DML Dragon 1/144 - A-10 Thunderbolt - Wip 2

Surprisingly to me it been over 3 months since ive touched the A-10, really excellent model despite what seems to me to be alot of bad fitting pieces..

Added the wings and started working on the undercarriage which both have great detail but really need quite alot of work to get fitting correctly, reckon it going to take quite alot of work getting the wings to seamlessly fit onto the undercarriage.

Been looking at camouflage schemes too, really liking the green European pattern but the light grey 2-tone also looks great, hard to decide.

Ian

DML Dragon 1/144 - A-10 Thunderbolt - Wip 1

Started the warthog last week, starting with the amazing cockpit and the engines. Cockpit was a pleasure to paint,  only plasticard i used was to widen the ejection seat and add some buckle with masking tape.

Used the turbine from the Revell kit inside the the Dragon engines, for some reason the dragon engines lacked detail so used the best part from the Revell kit.

Also cut out the panel under the canopy to add the ladder, stopped at the moment because of the difficulty with the front landing gear, cannot get the parts to fit yet.

Ian

[Kit Review] - Revell Vs DML Dragon 1/144 - A-10 Thunderbolt -

Bought both these A-10 Thunderbolt to find out which id best and it looks like the the Dragon kit wins hands down.

The dragon kit has superior detail, best ive seen i reckon. Amazing little cockpit, can see buckle on the straps, piping behind the ejection seat and with all the control panels present. And like nearly all Dragon kit a fantastic selection of weapons to load up the Hog with, enough for maybe 4 sorties each with a different selection of bombs and missiles.





Revell kit, which i must be a repackage because it does not compare to the usual Revell standards still has a few good points, looks like it would be the easier kit to build, lots of nice straight line with no flash which the Dragon has quite a bit of and has a better engine turbines, will probable use them inside the the dragon jets. Seems also to be somewhat larger the the dragon kit and the landing gear it very toyish.




Both have basically the same looking decals for the standard Hog, Dragon has the very striking display scheme but becoming less of a fan of those sort of livery, prefer a plane that it painted for combat. Gt to have the shark teeth on mine.

Looking forward to building this gorgeous looking jet, Tankbuster!
Ian