Tamiya A-10A Thunderbolt II ( Peanuts )

[Adrian "Marvel" Reynolds]

If anyone has seen my post about desert camo you will have seen a little work I have done on this kit.

So here's the build so far with a little history.

The kits itself is really nice to build as most Tamiya kits are, however the canopy is a shocking fit and needed several strips of tape to hold it down whilst the Micro Liquitape set. Having tested a few different colours I settled on Tamiya XF-52, XF-57 and XF-59 and as I haven't found any pictures showing the underside I have had to improvise.

"Affectionately referred to as "Peanut", this one-of-a-kind camouflage was applied to an Air Force Reserve aircraft from 47th TFS / 917th TFG located at Barksdale AFB in Louisiana as a test camouflage for the A-10. The thought was to develop a desert camouflage for the aircraft for use in Operation Desert Shield/Storm. The camouflage was not adopted and the unit was instructed to repaint the aircraft before it was deployed to the Gulf."

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I also ordered some "peanuts" decals.

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Adrian

 

[Chuzzbutt]

Looking good there, one of my favourite planes and will be looking to build one in the future. Been lucky enough to see 2 in the air and here the front gun go [emoji41]

 

[Adrian "Marvel" Reynolds]

Been working slowly on my A-10A, she's almost done now hopefully I'll have the rest of the weapon load out done and everything can go together tomorrow, anyway here's a teaser pic for now

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[steve scan]

Looking good, a real beastie the A10.