Diecast Aircraft Information

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True 1/72 scale
Professionally painted unique scheme
Great attention to detail
All markings are Tampoed (pad applied)
Option to display the model on a stand that is provided
Model can be shown with the landing gear in the down or up positions
Loads of optional armament has been provided
Canopy opens
Extremely heavy metal with a minimum of plastic
Highly collectable

A-10 Specifications

Wingspan:
57 ft. 6 in. - 17.5 m
Length:
53 ft. 4 in. - 16m
Height:
14 ft. 8 in. – 4.50m

Empty weight:
24,200 lbs. – 10,977 kg.
Maximum weight:
47,400 lbs. – 21,500 kg.

Powerplant:
2 x GE TF34-GE-100 turbofans w/8900 lbs. static thrust

Armament:
One 30 mm GAU-8/A seven-barrel Gatling gun; up to 16,000 pounds (7,200 kilograms) of
mixed ordnance on eight under-wing and three under-fuselage pylon stations, including
500 pounds (225 kilograms) of Mk-82 and 2,000 pounds (900 kilograms) of Mk-84 series
low/high drag bombs, incendiary cluster bombs, combined effects munitions, mine
dispensing munitions, AGM-65 Maverick missiles and laser-guided/electro-optically
guided bombs; infrared countermeasure flares; electronic countermeasure chaff; jammer
pods; 2.75-inch (6.99 centimeters) rockets; illumination flares and AIM-9 Sidewinder
missiles.

Maximum speed:
420 mph – 675.92 mach 0.56
Ceiling:
45,000 ft. – 13,636 m.

Range:
800 miles – 695 nm

Crew:
one

Total built:
A-10A - 721
A-10B - 30
Total - 751

In February 1975 Fairchild delivered the A-10 Thunderbolt II to the USAF. With protruding
head rivets it looks like warts so it was nicknamed Warthog. Being slow means the A-10
can fly low with extreme agility and carry a large payload. Placed at the front of the
fuselage the pilot sits in a titanium tub with a bullet-proof bubble canopy providing an
unobstructed view. This was the first plane designed specifically for close support and
was designed around the 30mm rotating cannon placed in the lower nose.

Hobby Master 1/72 Air Power Series
HA1303
A-10A, 917th TFG, 47th TFS
1990 "Peanut Scheme" experimental paint scheme

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Background information
In 1990 an effort to develop better camouflage for Desert Storm aircraft an A-10 from
917th TFG, 47th TFS from Barksdale AFB was selected. Given a 3 tone brown paint job
it became known as the “Peanut Scheme”. The pattern proved unacceptable so 76-0552
was repainted in the usual grey but never went to Desert Storm. Based at Aviano Air
Base, Italy from 1993 - 1996 the 47th flew 501 sorties as part of the NATO peacekeeping
effort in Bosnia-Herzegovina.

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