HDH A10 Wamira

[GTX]

Hi folks,

Any recommendations on building an HDH A10 Wamira model?





Regards,

Greg

[Green Dragon]

Wing plan reminds me of a PA-28 Cherokee/Warrior(Airfix), prob use the fuselage/empenage too with some alteration, if it's powered by a PT-6A you could get the Matchbox Twin Otter and borrow a nacelle, canopy looks a bit SF-260-ish? (sure there,s a resin one been done) In 1/48th you'll need to find a PT-6A (possibly from a Tucano?) and maybe the canopy (cut shorter?) of a Siat Flamingo from PM if there's no SF-260 in 48th (there may be one in resin)? Academy/Minicraft do the Cherokee in 48th also reppopped by Revell and was originally a Japanese mould by (I think) Bandai or Entex. Wing would need a lot of reshaping!

Paul Harrison

[apophenia]

Greg: If you scale your A10 3-view to that of a P-51, the wing planform matches quite well. The Wamira has a slightly wider tip chord but the Mustang has greater span.

Cut off the P-51 wing tip, the spans and tip chords match (although the P-51 has less dihedral). The Mustang's wing end could then be reshaped into the A10's upswept and rather square-cut tip design.

Published sources give the A10 root chord as 3.03m and the P-51 as only 2.58m but that is not borne out on the available drawings. To be visually accurate, the model trailing edge taper will need to be slightly reduced at the root. The leading edge extension will also have to be adjusted (forward of the P-51 wheel bays). Aileron/flap outlines will also need filling and rescribing.

Alas, the Mustang tailplanes are both too small (vert. would need substantial chord increase, horz. is almost 2 feet short in span). For the square-section fuselage, probably simplest to scratch.