A tale of two Warthogs! New Academy A10C v. Hobbyboss Thunderbolt II 1/48

[@alantoon5708]

My Academy A-10 arrived today. Thanks for the review. It looks great.

[@mikefudge3166]

Building the Academy at the moment, so far it's a joy.

[@iankingsley2864]

Excellent video thanks Peter. Like the look of the Academy kit very much, looks quality.

[@memyself3895]

I've waited 50 years for someone to offer a proper airplane kit with a unibody construction. I don't understand how KZbin knew to send me your video, Peter, but I'm glad they did! This is perfect for us casual builders.

[@AubreyStJohn3000]

There is a GWH A10C out now. Looks very nice indeed. The Academy kit does look like it offers best bang for buck. I have the old A10 from HB but the kit stash is a demanding mistress.

[@Peter-Oxley-Modelling-Lab]

Yes GWH looks good but there are some accuracy issues with the weapons…

[@Serenityindailylife]

The a10 is designed to be able to belly land without tearing up the airframe. The tires hangout through the wing when retracted and are aerodynamic. This is to add survivability. It's the only pane that can lose 30% of both wings, have zero electrical power and zero hydraulic pressure and still fly and land. It literally has a block and tackle system inside the wing to allow you to fly mechanically. The last airplane to use that system was the mustang. The cannon was made before the plane was designed. A good friend of mine has family members who designed and built the A-10. His grandfather was the lead designer and we both went to the plant weekly to watch them being built. Both of us have photos with us as kids sitting on the wing of the last airframe built. The odd thing is, that aircraft was called in to support me in Afghanistan and him in Africa. 4 years apart. E is expeditionary

[@Peter-Oxley-Modelling-Lab]

Yes indeed! Like this US (lady) pilot was able to bring her A-10 home: kzbin.info/www/bejne/bYfdiYFqhM2qqNE

[@jaws666]

​@@Peter-Oxley-Modelling-Lab hi peter.whats the strangest model kit you have seen?

[@Peter-Oxley-Modelling-Lab]

@@jaws666 Probably the Aurora monsters series of kits...real creepy! www.inverse.com/input/culture/aurora-monster-scenes-nabisco-toys-models-scandal-1971

[@jaws666]

@@Peter-Oxley-Modelling-Lab the stangest (or odd ball) is the kit Bandai released of 1 of their tooling machines they usevto make their Gundam kits (hightly recommend Gundam kits btw)

[@rjosephobrien]

So what do you say? Academy Award nomination for Best Engineering Effects? Best Production Design? Kidding aside, I genuinely enjoy all of your productions.

[@hazardous458]

Tamiya probably wasn’t mentioned because they always require mixing in order to get the proper color

[@Mors_Inimicis]

Looking promising for an earlier A model from Academy in the future looking at parts C26 and G14 . I have great memories of the Hog in the U.K. in the 80’s . Great review Peter 👍🏻

[@mikehanson7328]

Hi Peter, the gear protrudes slightly because if the hydraulics fail or are shot out the warthog can still land without doing too much damage. It's also designed to fly on one engine if need be

[@Peter-Oxley-Modelling-Lab]

Wow! Thanks for that Mike. 👍🏻

[@goforitpainting]

Cool model and review. 👍

[@jibran_malik175]

I was thinking of buying the academy one but it has so less weapons , the a10 looks Bad-ass with a complete loadout which I could not see in the Academy one , btw its a very good kit.

[@anfieldroadlayoutintheloft5204]

good vid thanks lee

[@alantoon5708]

Great review as always, Peter. Will decide on the A-10 after my Meng F-4E arrives from China.

[@paulkilich4727]

I would do Stripstyrene over lapping on top of the fan blades to give the space 3 D look.

[@barrywalker8790]

Great show Peter as always, must say a lot of kit for your money in my opinion, haven't made an aircraft yet only done tanks easier to cover up my mistakes 😒 but when l get better l wouldn't mind having a go at the A10 now in my little book of to get models👍

[@jezhall4544]

I remember seeing them at Donna Nook live firing in the late 70s early 80s

[@markfleming1605]

Another great review, Peter. The A-10c looks like a great kit. I wonder if Tamiya would retool their own A-10? If they did, it would fit like a glove. Enjoy your evening and week ahead.

[@ronaldbyrne3320]

A good show and tell, I have the kit on preorder. I’ve read that the biggest issue with the Academy kit is that the engine fans don’t sit deep enough within the ductings. Compare that with the engines on the other A-10 kits and it is easy to see this. I have the Italeri A-10c kit and needed an aftermarket set because it has the earlier version cockpit but would love to see it compared to the Academy product. Cheers 🥂

[@zachhan5038]

Issue of shallowly placed fans is easy to correct if you do not mind to spend 50% of kit retail price on some correction sets. But this kit has much bigger issues with its engine nacelles and engine pylons that no correction set will be able to solve, as that would cost much more then kit itself.

[@memkiii]

@@zachhan5038 I bet it will still sell like hot cakes - If it cost £90 rather than

[@flyduck]

The price is good but there's no real x-factor. Nice to have a new warthog on the market though.

[@memkiii]

The Dagger was a Mirage.... V.

[@Peter-Oxley-Modelling-Lab]

Of course...Ex-Israeli version...😉

[@memkiii]

@@Peter-Oxley-Modelling-Lab D'Oh! pun failure 😉

[@Peter-Oxley-Modelling-Lab]

@@memkiii D'oh! ...Now I get it! 😖😂

[@jezhall4544]

When it fired the cannon it seemed to stop in mid air

[@Peter-Oxley-Modelling-Lab]

Yes indeed! Just like the 1944 'Tstse' De Haviland Mosquito with it's 6Pdr gun!

[@Emdee5632]

Please - don't mention seams! 😄But as always, a nice airplane and I think two nice kits. Can't really say which kit I would like to build. I came close to buying the 1/72 Matchbox kit decades ago. But still my main focus was and is on anything WW2 related. However I would most probably butcher this kit (one or the other) and apply the three colour wrap around camouflage scheme from the 1980s. I just love camouflage.

[@paulkilich4727]

I would like a Shakespeare's kit's you think should be in the trash. Thaw chucks it. Be fun. Revell kits from the seventies. Bandi. Arifix 1/24 P-51 thaw jump on it. Trumpeter 1/24 FW 190 d Thaw burned it. LOL

[@Marie579]

Hi Peter, I know a little about plastic moulding processes and am curious about the twin engine shroud moulding part, is there any over generalisation of the shape to accommodate the draw moulding or does it faithfully reflect the actual engine shroud shape? Hope that question makes sense.

[@Peter-Oxley-Modelling-Lab]

Hi! Yes it seems academy have used quite an advanced mould design to produce it in one piece like that. It will be a more advanced version of the principle seen here : kzbin.info/www/bejne/e3a9XoZ-gKqLpbs

[@СергейАртёмчик-ю5н]

...ооооотличный а-10!,нооо его-же зделает и G.W.H.и ооон окажется ещее и ещеее более точным....

[@zachhan5038]

Nobody noticed a huge flaw of that new A-10C kit, close to impossible to correct?! Really? All seems to be hugely impressed with all those surface details, rivets, slide mold technology etc... but nobody see elephant in the room???

[@Peter-Oxley-Modelling-Lab]

The engines? Please remember when I do a review it is a live unboxing, no sneak peaks first, so no time for a very detailed study before the camera rolls...

[@zachhan5038]

Angle of pylons carrying engine nacelles is drastically wrong, waaay too steep. It's about 45° related to horizontal instead of cca. 20-25° max. As result attachment point of pylons onto engine nacelles is way too high and shape of pylon's upper surface is dead wrong. And engine nacelles are placed too close, by about 3mm. All on all, they f.... it up royally, those huge issues would require a mayor surgery to get corrected. Too complex to be worth my time and effort. Btw., A-10 is my favorite a/c, have at least fifteen A-10 kits from 1/72 to 1/32 scale. Have purchased three of those new Academy A-10C kits, was happy like a little kid, but upon inspection have sold them all three Academy A-10C kits, disgusted by major issues of that kit. It's insane what Academy have done, they paid so much attention to all those great looking details and then utterly screw up basic components. G.W.H. A-10C is to be released this year, will be very expensive, more then 100 € probably. Let's hope it will be on par with their 1/48 kit of a Su-27 family, those are almost perfect in every aspect.

[@Peter-Oxley-Modelling-Lab]

@@zachhan5038 I will take another look, thanks. 👍🏻

[@memkiii]

@@zachhan5038 You seem a little triggered over this. Perhaps modelling is a bit too stressful?

[@joeschenk8400]

Peter, I tried commenting twice on the video but youtube seems to have deleted my comment! Big Brother Is Watching You!

[@Peter-Oxley-Modelling-Lab]

Hi Joe! That's odd! Nothing too controversial said I trust? 😨

[@joeschenk8400]

@@Peter-Oxley-Modelling-Lab Not that I can think of....maybe just one word that ticked off the computers.

[@joeschenk8400]

@@Peter-Oxley-Modelling-Lab I enjoyed the review.

[@Peter-Oxley-Modelling-Lab]

@@joeschenk8400 Yes sometimes they are a law unto themselves and stop live chat comments with words like hell, damn or even idiots! Oh boy! 🙄 What was your comment, Sir?

[@joeschenk8400]

As one can say on the witness stand...I can't recall. Seriously, I said the kit looked great and I enjoyed the video. I then said a couple of things about the many Warthogs I have seen over the years...size, sound and camouflage. I did not use any words like damn! It is interesting.@@Peter-Oxley-Modelling-Lab

[@paulkilich4727]

1/48 scale you don't get real just toy like some place to stare at. O look a solid spoke rim. LOL

[@Marie579]

Me thinks thou dost waffle to loudly, but informatively it has to be said.

[@Peter-Oxley-Modelling-Lab]

I cannot deny it, my liege! Tho, I speakest the truth! 🎭