The little or no interest in a 1/18 A-10 Thread

Jericoeagle1 · Post by **Jericoeagle1** » Tue Apr 25, 2006 12:38 pm

I've been doing some studying of the A-10 ARF bird I have and the rest of the 1/18th fleet I have. Since it is the ARF bird I can't be totally sure of this but I believe with a little clever engineering it could be made to fit in the standard 21st Century box. First you would have to use a tray simular to the one the F4U came in. The study plastic one rather then the cheap flimsy plastic that most of the unassembled aircraft come in. This allows you space underneath the main body of the aircraft. There you would put the twin rudders, Ordinance. The fuselage could be broken at the point just past the engine mounts on the aft and the nose just forward of the canopy. The wings can be broken in to three sections and mounted with the fuselage like all the other XD craft. This is a terribly simplistic explanation and hard to grasp unless you have photos. So I think I'm going to try and Photoshop the idea. to see how it works.

vulgarvulture · Post by **vulgarvulture** » Tue Apr 25, 2006 12:48 pm

Sounds like a good plan. Let's get this thing implemented!

Birddog · Post by **Birddog** » Tue Apr 25, 2006 1:29 pm

Sounds good Jericoeagle1...

Can't wait to see how it will look. I think it would take less disassembley and be more recognizable in bbi's F-18 Hornet box (be neat to see that done also), but anything will work if it will bring us the A-10 in 1/18 scale from someone....carry on...

Birddog · Post by **Birddog** » Fri May 05, 2006 5:51 am

Here's another link to a cool video of the A-10 in action:

http://www.dumpalink.com/media/11462159 ... ompilation

Go Ugly Early in 1/18 scale!

Still waiting and wishing for a 1/18 A-10 Warthog.

Birddog · Post by **Birddog** » Mon May 15, 2006 1:33 pm

A-10s are still standing guard.....

Here's a link to an article about the 81st Fighter Squadron's (Panthers) A-10s recent deployment to Afghanistan:

http://estripes.osd.mil/index.php?archi ... 5088238789

(Click on the European Edition-May 11, 2006)

Go Ugly Early in 1/18 scale!

Still waiting and wishing for a 1/18 A-10 Warthog.

Birddog · Post by **Birddog** » Tue May 23, 2006 8:28 pm

Check out this video. You can see the heated path of the bullets from the A-10 to the target.

http://www.warthogpen.com/video_clip_fi ... behind.wmv

Go Ugly Early in 1/18 scale!

Still waiting and wishing for a 1/18 A-10 Warthog.

tracer · Post by **tracer** » Wed May 31, 2006 9:04 am

Not sure if any of you guys like video games, but here's a quick shot of an upcoming game for Xbox 360 called Over-G. There are several different planes available but this one applies here.
http://www.gamebrink.com/xbox-360/1368- ... deo-1.html

Birddog · Post by **Birddog** » Wed May 31, 2006 4:17 pm

tracer wrote:Not sure if any of you guys like video games, but here's a quick shot of an upcoming game for Xbox 360 called Over-G. There are several different planes available but this one applies here.
http://www.gamebrink.com/xbox-360/1368- ... deo-1.html

Awesome!!...I'll have to get an XBox 360 now.....

I have the Lock On Gold PC game for my computer and I've been flying the A-10 on that. It's an awesome game for the PC but this looks just as good. Thanks for the info Tracer!!!

Now if we can just get an A-10 Warthog in 1/18.....

Go Ugly Early in 1/18 scale!

Still waiting and wishing for a 1/18 A-10 Warthog.

Birddog · Post by **Birddog** » Thu Jun 08, 2006 12:59 pm

Here's more on the story where an A-10 pilot used his A-10 to help guide down a lost civilian pilot over Europe last year.

Military or civilian, flying or on the ground, A-10s have come to the RESCUE!!!!

http://www.af.mil/news/story_print.asp? ... =123013262

Go Ugly Early in 1/18 scale!

Still waiting and wishing for a 1/18 A-10 Warthog.

wise690 · Post by **wise690** » Sat Jun 17, 2006 4:41 pm

Okay, I've been MIA awhile. What's the status on the A-10, anything new?

Post by **aferguson** » Sat Jun 17, 2006 4:52 pm

Birddog · Post by **Birddog** » Sat Jun 17, 2006 7:56 pm

wise690 wrote:Okay, I've been MIA awhile. What's the status on the A-10, anything new?

Hopefully we'll hear something someday......till then I guess we have to "wait and see"..........

Still keeping the faith.....I find it hard to "NOT" believe someone is working on the A-10 in 1/18 scale.....

Go Ugly Early in 1/18 scale!

Still waiting and wishing for a 1/18 A-10 Warthog.

Coreyeagle48 · Post by **Coreyeagle48** » Sat Jun 17, 2006 10:53 pm

Hi Guys

Thought you may need a little something to eat in your hunger thread.

A-10 of the 111th FW on takeoff from Willow Grove NAS/JRB AirFest 2006

Enjoy

http://img133.imageshack.us/my.php?imag ... off3xv.jpg

Corey

Birddog · Post by **Birddog** » Sun Jun 18, 2006 8:02 am

Very Nice Picture Coreyeagle!!!

Thanks for sharing and adding to this thread!!!

Go Ugly Early in 1/18 scale!

Still waiting and wishing for a 1/18 A-10 Warthog.

Birddog · Post by **Birddog** » Wed Jun 21, 2006 10:33 pm

Looks like someone flew a little to close to a military operations area....

Here's a video someone shot of an A-10 from what looks like a private plane:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VRwwDwQV ... er%20pilot

Go Ugly Early in 1/18 scale!

Still waiting and wishing for a 1/18 A-10 Warthog.

Birddog · Post by **Birddog** » Thu Jun 29, 2006 3:34 am

Here are some comical videos centered around the A-10 Warthog. The second one is a pretty catchy tune...

http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fusea ... 307262&n=2

http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fusea ... 880054&n=2

Go Ugly Early in 1/18 scale!

Still waiting and wishing for a 1/18 A-10 Warthog.

Birddog · Post by **Birddog** » Fri Jul 07, 2006 10:06 pm

Here's some pretty cool A-10 (as well as F-22) artwork I'd love to have for the tailgate of my truck.

http://forum.a-10.org/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=10887

Go Ugly Early in 1/18 scale!

Still waiting and wishing for a 1/18 A-10 Warthog.

Birddog · Post by **Birddog** » Wed Jul 12, 2006 8:15 pm

Hog Fact:

A-10s have flown around 6,000 hours and around 1,700 sorties in Afghanistan since 2002.

Let's keep our fingers crossed.........maybe we will see the A-10 in 1/18 scale this fall!!!!

Go Ugly Early in 1/18 scale!

Still waiting and wishing for a 1/18 A-10 Warthog.

Birddog · Post by **Birddog** » Sun Jul 16, 2006 6:40 pm

Sometime around the beginning of this thread, there was talk about the A-10B (Two Seat Version). Here is a picture of the only two seat A-10 ever made. It sits at Edwards AFB on static display. Pretty awesome looking in it's own right.

http://viewmorepics.myspace.com/index.c ... 24d24afee5

Go Ugly Early in 1/18 scale!

Still waiting and wishing for a 1/18 A-10 Warthog.

Moth · Post by **Moth** » Sun Jul 16, 2006 6:48 pm

It looks better than the single seat one!
I never liked A-10's, but this one looks great!

Birddog · Post by **Birddog** » Wed Jul 26, 2006 9:23 pm

Here's another cool video link featuring the A-10 with gun camera footage from the 75th Fighter Squadron's deployment in Operation Enduring Freedom:

http://video.freevideoblog.com/video/9A ... 1F9488.htm

Go Ugly Early in 1/18 scale!

Still waiting and wishing for a 1/18 A-10 Warthog.

MightyMustang · Post by **MightyMustang** » Sun Jul 30, 2006 9:11 pm

Everyone wants an A-10 and I want a Hellcat. I feel for you guys I really do but it looks as though you guys wil be waiting as long as I will be. I think we will see an A-10 and Hellcat when hell freezes over.

kevrut · Post by **kevrut** » Sun Jul 30, 2006 9:13 pm

Never give up,... never.

Birddog · Post by **Birddog** » Sun Jul 30, 2006 9:37 pm

MightyMustang wrote:Everyone wants an A-10 and I want a Hellcat. I feel for you guys I really do but it looks as though you guys wil be waiting as long as I will be. I think we will see an A-10 and Hellcat when hell freezes over.

You're definitely not alone in the want for a Hellcat in 1/18 Mighty just as I am most definitely not alone in the want for an A-10 in 1/18. I do feel your pain brother, we just have to stay vigilante until someone listens and dosen't tease us anymore. Until someone will stand and deliver. With the recent release of the Avenger and it's selling price with all its complexity, size, and long development schedule, I have even more reason to believe that an A-10 can be done as well as a small Hellcat. There is DEFINITELY a big market out there for these two planes. Keep up the hope and as Kevrut sated: "NEVER GIVE UP!!!" We just have to keep bending their ears.....

Go Ugly Early in 1/18 scale!

Still waiting and wishing for a 1/18 A-10 Warthog.

tmanthegreat · Post by **tmanthegreat** » Sun Jul 30, 2006 9:45 pm

As you said, with boardmembers finally finding the Avenger at Wal Mart no less, the big projects may be a little more reasonable

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The little or no interest in a 1/18 A-10 Thread

Would you buy a 1:18 A-10 if it came on the market? If not, Why?

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