archerwin Posted February 8, 2008 Share Posted February 8, 2008 Hi! I'll join in with the fun. my 1/144 Dragon A-10. the camo is pretty complex for 144th. I hope I can pull it off. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bugfan Posted February 8, 2008 Share Posted February 8, 2008 Little Hog, a piglet? LOLOLOL, thats a good one!! Good luck with the leeeeeeetle one!!! Jack aka BUGFAN Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Aggressor Supporter Posted February 8, 2008 Share Posted February 8, 2008 (edited) Nice to see a little guy joining in. Say, is this the updated Dragon release with the updated weapons? Edited February 8, 2008 by Raptor Supporter Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Josh1971 Posted February 9, 2008 Share Posted February 9, 2008 I'm actually working on a Dragon 1/144 piglet as well. The Sea Hog is my main project, but I've got a super-plinker going in 1/144. jb Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Karl Sander Posted February 9, 2008 Share Posted February 9, 2008 I'm sorry. I just couldn't resist In all seriousness, good luck with the build - I'll be watching with interest! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
archerwin Posted February 9, 2008 Author Share Posted February 9, 2008 Just a quick sprue review before I begin to cut and glue the parts together: The kit consists of 4 gray sprues and 1 clear sprue containing the canopy. Tree A & B contains the parts to build the plane and 2 small sprues contain the missile loads. The decals seem to be good and of register. It contains loads of stencils! I don't know if I can put them all. The kit suffers from multile flashes, specially on the landing gears. I can't comment about the accuracy as I'm not an A-10 guru :) But it sure looks like a warthog to me. The instructions is just an exploded view of the plane w/ all of the parts labels and arrows pointing to where they're supposed to be installed. Some of them are a little confusing to me specially when I was already starting construction. next post. the progress :D Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Josh1971 Posted February 9, 2008 Share Posted February 9, 2008 You should have picked up one of the new Dragon 2-pack A-10s for this. Then you'd have armament options for say...... a squadron of planes, including CBU-87, GBU-31, better GBU-12 and GBU-10, JSOW, etc. It really is a whole lotta boom! jb Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ChernayaAkula Posted February 9, 2008 Share Posted February 9, 2008 Cool project! :lol: I really like that paint scheme. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
archerwin Posted February 11, 2008 Author Share Posted February 11, 2008 thanks for your comments. posting some progress. completed the cockpit (ejection seat not yet included). fuselage closed, wings attached, nose weight packed and engines dry fitted (will be a big battle of putty and sanding) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Aggressor Supporter Posted February 13, 2008 Share Posted February 13, 2008 So this is the older release with the older weapons I see. Thanks for the sprue pics and the build is looking good. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
96Delta Posted February 19, 2008 Share Posted February 19, 2008 Archer, Looks good so far! I am building the same kit myself (still need to start a thread and post pics). Maybe tonight... Anyway, I have already begun to tackle that engine attachment area. Sanding will be a nightmare if you go at it the traditional way. I decided to attack it with chemical sanding instead. I use a blue automotive filler but any plastic putty will suffice. Then I took q-tips and pipe cleaners moistened with Cutex fingernail polish remover and immediately removed the excess, smoothing the fill to the level desired. Be careful you don't let it dry too much or you won't be able to remove it as easily. The Cutex is mild enough so it doesn't mar the plastic but avoid straight acetone. That will craze the styrene. I plan to blend the windscreen to the fuselage using the same method. I still have some touchup sanding to do but the method I've described did a pretty good job of fairing the nacelle fuselage mount into the fuselage. Did the same to fill in the gap between the instrument panel coaming and forward area of the fuselage. Hope this helps. David Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bill Posted February 22, 2008 Share Posted February 22, 2008 Say Halo to my leetle friend cool little hawg. we can call it hawg puff Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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