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Can anyone point me the way to an older kit, I think it was a 1/72 kit. It was of a Barnes bird, 78-616, and it had a smiley face on the side that said "Have A Day".

By this time tomorrow I shall have gained either a pearage or Westminster Abbey........Nelson

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BILLY, THAT KIT I THINK WAS A HASEGAWA KIT, I THINK HORRIDO WOULD HAVE THE ANSWER,I SENT HIM ALL MY 1/72 KITS.
BUT I REMEMBER THE ONE YOUR TALKING ABOUT

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To the best of my knowledge, there is no Tamiya 1/72 kit (Tamiya has a kit out there in 1/48, is it possibly that one you're thinking about? A smiley face regarding that one sticks in my mind. I think it's available locally, so I'll check it out). The only way I could think there would be one would be a recently reboxed Italeri kit. There are five or six molds for the A-10 in 1/72, often reboxed under other manufacturers' labels. The kits themselves are often reissued every few years with different markings for different aircraft. Is the smiley-faced one PRKII's plane? I'll dig through some of the reviews and release listings to see what I can find on it.


Italeri, reboxed by Revell-Germany
This kit has fine, recessed detail, regarded as the best.

Academy -- Another excellent kit, recessed panel lines.

Monogram -- Currently the Revell-Monogram offering
Ancient, raised panel lines, but decent.

Hasegawa -- Old, raised panel lines, but decent.

Hobbycraft -- I've seen reviews advising against it.

Matchbox -- Very crude and simple kit.

Here's a new and progressively updated list of 1/72 A-10-related offerings. I'm hoping to do a few reviews for this webpage shortly on the A-10.

http://www.72scale.com/aircraft/Fairchild/A-10.htm

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HORRIDO, I HAD THEM BACKWARDS ,HASEGAWA MADE ONLY THE A-10 IN 1/72 AND TAMIYA HAS ONLY A 1/48 KIT.

I STILL HAVE ALL THE 1/48 KITS AND NEVER SAW THE SMILEY FACE.
IF THEY HAVE MADE THAT KIT WITH THOSE MARKINGS I'M SURE THERE'S A DECAL SHEET OUT THERE WITH BETTER GRAPHICS FOR THAT SAME KIT.

MONEY TALKS,B.S. JUST PILES UP.

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I've also found guys out there willing to do excellent quality custom decals on their Alps printers (they print white) for a reasonable price. Just send the pics of any and all markings you want and they'll do the rest. Nothing is impossible in the realm of modelling, these days.

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The guy thatis the crewchief on 616 has the kit. I just havent had a chance to ask him what it was. it is an old kit though. Let me see ifin he can get the stats on it.

By this time tomorrow I shall have gained either a pearage or Westminster Abbey........Nelson

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billy there is a hobby shop on rt5 in w.springfield, the guys there can help you a lot, and maybe even order the stuff you are looking for. also if you dig around with online searches you will find some 104th models/decals

just sit back, and let the 30mm do the work!!!

Horrido, I talked t one of our crew chiefs that owns 616 and he said it is a Heller kit from back in the late 80's early 90's. It has his name and marking on the decals.

By this time tomorrow I shall have gained either a pearage or Westminster Abbey........Nelson

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Okay. The Heller offering is a reboxed Airfix kit. I would not be surprised if it was found released under the MPC label, as well. If he wants to build it, I'd tell him to buy the Italeri or Academy A-10 and use the decals from the Heller kit.

Here's a website that talks a little about it.

http://www.xs4all.nl/~designer/models/a10/a10.htm

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Edited by - Horrido on Dec 08 2004 12:12 AM

HORRIDO,
I SAW A HELLER KIT A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO AT "SLOTS AND WINGS" OUT OF CHAMPAIGN IL,THEY HAVE MORE STUFF BURIED THEN I'VE EVER SEEN.
I DIDNT NOTICE THE TAIL CODE THOUGH.

YOU WANTING TO GET IT BILLY?

MONEY TALKS,B.S. JUST PILES UP.

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