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                        "What If" A-10 Group Build Idea

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                        djmodels1999
                        • Member since
                          December 2002
                        • From: United Kingdom / Belgium
                        Posted by djmodels1999 on Saturday, November 13, 2004 3:21 PM
                        Got my 1/144 LS in the mail today! Nice little kit, even if the office is sparingly detailled. But at that scale...
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                        Trigger
                        • Member since
                          February 2004
                        • From: Moooooon River!
                        Posted by Trigger on Monday, November 22, 2004 2:57 PM
                        QUOTE: Originally posted by lodni_k

                        If this ends up being an open-ended GB then I might like to get in on this. By Jan I should have a couple out of the way. Thinking of a Republic of Korea Air Force A-10A.

                        Cool [8D]Well, I don't have any decals for the ROK AF. But I do have a great sheet of Mexican AF stencils from Aztec! Or, since my girlfriend is from Peru, how bout a A-10P to go with my Peru Army Mi-24 Hind! Big Smile [:D]


                        Either of those would be very cool! A South American Hawg would make a lot of sense due to the number of A-37s that served with Latin and South American air forces for so long. It would stand to reason they'd need to be replaced by something!

                        Would one then call it "Cerdo?" "Rayo?" (Man, I really hope my Spanish is right. If either of those words is off-color then I apologize in advance! Big Smile [:D])

                        With any luck this week I can post links to potential color schemes I'm considering using. Maybe get some feedback to help me make a decision as to what I'll build!
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                        fighterguru
                        • Member since
                          February 2003
                        • From: north carolina
                        Posted by fighterguru on Monday, November 22, 2004 3:36 PM
                        Id really like to see that LAPD Hog I think that would be awsome. it would be something different and very practical!!!!!!!!
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                        Trigger
                        • Member since
                          February 2004
                        • From: Moooooon River!
                        Posted by Trigger on Sunday, November 28, 2004 6:35 AM
                        Hawg Wild!!!!

                        Finally, I've got the first batch of potential schemes/variants posted...

                        http://homepage.mac.com/grant_little/PhotoAlbum8.html

                        And I just uploaded a few more new variants. More to come...
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                        cote1995
                        • Member since
                          December 2002
                        • From: Mexico
                        Posted by cote1995 on Tuesday, November 30, 2004 3:24 PM
                        Dear Trigger:

                        About your translation:

                        Would one then call it "Cerdo?" "Rayo?" (Man, I really hope my Spanish is right. If either of those words is off-color then I apologize in advance! )

                        the right is "Jabali" I think, I mean, wild pig... about the Peruvian Mi-25 decals is available at:

                        http://www.aztecmodels.com/cenepa/FAP1.htm

                        I hope this help you.

                        Best regards

                        Manuel

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                        Trigger
                        • Member since
                          February 2004
                        • From: Moooooon River!
                        Posted by Trigger on Tuesday, November 30, 2004 5:01 PM
                        Thank you for the correction Manuel! Thumbs Up [tup]

                        Such are the pitfals of a computer-based translator, and for all the Spanish speakers out there - I'm sorry I mutilated your language like that Dunce [D)]
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                        cote1995
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                        • From: Mexico
                        Posted by cote1995 on Tuesday, November 30, 2004 5:48 PM
                        No problem Trigger 74, the same thing is with all of us trying to speak the Shakespeare language, and believe me, whe are a lot.

                        Best regards

                        Manuel

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                        Trigger
                        • Member since
                          February 2004
                        • From: Moooooon River!
                        Posted by Trigger on Thursday, December 2, 2004 1:56 PM
                        So here are my finalists...

                        "Thunderbolt GR.1A"

                        - or -


                        A-10M USMC

                        - or -


                        A-10E USAF AFSOC


                        Thoughts?

                        More can be seen at http://homepage.mac.com/grant_little/PhotoAlbum8.html
                        ------------------------------------------------------------------ - Grant "Can't let that nest in there..."
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                        Anonymous
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                        Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, December 2, 2004 8:05 PM
                        hey if my budget permits i think i wil do a A-10 in SWAT colors. i think that is a really cool idea.
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                        djmodels1999
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                        • From: United Kingdom / Belgium
                        Posted by djmodels1999 on Friday, December 3, 2004 2:04 AM
                        Trigger, I really like the fire bomber schemes..
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                        Trigger
                        • Member since
                          February 2004
                        • From: Moooooon River!
                        Posted by Trigger on Friday, December 3, 2004 6:31 AM
                        QUOTE: Originally posted by djmodels1999

                        Trigger, I really like the fire bomber schemes..


                        Thanks!

                        Now don't get me wrong, I like the red/yellow scheme a lot. But personally I think there's something cool about a Hog wearing camouflage and loaded to play, and that why I went with the three finalists that are there now. It's supposed to look like an ugly workhorse.

                        I think the best way for the FireHog schemes to work would be to weather them a LOT - as in "Star Wars" studio model level weathering. These things would be used a great deal and ground crews wouldn't have time to wash them/repaint them. Also, a true "A-10F" would have to have it's cannon removed, no weapons or even pylons and a big @$$ tank bolted underneath the fuselage to carry fire retardant/water and I'd hate to de-fang my Hog!

                        But again, that's just my opinion! Hopefully something on that page will give someone an idea and those schemes aren't just "mine." Anyone is welcome to use them, or if they have something they'd like to see, let me know and I'll whip it up!
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                        djmodels1999
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                        • From: United Kingdom / Belgium
                        Posted by djmodels1999 on Friday, December 3, 2004 6:42 AM
                        Anyone thought of 'Reno Air Races' type of conversion/paint jobs..?
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                        Trigger
                        • Member since
                          February 2004
                        • From: Moooooon River!
                        Posted by Trigger on Friday, December 3, 2004 8:11 AM
                        LOL - Probably not! When one thinks of speed, the Hog's not the first bird that comes to mind, but that's a really cool (and original) idea.
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                        Awood23
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                          May 2003
                        • From: Belgium
                        Posted by Awood23 on Friday, December 3, 2004 1:57 PM
                        few things can out run rounds from a 30mm GAU Smile [:)]
                        [img]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v515/Awood23/DarkSideBadge.jpg "your' not trying if your not cheating" "no one ever won a war by dying for his country, he won it by making the other poor bugger die for his" 'never before have so many owed so much to so few" 1/48 Spitfire %80
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                        Trigger
                        • Member since
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                        • From: Moooooon River!
                        Posted by Trigger on Friday, December 3, 2004 2:54 PM
                        QUOTE: Originally posted by Awood23

                        few things can out run rounds from a 30mm GAU Smile [:)]


                        Good point!

                        BTW - Who said "no one ever won a war by dying for his country, he won it by making the other poor bugger die for his?"
                        ------------------------------------------------------------------ - Grant "Can't let that nest in there..."
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                        rockythegoat
                        • Member since
                          November 2004
                        • From: Central Illinois
                        Posted by rockythegoat on Friday, December 3, 2004 5:12 PM
                        Trigger: Count me in. My preference is either after 1/05 or open-ended, but, what the h---, the more the merrier!

                        I'm gonna shoot for 1/72 FireHog or a USN strike version. Unknown kit as yet.

                        "Weapons Hot!" Big Smile [:D]

                        "Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy." Ben Franklin

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                        Trigger
                        • Member since
                          February 2004
                        • From: Moooooon River!
                        Posted by Trigger on Friday, December 3, 2004 9:12 PM
                        Good news Rocky - Kickoff is New Year's but it's open ended. Glad to have you on board. Great screen name BTW. I don't know what it means but it's funny

                        (Revell makes an MH-68?!? Sweet!!!!)
                        ------------------------------------------------------------------ - Grant "Can't let that nest in there..."
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                        ua0124
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                          January 2004
                        • From: Arizona
                        Posted by ua0124 on Friday, December 3, 2004 9:46 PM
                        Sounds fun count me in Big Smile [:D]
                        Ernie If I can not do something about a problem, it's not my problem; it is a fact of life...
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                        Awood23
                        • Member since
                          May 2003
                        • From: Belgium
                        Posted by Awood23 on Saturday, December 4, 2004 8:16 AM
                        QUOTE:

                        BTW - Who said "no one ever won a war by dying for his country, he won it by making the other poor bugger die for his" "?"


                        My favorite quotes....Big Smile [:D]Big Smile [:D]
                        "Your not trying if your not cheating" my 1SG while serving in 1st ID
                        "no one ever won a war by dying for his country, he won it by making the other poor bugger die for his" Not the exact launguage used but the exact words used By Gen George S. Patton while addressing his troops is not exactly appropriate here in the forum. and
                        "Never before have so many owed so much to so few"
                        Prime Minister of England Winston Churchill speaking of the pilots of the RAF after the Battle of Britton
                        [img]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v515/Awood23/DarkSideBadge.jpg "your' not trying if your not cheating" "no one ever won a war by dying for his country, he won it by making the other poor bugger die for his" 'never before have so many owed so much to so few" 1/48 Spitfire %80
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                        Trigger
                        • Member since
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                        • From: Moooooon River!
                        Posted by Trigger on Saturday, December 4, 2004 12:52 PM
                        A variation of the first one, "If you ain't cheatin', then you ain't trying" was a one of the three basic rules of ACM at Topgun (The others being "Speed is life" and "Lose sight - lose the fight").

                        And of course, everyone here (should) know Churchill's famous speech about "The Few" - "Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few."

                        Dunce [D)] I should have known that other one was Patton.
                        ------------------------------------------------------------------ - Grant "Can't let that nest in there..."
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                        fighterguru
                        • Member since
                          February 2003
                        • From: north carolina
                        Posted by fighterguru on Saturday, December 4, 2004 1:15 PM
                        Its been a couple of weeks since Iv been in here Im glad to see that there is alot of action going on I enjoy going through the forum and reading progress.
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                        rockythegoat
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                          November 2004
                        • From: Central Illinois
                        Posted by rockythegoat on Monday, December 6, 2004 12:42 PM
                        QUOTE: Originally posted by Trigger74

                        Good news Rocky - Kickoff is New Year's but it's open ended. Glad to have you on board. Great screen name BTW. I don't know what it means but it's funny

                        (Revell makes an MH-68?!? Sweet!!!!)


                        Trigger74: Defintitely count me in! Thumbs Up [tup]

                        Screen name is my name over on the Model Railroader forums. Depending on the day, I'm either an HO railroader who builds models, or a Plastic Modeler who has trains. Confused [%-)] My preferred railroad is the Great Northern and their mascot was.....get ready for it....here it comes.....its gonna be a surprise....."Rocky the Mountain Goat!" Laugh [(-D]Laugh [(-D]Laugh [(-D]

                        And my signature was misleading. I'm building an MH68, using the Revell A109 kit. I've changed my sig so it reflects that. Hate to see someone spend hours trying to find a kit that doesn't exist.Blush [:I]

                        "Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy." Ben Franklin

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                        Trigger
                        • Member since
                          February 2004
                        • From: Moooooon River!
                        Posted by Trigger on Monday, December 6, 2004 1:14 PM
                        Welcome aboard Rocky!
                        And no worries about that Mako - took me about five minutes on greatmodels.com, but I figured it out!
                        ------------------------------------------------------------------ - Grant "Can't let that nest in there..."
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                        Trigger
                        • Member since
                          February 2004
                        • From: Moooooon River!
                        Posted by Trigger on Friday, December 24, 2004 9:00 AM
                        Well New Year's about a week away and here's a kind of preliminary list so far as to who's interested. Please, let me know if I've left you out or if you'd like your name removed...

                        Trigger74 - 1/48 Thundebolt GR.1 or A-10M USMC or A-10E AFSOC
                        djmodels1999 - 1/144 Swedish A-10
                        (?) LemonJello - USMC A-10
                        balta1 - USN A-10N or RAF A-10
                        9x19mm - USN A-10
                        Cruzr - 1/72 CAF A-10
                        lodni_k - Mexican AF A-10 or Peruvian AF A-10P
                        (?) Awood23 - LAPD SWAT A-10 or A-10 racer
                        reggiethedorf - LAPD SWAT A-10
                        rockythegoat - A-10 Firehog or USN A-10

                        (Oh yeah, this is still an open-ended build so if you're like me an can't start right away, that's cool!)
                        ------------------------------------------------------------------ - Grant "Can't let that nest in there..."
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                        Cobrahistorian
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                          December 2002
                        • From: Aaaaah.... Alpha Apaches... A beautiful thing!
                        Posted by Cobrahistorian on Friday, December 24, 2004 9:46 AM
                        Oh great....

                        I'm gonna have to pick up the Trumpeter 1/32 kit now....

                        But I'm in!
                        "1-6 is in hot"
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                        Trigger
                        • Member since
                          February 2004
                        • From: Moooooon River!
                        Posted by Trigger on Friday, December 24, 2004 10:09 AM
                        LOL. No rush buddy! Fighterguru talked me into keeping this open ended this year (Come in where you can, finish when you can). I'm glad I did that now and I know I'm going to take advantage of that!

                        Question [?] Question is, what kind of Hawg are you going to build? Question [?] Somehow I suspect it'll be Helo Drab with "United States Army" on the side...Big Smile [:D]
                        ------------------------------------------------------------------ - Grant "Can't let that nest in there..."
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                        Cobrahistorian
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                        • From: Aaaaah.... Alpha Apaches... A beautiful thing!
                        Posted by Cobrahistorian on Friday, December 24, 2004 10:31 AM
                        Trigger,

                        ummmmmmm.... hadn't even thought about it... but now that you mention it..... Big Smile [:D]
                        "1-6 is in hot"
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                        LemonJello
                        • Member since
                          February 2004
                        • From: Green Lantern Corps HQ on Oa
                        Posted by LemonJello on Friday, December 24, 2004 11:28 AM
                        Yeah, I'm in for a USMC Hawg, just have to figure out whether to make it a sea-strike or CAS bird. Harpoons or Rockeyes? Anybody got a line on aftermarket JSOWs?
                        A day in the Corps is like a day on the farm; every meal is a banquet, every paycheck a fortune, every formation a parade... The Marine Corps is a department of the Navy? Yeah...The Men's Department.
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                        GA.modelmaker
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                          November 2003
                        • From: savannah ga.
                        Posted by GA.modelmaker on Friday, December 24, 2004 1:43 PM
                        hey trigger you can count me in too for this build. as for what kit no idea yet. but as for the paint the winter camo job looks really kool and fully loaded with air to air weapons.Big Smile [:D]Big Smile [:D] thanks rob
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                        Trigger
                        • Member since
                          February 2004
                        • From: Moooooon River!
                        Posted by Trigger on Friday, December 24, 2004 2:30 PM
                        Cobrahistorian -
                        Well, I remember some rumors a few years back when the AF wanted to replace their Hawgs with CAS Vipers that the Army would have saved 'em from the boneyard.

                        LemonJello -
                        Good to hear from you again, hope all is going good! Since you're going to do the USMC Hawg, then I'll do the two-tone green Thunderbolt GR.1.

                        - My 2 cents [2c] I think a Hawg in the green/gray/black scheme loaded out with Rockeyes, Mk82s and rockets pods for the CAS mission would look awesome. My 2 cents [2c]

                        JSOW - I've got two that are going going to be slung under the wings of an F-35B (VMA-214). Made of resin, they're from SOL Model Corporation and it was around $15 for a box of two. I got them at a LHS down in Atlanta last summer. Check out Great Models, I think the number is sl3166.

                        Ga.modler
                        - Welcome aboard. It don't matter what kit you use, and looking forward to seeing your "Hogfighter!"
                        ------------------------------------------------------------------ - Grant "Can't let that nest in there..."
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