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Modern aircraft of the United States.
Italeri 1/48 A-10A
Juggler
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Michigan, United States
Joined: April 17, 2006
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Posted: Tuesday, July 25, 2006 - 04:06 AM UTC
Does anyone know of a review or info on the new 1/48 scale A-10A being put out by Italeri? My searches are coming up empty.
vanize
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Texas, United States
Joined: January 30, 2006
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Posted: Tuesday, July 25, 2006 - 04:23 AM UTC
well, i haven't even heard it was a possible release! I am behind the times, but happy to hear of it (if it isn't a reboxing of the monogram one)
Thunderthud
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New York, United States
Joined: June 26, 2005
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Posted: Tuesday, July 25, 2006 - 08:22 AM UTC
I believe its a re issue of the old Esci A-10 which was nice for its time but the mold is well out dated. the Monogram kit is more up to date ! But we still need a a better more accurate A-10.
A-10 model ranking goes like this for 1/48th scale.
#1---Monogram
#2---Tamiya( If you could find it)
#3---Esci
I'm not an expert on this subject but i think i'm close!
Juggler
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Michigan, United States
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Posted: Tuesday, July 25, 2006 - 09:51 PM UTC
From what I heard a few months ago, it's going to be a re-tooled kit. Lets hope so. There is an ad in the July FSM Mag on pg 13
dewmanbach
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Ohio, United States
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Posted: Friday, July 28, 2006 - 07:02 AM UTC
From personel experience I beleive the current Revell kit # 5521 has the best detail. Although it has it's own problems. Seams are a real problem. The Tamiya kit has good outside detail but is based on the prototype from the '70's. The ESCI kit is even more plain. The older monogram is unknown to me,but I hear it is pretty much the same as the current Revell one I talked about, just different decals. Looking forward to the Italeri kit.
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