jezones Posted April 16, 2011 Share Posted April 16, 2011 (edited) What if Instead of F-15E's the 336th Fighterwing had recieved A-10B's that over the years would have been upgraded to A-10E Night Hogs. This Hog has seen its fair share of combat in the skys of Iraq and Afghanistan. Most of it's missions are flown at night with other A-10C's and F-15E's. I built this hog to look the part of a dedicated night attack aircraft. It recieved a digital paint scheme of Gunship gray, Euro 1 gray, and Green drab. It uses the FLIR pod to fly at low altitude and the SNIPER pod to guide its bombs to their targets. The weathering may be a little much for an Airforce bird, but I think the Hog looks good dirty. I used parts from the Revell F-15E to fill in the cockpit along with Edward PTE and Aires seats. The Hobby Boss kit comes with a closed canopy that I cut so that it could be displayed open. I also used a donor Acadmey kit to fill in some of the gaps of the hobbyboss kit. I actually am very happy with the way it came out and can see myself improving on my skills. It looks a lot better than my last model. Thanks for looking and please leave good and bad comments. Thanks Mark Edited April 16, 2011 by jezones Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Boman Posted April 16, 2011 Share Posted April 16, 2011 Nice! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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toadwbg Posted April 17, 2011 Share Posted April 17, 2011 I love "wHat if" Hogs. Camo is a fantastic idea-well done. Only critique I can find is the weapons look very packed in and a little crooked. Looks like the outer Mavericks are bumping into what's on the next station. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Youngtiger1 Posted April 18, 2011 Share Posted April 18, 2011 Nice to see more what-if 2 seater. Since AF did that these bad boys we have to let our imagination run wild cause they plain Gunship gray is way to boring. Nice work Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jezones Posted April 18, 2011 Author Share Posted April 18, 2011 I love "wHat if" Hogs.Camo is a fantastic idea-well done. Only critique I can find is the weapons look very packed in and a little crooked. Looks like the outer Mavericks are bumping into what's on the next station. thanks a lot for the feed back, Yeah they are close but not touching. I do need to work on hanging the weapons. I didn't even notice the the sidewinders were at an angle until i looked at the photo. I guess it goes along with me not being able to hang a picture straight on the wall. and thanks youngtiger1 glad you like it. I was playing around with the camera and the sun and thought i would post one more picture Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ChernayaAkula Posted April 19, 2011 Share Posted April 19, 2011 Absolutely brilliant! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jezones Posted April 19, 2011 Author Share Posted April 19, 2011 Absolutely brilliant! Thanks a lot. I don't know about brilliant but I'm glad you like it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bigasshammm Posted April 21, 2011 Share Posted April 21, 2011 Camo looks fantastic for such a small plane. I believe this is a 1/72nd as I think I saw it in your wip thread. Is it just me or do the tail planes look like they are tilting forward? Maybe that's an actual part of the design and I just never noticed them before? A stunning model. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JackMan Posted April 22, 2011 Share Posted April 22, 2011 It looks dirty, scruffy and downright mean......I LOVE IT! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
HOLMES Posted April 22, 2011 Share Posted April 22, 2011 jezjones... FANTASTIC build..Like it a LOT!! Lovely paint job. GOOD work... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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