albertz Posted March 5, 2015 Share Posted March 5, 2015 Hello chaps, Been ages since i've been on here, new job means i work away from home alot, a sad consequence is i get very little time to model : ( So this one was started way last year, its a Hobbyboss 1/48 A-10a, while looking for pics, stumbled on the story of Kim Campbels A-10 which was suffered battle damage on a mission over baghdad on the 7th April 2003, once hit the aircraft lost hydraulics and had to be reverted to fly back manually. Lucky escape indeed! So decided to try modeling this aircraft post damage, problem is the decals were not avialable, so alot of fidley hand painting with squinted eyes and tongue poking out was required! Not my best, and happy to see the back of it! Kit not great either, especially the engines which were poorly modelled. Anyway here it is along with the aircraft itself. 38 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ForestFan Posted March 5, 2015 Share Posted March 5, 2015 You have done a great job with this. Very effective. Thanks for showing. FF Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caerbannog Posted March 5, 2015 Share Posted March 5, 2015 Very nice! TwoBobs had a sheet with decals for this A-10. I bought it years ago along with the Hobby Boss A-10 but still not started it. One day... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skids Posted March 5, 2015 Share Posted March 5, 2015 Cracking Job. That looks fantastic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abat Posted March 5, 2015 Share Posted March 5, 2015 Well done. Damage very realistic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HL-10 Posted March 5, 2015 Share Posted March 5, 2015 Great looking A-10! Nice work on the damaged parts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snapper_city Posted March 5, 2015 Share Posted March 5, 2015 Good job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyC Posted March 5, 2015 Share Posted March 5, 2015 Very nice indeed! Good work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billydick Posted March 5, 2015 Share Posted March 5, 2015 Interesting subject, well modelled. BillyD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spruecutter Posted March 5, 2015 Share Posted March 5, 2015 Interesting subject and a fantastic model. Great stuff! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kampartiger Posted March 5, 2015 Share Posted March 5, 2015 Smashing build of a Warthog with an amazing escape over Baghdad! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leonl Posted March 5, 2015 Share Posted March 5, 2015 Brilliant, I love the idea and you've done a great job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyot Posted March 5, 2015 Share Posted March 5, 2015 Nice work on the battle damage and a beautiful model. I used to do FAC work with A-10`s in the early 90`s and the gun was absolutely awesome, but we referred to them back then as `Squaddie Killers' due to a spate of awful `Blue on Blue' incidents during the 1st Gulf War. Cheers, Tony 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eng Posted March 5, 2015 Share Posted March 5, 2015 Damage representation is superb, incredibly realistic. Very nice Hog! Eng Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted March 5, 2015 Share Posted March 5, 2015 Great looking "Hog",battle damage looks the real deal too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spitfire31 Posted March 5, 2015 Share Posted March 5, 2015 A plane with a story – I love that! Very convincing battle damage and slick modelling all over. Good job! Kind regards, Joachim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goose Posted March 5, 2015 Share Posted March 5, 2015 that looks great, the battle damage is excellent you shoud be very pleased Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doozer1974 Posted March 5, 2015 Share Posted March 5, 2015 That looks fantastic! Great modelling and very authentic damage, very impressive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomjw Posted March 5, 2015 Share Posted March 5, 2015 Superb. I like the damage effect. You have done well to not go over the top with the damage. It looks really good. Cheers, Tom. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rom1 Posted March 5, 2015 Share Posted March 5, 2015 wow!! those impacts look sooo real! very good job! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
06/24 Posted March 5, 2015 Share Posted March 5, 2015 Very convincing work indeed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
batcode Posted March 5, 2015 Share Posted March 5, 2015 Supetb a-10 great job on the battle damage looks very realistic. Nice job on the paint and finish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaun Posted March 5, 2015 Share Posted March 5, 2015 Nice build, great work on the battle damage. Shaun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calum Posted March 6, 2015 Share Posted March 6, 2015 Well done on the damage, and the kit all round Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
russ c Posted March 6, 2015 Share Posted March 6, 2015 Very nice and great job on the battle damage Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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