that's almost 6 pages of photographs...lol

 

[Mike1975]

I just found couple of more photographs of the real thing in my stash of reference. Again, the photograph credit goes to USAF.

 

[F-14A TomCat]

I like that Ferrari-story! Thanks for all these pictures!
Are you shure, that you really used Flat Clear for your Tires? Perhaps you exchanged it with glossy clear:D
Btw: What are you doing next? An unarmed F-16 or an unarmed F-18...D:D

 

[AARDVARK]

Also ohne Zweifel, ein tolles Modell. Aber ein kleines bischen an der Realität vorbei. Oder...?
MfG Gerald.

Gerald hat aus meiner Sicht alles gesagt. Rein vom Modell und von der Lackierung gefällt mir das Ding richtig gut.
Aber ist's nun ein Fantasieanstrich oder ein real so geflogener Anstrich, da hab ich auch meine Zweifel, was aber das Modell in keiner Weise schlecht da stehen lässt.

Er hat doch in (englischem) Klartext geschrieben, dass es ein What-If ist!

 

[Sparrowhawk]

This is one stunning build, looks absolutely convincing. Very close to being a "What if", but I like it!
And that story about the Ferrari sticker adds more life to it.

Regards, Martin

 

[Top Gun Freak]

Hi Mike
Great job. I like it. I also like the paint scheme.
Thanks for your pics