Who here has built the revell 1/48 scale A-10 Hog?What should I watch out for(just got the kit today).What techniques,if any, should I use?Can anyone show any pics please? Thanks alot.
-Nick
This might help you
http://www.modelingmadness.com/reviews/mod/roberto48a10.htm
http://www.modelingmadness.com/reviews/mod/huia10.htm
Hope this helps
Wow,thanks that helped alot!
To the people who built the kit: What did you use for a nose weight,how much,?
PakNicK-40;
I use Daisy B-B’s and super glue/ excellerator for the nose weights, some people use fishing weights and I know of a erson who uses old hardware like nuts & bolts
You’ll need to rescribe the whole kit, add some aftermarket parts (Verlinden cockpit, Flightpath PE), and be prepared for a serious amount of filling work. Some of the seams are truly awful. The end result though can be fabulous if you’re prepared to put the time in & correct what is basically a great shape, but a dog of a kit.
I disagree on the scribing panel lines, the raised lines are very well done but will require some replacement after all the sanding and filling.
As for the nose weights- I added spare hardware nuts and kept them in place with 2-part Epoxy putty.
I just can’t abide raised panel lines, which is a pain, cos I have at least 5 kits in my stash that will need a complete re-scribe [xx(] Diff’rent strokes. I also don’t fancy re-creating raised panel lines using the prescribed method of cutting into the kit… scary![:0]
I found that most older Revell kits do have some fit issues, which require a lot of filling and work. I do agree that raised panel lines are a pain to re-create. Paul Boyer has a tric kfor that and he uses stretched sprue, I found some “invisible thread” at an haberdashery shop and you can super-glue it to the fuselage to re-create the lines…tedious work…I fail to see any modern aircraft with raised panel lines though…
I’m even planning to re-scribe 2 B-24s in 1/48th scale, even though they had overlapping panels. I just don’t like the look of a raised line, particularly as they seem to vary wildly in height & thickness.
How much better is Tamiya’s compared to it? An easy kit as one would expect from Tamiya or about as much trouble?
Tortorelli
They’ve of the same era, and I understand the Tamiya kit also has raised panel lines, and fit issues, plus shape anomalies. Everyone I’ve spoken to regarding the comparison comes down on the side of the Revell/Monogram offering, and some of them have made both kits.
Don’t get me wrong - with a bit of work, they turn into excellent models, and every single one I’ve seen on the web that has blown me away is based on the RV/M kit. For instance, this is the latest one I’ve been staring at with open mouth http://www.amworkshop.com/A10A%20model.htm
PakNicK-40;
well let me give you the scoop on the A-10, I worked them for about 4 years and 2 wars (OEF & OIF), the Monogram kit is the best in 1/48 scale, the areas you need to look out for are the engine nacells, the front fans are too close to the lip, you need to back them up about 1/4 inch, I used .020 styrene to correct this, the cockpit is the second you need to cut out the seat base and put a new floor in, and replace the seat with an aftermarket seat (or get the Black Box Cockpit it’s easier), third the gun barrles they are to thick and the cooling jacket is way to thick, you can use 1/4 inch brass tube and drill 4 holes deep by 6 rows, and use the kits end piece but drill out the barrels and place hollow styrene tube in their place, now for the exterior, well which scheme are you going to do?, the Lizard (Euro I) or the Ghost?, if the Ghost you’ll need to “update”, the upper fuselage with EGI (GPS) antenna, lower fuselage with LARS (optional), the tails vertical stabilizers with LASTE antennas and the horizontal stabilizers underside with the same LASTE antennas, as for armament the A-10’s that flew in OEF & OIF had on station # 1 AN/ALQ-119 ECM Pod, stations 2 & 10 SUU-17 7 Folding Fin Rocket Launchers (later in OIF station 10 had SUU 14 4 tubed w/8 FF Flares {about 4 inches in dia. each),
stations 3 & 9 AGM-64 Maverick Missiles (during OIF 2 units had LITENING II Pods on station 9 instead of the AGM’s), station 4 & 8 MK 82 GP Bombs (later in OIF the 442 FW had on station #8 GBU-12’s instead of the MK-82’s) on station 5 & 7 MK-82 GP Bombs (later in OIF these stations where empty for weight reasons{and heat was about 135 dregrees)and station 6 was empty (but during the ferrying to & from the AOR these had the 600 Gal fuel tanks)
so if you have any questions just E-Mail me directly at
72cuda@gimail.af.mil
Excellent response… might need your assist later in my project… ok if I email you too?
Folks please remember nick is a young modeler who is just starting out. what you all are talking about is way beyond what he can do at the moment. he looks to r/m kits because of pricing and avialability (sp). While you have given perfect evaluations of this kit he needs some experience in the building department and basic skills mastering.
Just wanna make sure our young modeler here is taken care of and encouraged.
Jeff
Nick sounds like an intelligent fella, and I’m sure he’ll understand that we’re all trying to be helpful. Like me (and I’m not even SLIGHTLY young!), he’ll probably pick out the pearls of wisdom he thinks he can use, and leave the rest for another time.
There’s nothing like a challenge though! [;)]
As far as raised panel lines, if you do’nt wish to completley rescribe, just sand them down a little. That will make them a little more subtle.
And what about Hobbycraft’s?
http://www.greatmodels.com/~smartcart/cgi/display.cgi?item_num=hc1412
A bit cheaper at least. 
Tortorelli
For the best 1/48 scale A-10 is hands down the Monogram 
, then I’d have to say the old Revell kit (1983 or so release before the merge)[^], then the Tamiya,[;)] and then ESCI (AMT, Italeri, Hobbycraft)[:o)], as for the 1/72 I’d have to say the Hasegawa, then Monogram, then the rest, and of course the 1/32 well its the only kit out of course Trumpeteer’s, all above have there Pro’s & Con’s but all in all in 1/48 the old Monogram is the best and the less expensive of the bunch (that’s a good reason to like Monogram kits), I’ve built about 2,000 kits in my time and I really enjoyed the Monograms the best, they have kits that other manufactures are afraid of releasing, just recently has Hasegawa started to venture from the main stays like releasing the P-40 in 1/48, Tamiya is another company that is trying the waters of getting away from the P-51’s, F4U’s, Spitfires, Bf-109’s with their Japanese WWII planes, to get back on the subject the Tamiya’s & old Revell’s A-10 is inaccurate, the interior is decals, and it’s like the Monogram with raised panel lines, and the weapons are very outdated, the ECM equipment is that of the pre-production A/C, as with the ESCI’s, the only neat thing ESCI’s A-10 has that the Monogram doesn’t is the GAU-8A Gun complete with ammo drum & breach, but the rest in also inaccurate,
[8D]PakNicK-40: just between you and me I’d keep on building those Revellogram (Monogram/Revell) models, there really is nothing wrong with them, they are packed with loads of detail, easy on the pocket book, are easy to build, easy on the pocket book, have a large range of intresting subjects, easy on the pocket book, they’re available in just about any department store, and oh did I say easy on the pocket book?,[8D]
mikeiw: the invite goes for you and anybody who wants any info about the Ole hawg’s from this old HAWGJETFIXER jabber jawing about those ole Hawgs
Just make the revell 1/72 one…
No problems at all withh that kit…
Cheers,
Jürgen