Revell 1/48th scale

A-10

Revell 1/48th scale A-10

1. The Revell 1/48th A-10 Warthog. This is another model with a long story. It has had two lives - nearly three. it started as quite a rubbish build when I was quite young. The model actually depicts an early production version without the chaff and flare dispensers. My build was noteworthy for the large amount of lead I put in the nose to stop it from tail sitting. This made it very heavy so I think I over-did it a little. Anyway, a few years later I stripped the model and repainted in the scheme seen here. I then over-loaded it with weapons from a Hasegawa Weapons set. The loads looks quite unlikely! It was airbrushed in Humbrol Enamels but I wasn't happy with the colours so I brushed on a coat of gloss mixed with dark green to give it the appearance here.

Revell 1/48th scale A-10


2. This muddy wash of green is clearly seen here.	3. After a few years I rendered the weapons to the Spares Box and broke the kit up.	4. I stripped all of this horrible paint off. I intended upon converting this to a two seater with a Maintrack Resin set.	5. However, disaster struck and lost an undercarriage leg in the process.

6. The project never recovered and the bits sat in a box for ten years before discovering the bin.	7. I had also bought a Monogram 1/48th scale A-10 in order to build two twin-seat NAW-10's. One would have been the prototype and the other the production machine. I had the resin conversion sets for years.	8. Finally the Monogram Kit and the Maintrack Resin Conversions (plus decals) all got sold off on EBay so I could focus on newer projects.

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