Alex's 1:72 Italeri A10 Thunderbolt

[Thorbrand]

This is going to be my first build thread.

Normally, I post up my finished work but this time I will do it in stages

Below is the box shot and sprue shots, more to come

[colin m]

A warthog, it will be nice to see it built. I haven't seen one done in ages.

[Steve Brodie]

Gotta love the 'hog.

[Guest]

Big fan of these myself! Whe I was a kid, our house was in the flight path of Bentwaters, near woodbridge in Suffolk. Very near, I might add, and we had very low flying jets over our house so frequently that we got to not notice them really, except they did interfere with the TV when coming over. One day, I intend to medel the 3 main aircraft over the years we lived there - The F101 Voodoo, F4 Phantom and then finally the A10 Warthog! The A10 was whisper quiet compared to the Phantoms, so we grew to love them.

[Thorbrand]

Big fan of these myself! Whe I was a kid, our house was in the flight path of Bentwaters, near woodbridge in Suffolk. Very near, I might add, and we had very low flying jets over our house so frequently that we got to not notice them really, except they did interfere with the TV when coming over. One day, I intend to medel the 3 main aircraft over the years we lived there - The F101 Voodoo, F4 Phantom and then finally the A10 Warthog! The A10 was whisper quiet compared to the Phantoms, so we grew to love them.

The Warthog is also quite a slow aircraft compared to most other modern jets. I remember reading somewhere that a couple have been shot down before or at least severely damaged by live fire.

[stillp]

The A10 was whisper quiet compared to the Phantoms, so we grew to love them.

I did some work at Bentwaters in the '80s, and they certainly aren't quiet when they're taking off outside the hangar you're working on!

Pete

[Guest]

You have to remember that these things are relative!! Two Phantoms, fairly close to each other at what must have been a hundred feet or so, shook the air! Quite a few Starfighters too.

[stillp]

I should think they shook the ground John, not just the air!

Pete

[Mr Bowcat]

I live quite close to Northolt. There were Typhoons stationed there during the London Olympics, when they went over everyone knew about it.

[Thorbrand]

First update here, control panels and seat finished, decided to paint them rather than use the decals.

[papa 695]

I do like the A10 Alex, and a nice start.

[flyjoe180]

Great work on the cockpit Alex.

[Thorbrand]

Next update:

Fuselage bonded and filled ready to be sanded down and wings bonded plus jet exhausts with first coat of metalic steel. Hope it sands down well

[Thorbrand]

Starting to look more like a plane now. Fuselage sanded and base coat applied, wings attached and jets plus tail attached.

Now for some more sanding before applying the complete base coat all over

[papa 695]

Looking good Alex