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                        A-10 Warthog turbine color.

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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        A-10 Warthog turbine color.
                        Posted by Anonymous on Friday, May 23, 2003 8:46 PM
                        Hi,

                        I'm new at scale modeling and received a 1/48th scale Monogram A-10 Warthog kit as a gift from my wife. Being only my third model aircraft built so far, and new at modeling, I'm having trouble with the correct color of the turbine fans. The vague instruction sheet shows "gunmetal gray". Is that correct? I tried the color but it doesn't seem too realistic.

                        Any A-10 fanatics out there who may be of assistance would be much appreciated.

                        Thanks,
                        JW809
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                        Snacko
                        • Member since
                          May 2003
                        • From: USA
                        Posted by Snacko on Friday, May 23, 2003 9:08 PM
                        http://photos.yahoo.com/bc/therealsnacko/vwp?.dir=/Net+Pics&.dnm=22730545403_0_ALB.jpg&.src=ph&.view=t&.hires=t

                        A-10 from the MD ANG.

                        Enjoy!

                        - Snacko
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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Friday, May 23, 2003 9:20 PM
                        Not gunmetal, it doesn't even adequately represent gunmetal!Disapprove [V]

                        The blades are aTitanium alloy and should have sort a dark bronze color (sorry, it's kind of hard to describe).Smile [:)]

                        one of my favorite places-FAS(www.fas.org/man) has an A-10 page.
                        http://fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/ac/a-10.htm
                        The pics are down near the bottom.
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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Friday, May 23, 2003 11:21 PM
                        Thanks for the input and websites. Off to the hobby shop for "Titanium" in the morning.

                        JW809
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                        upnorth
                        • Member since
                          December 2002
                        • From: Canada / Czech Republic
                        Posted by upnorth on Saturday, May 24, 2003 1:00 PM
                        You'll also want to bear in mind that the caps in the midle of the turbine faces are the same as the main fuselage colour, not titanium like the blades themselves.
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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, May 27, 2003 10:05 PM
                        I actually have a small pic from GE's website that shows the entire BF34 from the A-10. Drop me a line, and I'd be happy to send you a copy. (Can't get the pic post to work)

                        demono69
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