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Offline uncle les

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RAAF A-10B N/AW "if only"..
« on: August 27, 2017, 08:53:54 PM »
Many years ago I mashed up a 1/48 Revell Warthog with a Tamiya A-10, added some plasticard, homespun resin and a vac-formed canopy and made a very bland grey A-10B N/AW facsimile of an aircraft that flew but was retired way too early being deemed redundant.  This afternoon I snapped it up off the shelf in a fit of "I need to get my aircraft painting hand back in" having spent the best part of the last month doing commission work on wargaming AFVs  ( I am so over mixing yellow and black to make accurate olive green !! ) and decided to wotify the warthog.  I have another in 1/32 in the elblando grey scheme so I don't feel so bad repurposing this one. I pulled off some stores, repaired some minor breakages, painted it as you see and whacked on some roos.  Et voila - something to keep the musorian armour at bay.



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Re: RAAF A-10B N/AW "if only"..
« Reply #1 on: August 27, 2017, 09:36:06 PM »
Nice one, Les! :smiley: :smiley:

You'd think that in a country designed for armoured warfare, with flat plains everywhere, that we'd have a few of these around, wouldn't you!? ???
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Re: RAAF A-10B N/AW "if only"..
« Reply #2 on: August 28, 2017, 02:19:49 AM »
Nice work. :smiley:
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Re: RAAF A-10B N/AW "if only"..
« Reply #3 on: August 28, 2017, 02:20:12 AM »
You'd think that in a country designed for armoured warfare, with flat plains everywhere, that we'd have a few of these around, wouldn't you!? ???

Why?
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Re: RAAF A-10B N/AW "if only"..
« Reply #4 on: August 28, 2017, 02:45:56 AM »
Love it! :smiley:

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Re: RAAF A-10B N/AW "if only"..
« Reply #5 on: August 28, 2017, 11:42:56 AM »
Beautifique!!

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Re: RAAF A-10B N/AW "if only"..
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Re: RAAF A-10B N/AW "if only"..
« Reply #7 on: August 28, 2017, 05:16:03 PM »
Love this!!!
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Re: RAAF A-10B N/AW "if only"..
« Reply #8 on: August 29, 2017, 02:32:47 AM »
Yet more proof that few things spice up a model like those RAAF 'roos!

Outstanding paintwork to boot too!

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Re: RAAF A-10B N/AW "if only"..
« Reply #9 on: August 29, 2017, 09:26:36 AM »
What they said ;)

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Re: RAAF A-10B N/AW "if only"..
« Reply #10 on: September 01, 2017, 11:46:27 AM »
I have a Tamiya 1/72 single-seat A-10 partway through this exact camo with roos ready to go! Bravo Les!
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Re: RAAF A-10B N/AW "if only"..
« Reply #11 on: September 01, 2017, 12:16:10 PM »
Definitely inspiration for applying the old Maintrack 1/48 conversion kit to a suitable A-10 kit.

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Re: RAAF A-10B N/AW "if only"..
« Reply #12 on: September 01, 2017, 08:04:19 PM »
Would make a lot of sense for the RAAF to have this flying CAS for the Abrams & ASLAVS!

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Re: RAAF A-10B N/AW "if only"..
« Reply #13 on: September 02, 2017, 08:27:08 AM »
I'll go with wot Wombat said, never a truer word ;) ;)

Great work Les, love the fade in the paint, looks just right :smiley: 8) 8)
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Re: RAAF A-10B N/AW "if only"..
« Reply #14 on: September 12, 2017, 02:32:49 AM »
What more can I say other than I like it
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Re: RAAF A-10B N/AW "if only"..
« Reply #15 on: September 12, 2017, 06:29:28 AM »
You'd think that in a country designed for armoured warfare, with flat plains everywhere, that we'd have a few of these around, wouldn't you!? ???

Why?

'Roo population control?  ;D ;) :icon_fsm:
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Re: RAAF A-10B N/AW "if only"..
« Reply #16 on: September 13, 2017, 02:41:54 AM »
All hail the God of Frustration!!!

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Re: RAAF A-10B N/AW "if only"..
« Reply #17 on: September 29, 2017, 08:47:41 AM »
Looks good, I have a similar idea but in the same scheme that the Blackhawks and Kiowa's use.

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Re: RAAF A-10B N/AW "if only"..
« Reply #18 on: September 30, 2017, 02:58:56 AM »
Looks good, I have a similar idea but in the same scheme that the Blackhawks and Kiowa's use.


Somewhat like this?



From here.  Note that this has the 30mm cannon replaced with a 20mm.


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Re: RAAF A-10B N/AW "if only"..
« Reply #19 on: September 30, 2017, 10:01:59 AM »
That looks soooo good GTX  :P :P Wish it was real 8) 8)
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Re: RAAF A-10B N/AW "if only"..
« Reply #20 on: November 09, 2017, 07:06:22 PM »
Totally spaced on there being an A-10B.
Excellent build prods my foggy memory. :smiley:

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Re: RAAF A-10B N/AW "if only"..
« Reply #21 on: May 16, 2019, 01:29:06 PM »
That looks soooo good GTX  :P :P Wish it was real 8) 8)

Yep that is what I am thinking. Still haven't built it but I have the kit!