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

Birddog · Post by **Birddog** » Mon Dec 12, 2005 7:46 am

Here's a funny drawing of what could happen to even the fastest of jets when they get down "in the grass" with an A-10!!!!!

http://www.warthogpen.com/hog_saga_files/image1.JPG

tiger47 · Post by **tiger47** » Mon Dec 12, 2005 2:49 pm

........I've heard of more than one mach + fighter pilot that has found themselves in the gunsights of an A-10 on training exercises....

GO HAWG!!!!!!!!

Birddog · Post by **Birddog** » Mon Dec 12, 2005 9:24 pm

I have too....

Here's a link to an article on the 47th FS (Turnip Termites) and its origins. It would be cool to get a 1/18 A-10 with the 47th's scheme:

http://www.warthogpen.com/barksdale.html

Smokebandit · Post by **Smokebandit** » Tue Dec 13, 2005 3:38 am

Cool read. It's hard to decided which nose paint scheme looks better, the "shark mouth" or the "tusked" hog face??.....

If they ever do an A-10 in 1/18, maybe they can give us a roll your own through Bad Cat...

Birddog · Post by **Birddog** » Tue Dec 13, 2005 10:05 pm

Jericoeagle1 wrote:
By the way the Bible says "Though shalt not covet thy nieghbor's A-10"

Here's some A-10 Warthog religion:

http://www.warthogpen.com/wallpapers_files/octl.jpg

Go Ugly Early!!!!

Smokebandit · Post by **Smokebandit** » Wed Dec 14, 2005 12:12 pm

There is a cool article with lots of cool pictures on the A-10 in a "Special Issue" of Flight Journal magazine on Moder Air Power this month. Lot of cool pictures and articles on the F-18, B-52, and others. Worth picking up a copy...

Birddog · Post by **Birddog** » Wed Dec 14, 2005 7:49 pm

Did anyone know that the A-10 had an appearance in a music video? I don't know how many people here (if any) listen to country music, but the A-10 appeared in John Michael Montgomery's music video for "Be My Baby Tonight" back in '94. Here's a link for anyone who wants to view it:

http://www.cmt.com/artists/az/montgomer ... deos.jhtml

Jericoeagle1 · Post by **Jericoeagle1** » Thu Dec 15, 2005 11:21 am

Can someone post the dimensions for the 1/18 A-10 again. Here is my prediction for next year.

1. BBI will make an A-10 for next year 70% chance of that.

2. In the Spring we will see the first glimpses of of the 21st century F-86 and Mig-15. The Admiral toys f-86 will be released then.

3. A new Vietnam era jet will be announced by 21st Century.

4. BBI will start planning or offering 2 new fighters, a Hellcat but I think another Axis plane as well. I'm betting on a FW-190 Anton.

5. The "We starve so you don't have to" A-10 thread will finally disapear only to be replaced by the "We starve so you don't have to " Skyraider thread.

Birddog · Post by **Birddog** » Thu Dec 15, 2005 11:34 am

I really really really hope you're right on Number 1........just wish these companies would say,"hey, we're not going to do it, so you can with no worries." Then no one would have to play this "wait and see" game afraid that someone is going to beat them to the punch if they tip their hat. All that does is make it harder for our hobby to get the aircraft we really want produced.

Birddog · Post by **Birddog** » Thu Dec 15, 2005 3:05 pm

I believe, if my calculations are correct, that a 1/18 scale A-10 should have these deminsions:

Wingspan: Around 38.33"

Length: Around 35.55"

Height: Around 9.78"

Wing Chord at Root: Around 6.6"

Wing Chord at Mean: Around 5.94"

Wing Chord at Tip: Around 4.35"

Tailplane Span: Around 12.55"

Jolly Roger · Post by **Jolly Roger** » Thu Dec 15, 2005 5:08 pm

i would have more respect ffor these "spokesmen" if they just did this

are we going to get these?

1) A-10 --- maybe
2) F-14 -- quite possibly
3) F-15-- Hell naw!
4) F117A -- your dreamin

but i am a realist

Birddog · Post by **Birddog** » Thu Dec 15, 2005 7:37 pm

I was just flipping through the channels a little bit ago when I ran across MSNBC where they were doing a special on wrestlers entertaining the troops overseas. I had to stop and watch it for a few moments because there was an A-10 parked by the ring where the wrestling was taking place. Once again it made me want one even more in 1/18 scale.

Bring on the A-10!!!!

Jericoeagle1 · Post by **Jericoeagle1** » Fri Dec 16, 2005 12:22 pm

Birddog wrote:I believe, if my calculations are correct, that a 1/18 scale A-10 should have these deminsions:

Wingspan: Around 38.33"

Length: Around 35.55"

Height: Around 9.78"

Wing Chord at Root: Around 6.6"

Wing Chord at Mean: Around 5.94"

Wing Chord at Tip: Around 4.35"

Tailplane Span: Around 12.55"

I have a spot on my wall empty just waiting for an A-10 to fill it. I'm going to be needing a bigger place next.

Birddog · Post by **Birddog** » Sat Dec 17, 2005 12:17 am

I hear you....I've designated space for at least three for display and more to keep in boxes....

Birddog · Post by **Birddog** » Sat Dec 17, 2005 1:45 pm

Here's a link to footage from an A-10 during combat practice. Proof that even a fast mover like an F-16 can be a victim to an A-10.

This link shows a kill by the A-10's sidewinders:

http://www.warthogpen.com/video_clips/aim9_1.wmv

This link shows a kill with gun:

http://www.warthogpen.com/video_clips/guns_1.wmv

Birddog · Post by **Birddog** » Sun Dec 18, 2005 6:19 pm

Getting close to four months and still holding strong. Hoping 2006 will be the "Year of the HAWG"....

A-10 A-10 A-10 A-10 A-10 A-10!!!!!

Smokebandit · Post by **Smokebandit** » Mon Dec 19, 2005 6:20 am

Hope we are able to have a 1/18 A-10 under the Christmas Tree next year...

Birddog · Post by **Birddog** » Mon Dec 19, 2005 9:10 pm

Here's a link to the story of "Chopper Popper", the A-10 flown by Capt. Bob Swain. Capt. Swain downed an Iraqi helicpoter with this A-10 during Operation Desert Storm.

http://www.warthogpen.com/walloffame.html

It would be cool to have Capt. Swain's A-10 done in 1/18 scale. Maybe a Bo-105 to go with it?....

Birddog · Post by **Birddog** » Tue Dec 20, 2005 1:24 pm

Four months and still starving........bring on a 1/18 A-10!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Jolly Roger · Post by **Jolly Roger** » Tue Dec 20, 2005 2:30 pm

that story was great thanks for all the great A-10 Stories!!!!

except now i want even more then 5 minutes ago! u bastid!

Birddog · Post by **Birddog** » Tue Dec 20, 2005 2:41 pm

Jolly Roger wrote:that story was great thanks for all the great A-10 Stories!!!!

except now i want even more then 5 minutes ago! u bastid!

Thanks......

....

Birddog · Post by **Birddog** » Tue Dec 20, 2005 9:10 pm

Hog Fact or Fiction?:

It's been said that some A-10 pilot's have been instructed to use their IR Mavericks for air-to-air combat in the event that the AIM9s failed to lock onto the target. That would give them three sources of air-to-air ordinance: Gun, Sidewinders, and Mavericks...

Wonder how successful a Maverick would be in an air-to-air engagement?

Jericoeagle1 · Post by **Jericoeagle1** » Wed Dec 21, 2005 11:33 am

Birddog wrote:Hog Fact or Fiction?:

It's been said that some A-10 pilot's have been instructed to use their IR Mavericks for air-to-air combat in the event that the AIM9s failed to lock onto the target. That would give them three sources of air-to-air ordinance: Gun, Sidewinders, and Mavericks...

Wonder how successful a Maverick would be in an air-to-air engagement?

I could see that working against helicopters which are often low and slow moving. But I doubt it would work for anything else.

Jericoeagle1 · Post by **Jericoeagle1** » Wed Dec 21, 2005 11:36 am

Hog Fiction: Alexander the Great (356-323 B.C.) conquers most of the civilized world with the help of the A-10. His conquest failed when he realized it was the 3rd Century BC and A-10's had not been invented yet.

Birddog · Post by **Birddog** » Wed Dec 21, 2005 3:27 pm

Check out this line up of the Air Foce's Modern Fighter Aircraft. Hope one day we'll get to have a line up like this in 1/18 scale. We already have one of the aircraft. Hope the next one we get will be the A-10.

http://brd3.chosun.com/bemil/files/BEMI ... 5e,a10.jpg

Small Scale Military Headquarters

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?