ESzczesniak Posted February 19, 2025 Share Posted February 19, 2025 I've been through a number of A-10 boxes to eventually model the A-10C, but most fizzled. The Hobby Boss needed a lot of work, and that was before turning it in to a -C. The Academy is rather nice, but I hit a paint disaster and by the time I had motivation to come back the GWH kit was out. The GWH kit is marvelous. It is well detailed, fits well, and a very smooth build. I would give it comparisons to Tamiya somewhere between their F-16 and F-14. It's not as good as their new F-35 or P-38, but rather good. I keep wanting to call this OOB, but it's not. The cockpit has Quinta decals, the airframe markings are from the Academy kit, one GBU-38 is from Eduard, and the gun barrel is from Eduard. I wanted a war weary bird and the dirtiest birds I found were the shark mouthed birds from the 75th EFS. I modeled a later bird at Bagram. Every bit of weathering I did, I tried to have photo documentation that it was with the realm of reality. The gun smoke on the underside ended up more heavy handed than I envisioned, but is justified from images I can find... https://i.redd.it/mfuqzue1mwxd1.jpeg I would love to hear any feedback, good or bad. And thank you for looking! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Niels Posted February 19, 2025 Share Posted February 19, 2025 Very nice! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
A-10 LOADER Posted February 19, 2025 Share Posted February 19, 2025 Nice work, she looks good. Steve Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BastianD Posted February 19, 2025 Share Posted February 19, 2025 Ready for inspection… what a beast! And a Hog is not a Hog without being dirty, well done! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dwomby Posted February 19, 2025 Share Posted February 19, 2025 What a great weathering job on that. David Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Robert Garelli Posted February 20, 2025 Share Posted February 20, 2025 Love the weathering, you did a fantastic job on it! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
strikeeagle801 Posted February 20, 2025 Share Posted February 20, 2025 That's an awesome Hog! Glad to hear you had a good experience with the kit. I have a C in the stash, and I'm wanting to grab an A at some point soon. Aaron Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Youngtiger1 Posted February 21, 2025 Share Posted February 21, 2025 Oh man, love this build. I think I can see a representation of a famous photograph 🤔 😀 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Red Dog Posted February 22, 2025 Share Posted February 22, 2025 (edited) Great work !! Edited February 22, 2025 by Red Dog Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bill Staudt Posted February 23, 2025 Share Posted February 23, 2025 Excellent! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Aigore Posted March 3, 2025 Share Posted March 3, 2025 Outstanding! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mthomson Posted November 1, 2025 Share Posted November 1, 2025 This looks amazing! Bravo Sir! May I ask, where did you get the SUU-25? I'm looking everywhere for one for my A-10 but none of the kits seem to include them and the Eduard one is out of production... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ESzczesniak Posted November 1, 2025 Author Share Posted November 1, 2025 1 hour ago, mthomson said: This looks amazing! Bravo Sir! May I ask, where did you get the SUU-25? I'm looking everywhere for one for my A-10 but none of the kits seem to include them and the Eduard one is out of production... Unfortunately it’s the Eduard pod. I found one on eBay at the time. But even at that point it was rather scarce to find. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
usmcski6502 Posted November 2, 2025 Share Posted November 2, 2025 8 hours ago, ESzczesniak said: Unfortunately it’s the Eduard pod. I found one on eBay at the time. But even at that point it was rather scarce to find. Flying Leathernecks is about to release a SUU-25 pod soon… Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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