After 20 months and over 600 hours of work here at ARC, I have finally finished my “Hog”. I used the 1/32 Trumpeter A-10A kit (#02214) as a base and then made the necessary changes to create an A-10C fairly closely.
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This kit, as you may already know, is really quite poor, but if want a large scale Warthog, it’s the only game in town right now. I re-scribed every panel line and re-punched every rivet, then moved, deleted or created many more details along the way. There are so many changes to this kit I won’t get into them right now, but if you’d like to see my Work In Progress build thread, the details can found here:
http://www.arcforums.com/forums/air/index.php?showtopic=262693
I did, however, have a lot of help from the after-market community as follows:
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Cutting Edge Resin Cockpit, CEC32057. Yes, I know it’s an early A-10A version , but it’s terrific and nobody makes an A-10C cockpit anyway.
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Cutting Edge Exterior Detailing Set, CEC32061
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Squadron
Vacu-Formed Windscreen & Canopy, SQ9412
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Eduard A-10 Interior Photo-Etch Brass, 32061
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Eduard Exterior Photo-Etch Brass, 32062
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Sierra Hotel Resin Engine Set, 32701
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Sierra Hotel Resin Wheel Set
“NST”, 32327C
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Master Brass Gun Tip & Pitot Tube, AM-32-059
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Zactomodels Resin AIM-9L/M Missiles (2)
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Sierra Hotel Dual-Rail Adapter, 32601
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Wolfpack AN/AAQ-28 Litening Pod, WP32014
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North Star Models AGM65 Maverick Missiles + LAU-117A Launcher (2), NS 32003
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AMS Resin ALQ-119 ECM Pod (Short), 32088
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AMS Resin Mk-82 Air Inflatable Retard Bombs, 32080
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Czech Master LAU-68D/A Rocket Launcher
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Caracal Model Air National Guard A-10C Decals, CD 32006
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Astra/Daco A-10 Decals and Stencils, ASD3204
And many, MANY scratch-Built Items!
Enjoy the photos.
Happy
Modeling!
Chuck
Sawyer
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