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Great Wall Hobby 1/48 A-10C 75th EFS at Bagram


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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...

 

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I would love to hear any feedback, good or bad.  And thank you for looking!

 

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