I just completed this build as a gift for a good friend who was the squadron commander of the 23rd Tactical Air Support Squadron (TASS) of the 602nd Tactical Air Control Wing. They were the USAF Forward Air Controllers (FACs) during DESERT STORM. Based at King Fahd International Airport and also operated out of King Khalid Military City (KKMC). "NAIL FACs"...callsign NAIL, hence the "NF" tail code. Specifics on the build can be found on my page here on iModeler...Poster by Joss Huot using my model.

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Tom, your T-Bolt looks as if I could get in it and fly away! (If only I knew how!) Yours is a splendid example of the Modeler's Art.

I think I may have seen the real A-10 you modeled! Seriously, as we were the lead element of the 1st Infantry Division (the Big Red One ... "If you're gonna be one, be a Big Red One!") we were where we were constantly being overflown by a whole lot of attack aircraft ... many of which were A-10s. The A-10 was every enemy Tanker's worst nightmare. I have a LOT of respect for the pilots of all those attack aircraft ... and all the other flyboys who made my job a bit easier and allowed me to come home relatively unharmed!

That's a great looking Hog! When I read about all the various missions the A-10 handled in the Gulf War, for my build of the 1/72 Hasegawa kit, I had the brass plaque printed thus: RFOA-10G

The main reason I picked the Italeri kit is because, as far as I could tell, it was the only 1/72 kit that did the chaff/flare dispensers correctly. You could also build a pre or post LASTE mod jet.