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1/18 A-10

Post by sax5thave » Mon Apr 13, 2015 8:45 pm

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Mabuhay from the Philippines.

Not sure if you guys are familiar with wooded hand carved model planes. You'd often see them in defense related shows and expos. Most of these are done in Pampanga near where the once USAF Clark Airbase is located. My friend and I finally decided, after collecting almost all the 1/18 scale planes offered in the market, to have our favorite planes built. Here is an update on our A-10. So far our cost is at $430 with a clear canopy. Our next plane will be the A-4H at slightly cheaper cost.

Btw, does the group have a facebook page?
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Re: 1/18 A-10

Post by normandy » Tue Apr 14, 2015 3:07 am

Well that will make a few of the guys here happy,
now if you could just have molds made.

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Post by The_Helicopter_Pilot » Tue Apr 14, 2015 5:43 am

I'm not sure, but that looks like an A-20 in the background, I think I'd much rather one of those!
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Re: 1/18 A-10

Post by dcway » Tue Apr 14, 2015 5:11 pm

Sweet !!!!!! Keep us updated !!!!!! whats it going to have for a paint job ???
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Post by sax5thave » Tue Apr 14, 2015 5:11 pm

Yes would be nice to be able to make some molds for this and ideally put the price down to $200.
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Re: 1/18 A-10

Post by slogan » Tue Apr 14, 2015 9:16 pm

Looks promising. Bring on a molded version.
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Re: 1/18 A-10

Post by pickelhaube » Wed Apr 15, 2015 5:58 am

sax5thave wrote:Yes would be nice to be able to make some molds for this and ideally put the price down to $200.

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Re: 1/18 A-10

Post by rschaap » Wed Apr 15, 2015 11:14 am

It would be great to have one. I'm with Matt, I don't think in the present market $200.00 is realistic. Maybe if it was just a shell with no ordinance, no landing gear or extra features.

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Post by supersonicfifi » Wed Apr 15, 2015 11:37 am

Can you tell us more about this model and the way you are making it ? what about the landing gear and the cockpit or armament ? it's a great project.!
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Re: 1/18 A-10

Post by sax5thave » Thu Apr 16, 2015 8:53 am

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The plane is hand carved. We intend to do a simple cockpit made from board and plastic. It will have a clear canopy. The wheels are recessed and are fixed. Pylons and ordnances we will mold from the F-16 and F-18. We will need to draw the panel lines, flaps and all and have a modeler friend do the paint detail.

There is a small business we know of that does life size resin work on super hero figures. We intend to bring the model to them and get a quote on the cost of having this plane done in resin.
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Re: 1/18 A-10

Post by DocTodd » Tue Apr 21, 2015 8:51 pm

Very cool, thank you for sharing that.
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Re: 1/18 A-10

Post by dcway » Tue Aug 04, 2015 6:10 pm

any updates on this monster ?????? Sure hope SO !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Re: 1/18 A-10

Post by rschaap » Tue Aug 04, 2015 10:15 pm

Looking forward to future updates on the A-10. Any word on the A-4H?

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