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Re: N/AW-10E Strike Hog
Posted: Wed Feb 05, 2025 10:17 am
by speedgraflex
Mike,
Sadly, you’re right.
However—
Check in with Hayden on Britmodeller. His company is Aircraft in Miniature. As of 2023 he had the 1/72 version in resin with plans to upscale the kit to 1/48. It might be a bit of a long shot but you never know. The 3D file does exist and prototypes in 1/72 have been made, but a one man band of a company may be an answer.
Re: N/AW-10E Strike Hog
Posted: Thu Feb 06, 2025 6:47 pm
by Medicman71
Got the wings assembled. Still need a little clean up and a lot of PE. Also the flaps need the rivets and panel lines filled in cause they're not supposed to be there.
Re: N/AW-10E Strike Hog
Posted: Thu Feb 06, 2025 7:56 pm
by keavdog
That's a shame because the rivets look nicely molded...
Re: N/AW-10E Strike Hog
Posted: Thu Feb 06, 2025 8:24 pm
by Medicman71
keavdog wrote: ↑Thu Feb 06, 2025 7:56 pm
That's a shame because the rivets look nicely molded...
There's plenty of more rivets everywhere.
So the problem with the gun and almost all the parts is that this is an old ass kit and it's showing it's age. There's flash and molding issues that are causing fit issues. I've had problems with parts that I didn't have when I built the single seater.
Re: N/AW-10E Strike Hog
Posted: Sun Feb 09, 2025 2:27 pm
by Medicman71
Re: N/AW-10E Strike Hog
Posted: Mon Feb 10, 2025 2:15 pm
by speedgraflex
That is some incredibly tidy and tiny photo etch work, Mike. Looking so much better now. Something I have been studying is the whole “annealing & quenching” process with photo etch for the pair of Vickers. Is that something you do, too?
Re: N/AW-10E Strike Hog
Posted: Tue Feb 11, 2025 12:06 pm
by Medicman71
No but I probably should.
Re: N/AW-10E Strike Hog
Posted: Thu Feb 13, 2025 7:10 am
by Stuart
A-10!!!!!!!
Solid choice Mike, I've never seen the two-seater built before so it should be interesting to see. Love the idea of the what-if.
Re: N/AW-10E Strike Hog
Posted: Sun Feb 16, 2025 7:41 pm
by Medicman71
Thank you!
Re: N/AW-10E Strike Hog
Posted: Tue Feb 18, 2025 12:09 pm
by Medicman71
So I haven't had time to post this (internet was down for two days last week) but I got the Red Fox cockpit set and the Eduard 3D printed gun. I test fitted the gun and it'll work.
Now has anyone used these 3d printed cockpit parts? There's no instructions on how to use them.
