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                        "What If" A-10 Group Build Idea

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                        LemonJello
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                          February 2004
                        • From: Green Lantern Corps HQ on Oa
                        Posted by LemonJello on Saturday, January 15, 2005 7:45 AM
                        I cut the instrument panel off the sprue to start detailing it, since I've been in a scratchbuilding mood lately, just have to decide if I want to use the kit part or make my own. I'm planning on drilling out some dials and adding some multi-function displays and other little do-dads to give it some details. I'll post some before/after pics of what I get done today while I watch the playoff games.

                        I'm really itching to get going on this one, but I'm making myself finish a couple of projects that have been sitting on the bench too long.
                        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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                        Trigger
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                          February 2004
                        • From: Moooooon River!
                        Posted by Trigger on Saturday, January 15, 2005 5:20 AM
                        Well, I started on my Thunderbolt last night and I'm going to Atlanta today, hopefully I'll have time to go by a couple of LHS and get some bombs!
                        ------------------------------------------------------------------ - Grant "Can't let that nest in there..."
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                        djmodels1999
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                          December 2002
                        • From: United Kingdom / Belgium
                        Posted by djmodels1999 on Wednesday, January 12, 2005 1:55 AM
                        yes, it is a very nice badge! Thanks for that! I've now started on my 1/144 A-10. It's the LS kit. Not too bad though the fit is not as good as it is on Revell's 1/144 little jewels.. But I'll survive. I've got a civilian (yes! Civilian!) A-10 in mind, and it will require a little bit of extra work but I think it will look quite good...
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                        Trigger
                        • Member since
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                        • From: Moooooon River!
                        Posted by Trigger on Tuesday, January 11, 2005 6:27 PM
                        Thanks guys. Glad you like it.
                        ------------------------------------------------------------------ - Grant "Can't let that nest in there..."
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                        GA.modelmaker
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                          November 2003
                        • From: savannah ga.
                        Posted by GA.modelmaker on Tuesday, January 11, 2005 10:17 AM
                        cool looking badge thier for the group build.Big Smile [:D]Big Smile [:D]
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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, January 11, 2005 4:55 AM
                        Very nice job, Trigger! I'm gonna be breaking into my Hasegawa Weapons Sets for this one, too! Gotta put some Mavericks in along with the GBU's & M117's! LOL
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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, January 11, 2005 1:00 AM
                        Very Cool ... That is some good work there

                        Also I would guess that this is the url -
                        http://homepage.mac.com/grant_little/.Pictures/A-10%20Groupbuild/A-10_GB_Badge.jpg
                        or to add it to your signature tmake sure to include the img & /img codes/ html tags
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                        Trigger
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                          February 2004
                        • From: Moooooon River!
                        Posted by Trigger on Monday, January 10, 2005 8:32 PM
                        FINALLY!!!!!

                        Okay, as promised, here for your consideration is the 2005 A-10 "What If" Group Badge:
                        ------------------------------------------------------------------ - Grant "Can't let that nest in there..."
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                        LemonJello
                        • Member since
                          February 2004
                        • From: Green Lantern Corps HQ on Oa
                        Posted by LemonJello on Monday, January 10, 2005 3:13 PM
                        I usually have ESPN's Sportcenter on the TV in the background while I build, or I'll throw a movie in the DVD player. I don't know why I don't listen to music as much as I used to.

                        I don't think I've got as much flash on this Hobbycraft A-10 as that Monogram one, lodni_k, but I had to laugh at the "detailed cockpit" as described on the box...
                        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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                        Anonymous
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                        Posted by Anonymous on Monday, January 10, 2005 12:13 PM
                        I got Utada Hikaru or Ayumi Hamasaki playin', sometimes Love Psychedelico Blush [:I]

                        Boy, can you say "Flash City" on this old 1/72 Mono A-10Angry [:(!] I'll have enough left over plastic to build the A-37! Shock [:O] Laugh [(-D] - Calvin
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                        Cobrahistorian
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                        • From: Aaaaah.... Alpha Apaches... A beautiful thing!
                        Posted by Cobrahistorian on Sunday, January 9, 2005 11:33 PM
                        Grant,

                        I listen to some pretty obscure stuff. Been playing the life out of my new Lacuna Coil CD. Great stuff, but definitely not mainstream. I've usually got internet radio on while I'm building, since my workspace is right next to my computer, and its usually blasting 99.9 "the electric front".

                        Anyone else?
                        "1-6 is in hot"
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                        Trigger
                        • Member since
                          February 2004
                        • From: Moooooon River!
                        Posted by Trigger on Sunday, January 9, 2005 5:39 PM
                        Well, this week I'll convert my at-home office back into a work area for my kits and get my builds back on track!

                        Call it community curiosity or whatever... I'm puting together a playlist on iTunes to listen to while I work on my Hawg... Any suggestions? What music do ya'll listen to when building?
                        ------------------------------------------------------------------ - Grant "Can't let that nest in there..."
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                        LemonJello
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                          February 2004
                        • From: Green Lantern Corps HQ on Oa
                        Posted by LemonJello on Sunday, January 9, 2005 7:54 AM
                        Sounds like we're going to have some unique birds to show off at the end of this build. Can't wait to see some of these schemes.
                        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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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, January 9, 2005 7:14 AM
                        Got started on the Peruvian A-10P today. It will be in Grupo Aereo No.7 markings. Replaced the A-37B's of that unit with similar camo scheme. That makes 2 Peru Air Force birds I'm building.Shy [8)] I got a Hind in process for the Attack Helo GB. - Calvin
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                        Trigger
                        • Member since
                          February 2004
                        • From: Moooooon River!
                        Posted by Trigger on Saturday, January 8, 2005 10:07 PM
                        No, but something tells me we will soon. Thumbs Up [tup]
                        ------------------------------------------------------------------ - 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 Saturday, January 8, 2005 2:12 PM
                        Anyone ever seen a TADS/PNVS turret on an A-10?!
                        "1-6 is in hot"
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                        GA.modelmaker
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                          November 2003
                        • From: savannah ga.
                        Posted by GA.modelmaker on Saturday, January 8, 2005 1:20 PM
                        Laugh [(-D]Laugh [(-D]Laugh [(-D]My 2 cents [2c]
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                        DanCooper
                        • Member since
                          March 2004
                        • From: Belgium
                        Posted by DanCooper on Saturday, January 8, 2005 1:05 PM
                        Do you meen the all gloss-black "Playboy"-Hog ? The problem is that a hog has absoltely no space to host a round (really big) 5-person bed, a juccuzi and a well filled bar Big Smile [:D]

                        On the bench : Revell's 1/125 RV Calypso

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                        GA.modelmaker
                        • Member since
                          November 2003
                        • From: savannah ga.
                        Posted by GA.modelmaker on Saturday, January 8, 2005 1:02 PM
                        well i finally got my kit for the hog build i found it at micheals the other day. this one has the playhog bunnie markings for it. was going to paint it the winter camo but not any more. anybody ever see a all black a-10 hog?Big Smile [:D]
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                        Trigger
                        • Member since
                          February 2004
                        • From: Moooooon River!
                        Posted by Trigger on Saturday, January 8, 2005 10:29 AM
                        I've got to get down to Atlanta soon and pick up some weapons sets. I dropped $23 with TwoBobs on RAF decals so I'm committed to the GR.1, but if I can find that second Hawg kit around here, I'll probably finish it as a USMC CAS one.
                        ------------------------------------------------------------------ - Grant "Can't let that nest in there..."
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                        LemonJello
                        • Member since
                          February 2004
                        • From: Green Lantern Corps HQ on Oa
                        Posted by LemonJello on Saturday, January 8, 2005 7:55 AM
                        I'm doing the same thing, in 1/48, I've got 2 Hasegawa weapons sets to mix-n-match, and instead of the Pave Spike, I've got an AN/AAQ-14 that looks more like a TRAM with less work. I'm thinking about taking the Rockeyes from my A-6 and putting them on the MERs and maybe putting some small LGBs (250lbs?) on the TERs instead of the Mavericks that came with the kit. So many choices...
                        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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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, January 8, 2005 1:53 AM
                        QUOTE: Originally posted by Cobrahistorian

                        I feel better.... I'm taking the "what if" to heart. I just got the Trump 1/32 A-10 N/AW kit!
                        Two crewmembers with IHADSS helmets, a butt-load of hellfires and good 'ol UNITED STATES ARMY on the side of a Helo Drab bird...

                        ... and there are 150 A-10s just SITTING in storage at D-M.


                        The Trump 1/32 A-10 N/AW looks to be a Very Cool Kit Cool [8D] ... can't wait to see what you come up with
                        This is turning into a pretty cool & Unique Group Build (as far as I can tellWink [;)] )

                        Mean while I will just have to get along with my 1/72 kits ( I am currently Thinking of Combining a couple 1/72 kits to insure a good mix of weapons)
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                        Cobrahistorian
                        • Member since
                          December 2002
                        • From: Aaaaah.... Alpha Apaches... A beautiful thing!
                        Posted by Cobrahistorian on Saturday, January 8, 2005 12:32 AM
                        I feel better.... I'm taking the "what if" to heart. I just got the Trump 1/32 A-10 N/AW kit!
                        Two crewmembers with IHADSS helmets, a butt-load of hellfires and good 'ol UNITED STATES ARMY on the side of a Helo Drab bird...

                        ... and there are 150 A-10s just SITTING in storage at D-M.

                        "1-6 is in hot"
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                        Cobrahistorian
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                          December 2002
                        • From: Aaaaah.... Alpha Apaches... A beautiful thing!
                        Posted by Cobrahistorian on Saturday, January 8, 2005 12:26 AM
                        Grant,
                        Book's doin terrible. Lost a chunk of what I wrote overnight because my dad's laptop crapped out on me. Want to take an axe to it. Other than that, its doing ok. Only lost about 10 pages of stuff, and most can be rewritten. Just feeling a bit overwhelmed. Gonna look on ebay now and see if I can find a 1/32 A-10 to get.

                        "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, January 7, 2005 6:47 PM
                        QUOTE: Originally posted by Trigger74

                        Ahhhhhhh.... Nice idea with for a TRAM mod! Thumbs Up [tup]


                        Now to make it work! Cool [8D]
                        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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                        Trigger
                        • Member since
                          February 2004
                        • From: Moooooon River!
                        Posted by Trigger on Friday, January 7, 2005 5:56 PM
                        Ahhhhhhh.... Nice idea with for a TRAM mod! Thumbs Up [tup]

                        BTW All - I should have a badge finished up this weekend!
                        ------------------------------------------------------------------ - Grant "Can't let that nest in there..."
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                        LemonJello
                        • Member since
                          February 2004
                        • From: Green Lantern Corps HQ on Oa
                        Posted by LemonJello on Friday, January 7, 2005 2:57 PM
                        Well, Squadron Claus dropped off a package today, so now I have my A-10. I bought a Hobbycraft kit, and it's going to take some work, the cockpit is going to need a little work the instrument faces are nonexistant, but this way I can make some MFDs to put in there, give my pit an upgrade. I was kinda thinking of taking a spare Pave Spike pod and making a sort of TRAM turret on the fuselage for the LGBs I'm going to hang on a couple of weapons stations.

                        Anyway, just thought I'd get an update in.

                        This should be a lot of fun.
                        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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                        Trigger
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                        • From: Moooooon River!
                        Posted by Trigger on Sunday, January 2, 2005 7:25 PM
                        Additional cannon on an A-10? Wow! Shock [:O]

                        I'm not sure that qualifies as "carried away." I for one don't think of "too much firepower" when I think of an A-10.
                        ------------------------------------------------------------------ - Grant "Can't let that nest in there..."
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                        LemonJello
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                          February 2004
                        • From: Green Lantern Corps HQ on Oa
                        Posted by LemonJello on Sunday, January 2, 2005 9:11 AM
                        Nah, I put that on the back burner, I'm thinking I'll hang a mix of Rockeyes, LGBs and a few sticks of iron bombs on this one. I flirted with trying to find/convert some 1/35 or 1/48 mini guns to put on my hog, but that may be getting a little carried away.
                        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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                        Trigger
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                        • From: Moooooon River!
                        Posted by Trigger on Saturday, January 1, 2005 10:30 PM
                        LemonJello -
                        Any luck with the JSOWs?
                        ------------------------------------------------------------------ - Grant "Can't let that nest in there..."
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