1/48th Revell A-10 Strafing Machine

Ian the Kiwi Herder · January 24, 2013, 06:13:07 PM

Or just leave those pylons empty..... less could be more

Ian

jsport · January 24, 2013, 06:37:17 PM

too many guns too fab

chrisonord · January 25, 2013, 12:47:30 PM

That thing would cost a fortune in Loctite, cooool :wacko:how about some rearward facing gun pods or some RATO pods?
Chris.

Paulie · January 30, 2013, 01:05:36 AM

wonderful work

nice touch with the "drone design"... you make me wondering, if i can do something like this in fighter version

eatthis · January 31, 2013, 04:47:55 PM

outer pylons stick a couple more gunpods but REAR facing so you strafe the crap out of everything on the way in AND on the way out

kerick · January 31, 2013, 05:43:50 PM

Rear facing guns could give a little extra thrust to recover from the firing on the way in! How about double ended pods?

Go4fun · January 31, 2013, 08:09:47 PM

"I emptied everything on one target. This AC is now a glider home base"!

I just can't figure out the big grey 'teardrop' spot painted right under the cockpit. Make a great aimming point for rocketeers on the ground!

kerick · January 31, 2013, 08:23:21 PM

The teardrop patch is a false canopy to confuse opponents in an air to air engagment. A-10s need all the help they can get in that environment.
What's the greatest threat to an A-10?
Frog strikes!

Go4fun · January 31, 2013, 09:59:34 PM

I was in the Army and they used to practice on us during filed maneuvers. They flew over so low I'm surprised they didn't hit the whip antennas on the Jeeps!

I caught onto one pairs pattern and had my Squad Leader and my own M-16A1s and I went full-auto on one (with blanks of course!) with both of them as he came in. Sixty rounds of lead mosquito's for his engines to suck down in a 'Real World' environment.

He later hunted me down and showed me a few pictures from some gun film of me doing my "Rambo" act with his red cross-hairs on my face!

" When our Captain asked me why I did such a stupid stunt all I could say was "Hey the Mutt (Jeep) was stuck in a ditch in an open field and it was a last resort"! He said "Brass you got. Brains are questionable"!

kerick · February 01, 2013, 10:07:09 AM

Most aircraft have a stopwatch built into the instrument panel, the A-10 has a calender.
Why are security police standing guard around A-10s? To keep the frogs from trying to mate with it.
When I was active duty I was a forward air controller and the A-10 was my favorite. Any other AC was one pass haul *$$ while the A-10 pilots kept asking "Do you have another target".