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Re: Building the A10 Thunderbolt "Warthog"
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lugnet.build, lugnet.general
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Wed, 12 Jul 2000 20:16:15 GMT
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> I live near Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in Tucson, Arizona. They fly A-10
> Warthogs and their primary mission is to train new pilots. The paint scheme
> is a uniform light gray (called Ghost Gray I think) with low-vis markings. I
> bet light gray bricks would be a close match. The three tone dark green
> camouflage used in Europe would be very difficult (impossible?) to reproduce
> in Lego.
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> They fly in formations of two aircraft at all times during landings and take-
> offs. Maybe you should build two A-10's :-)
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> - Bob
I would but parts will probably be the limiting factor. The color
problem does not bother me. The idea here is to build a model
that represents the a-10's shape as best as possible. Keeping
the model all one color is ideal. The green could be done but
you would need to do the unthinkable... use Megablock parts
that come in the deep forest green.
I just can't bring myself to such a crime...
- Marc
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| (...) Clones! ACK! There are only a FEW clone pieces which I'll use - M-16 Assault Rifles. (Lego sized.) They are extremely hard to come by, though... I'll have to go to a Toys-R-Us and see if I can find some. (They'd ROCK for a SEAL team.) Jeff (...) (24 years ago, 12-Jul-00, to lugnet.build, lugnet.general)
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| (...) I live near Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in Tucson, Arizona. They fly A-10 Warthogs and their primary mission is to train new pilots. The paint scheme is a uniform light gray (called Ghost Gray I think) with low-vis markings. I bet light gray (...) (24 years ago, 12-Jul-00, to lugnet.build, lugnet.general)
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