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Will do...I'm going to call him tonight when I get off work and see when he is getting here...I saw him a little over a year ago when I was out visiting Bernard in Vegas (they were roommates) so it'll be good to see Dub again....

We had some good and interesting times down at Moody...

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Thanks for the responses guys. I flew with the 74th TFS from 1987 through the summer of 1990. I was initially assigned # 80-224 and Mike Spencer was the \"Demo Pilot\" and was using # 82-665. For some reason, they swapped jets and I ended up with 665. It had \"The Last Tiger\" door art on it as long as I was there. Monogram released their 1/72nd scale model A-10 with Mike's name on #224 shortly after \"Desert Storm\". There's a large 18\"x24\" print of 665 taken at \"Air Warrior\" that you can still find in aviation shops and airshows. Here's a picture of the Trupmeter 1/32nd scale 'Hog that I built using quite a bit of after-market items and custom decals. I did the name block and door-art in photoshop. I spent a couple of years off and on building it - not an easy model by any means, but well worth the effort.

Regards,
Hitch

http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i302/ ... s/A-10.jpg

WOW!!!

To quote what Jackb said....\"WOW\"
Nice job there Hitch!

Wasnt 80-224 a 75th bird? I thought she was ours when I was in 75th anyway.
Or maybe was it that we had 79-0224?
Of course I was there and gone before you got there Hitch! LOL
Crew Doggie Jan 84 thru Jan 86

WOW even door art!!! Dice do you got a picture of that door art

I'll stick with everyone else and just say WOW

That is one beautiful model...

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That model looks awesome. On the background a little Thunderbirdhistory?

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Hitch, very nice work indeed! I hang out on the Fine Scale Modelers forums and work with them on A-10 models, in fact there's an A-10 group build going on now.

THATS ONE \"COOL\" Model !!!! I didnt know any better if that was put in front of a picture of the \"74th Hangar\" at England you could pass it off as a
\"Real Picture\"!

I thought I remembered that call sign or nick name \"Hitch\".
Welcome aboard Sir, we can always make room at the \"WT BAR\" for another Pilot!.

Goose

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Whoa. I think I'm going to have to sell my unmade Trumpeter . I'd never get near that beautiful.

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\"Those who hammer their guns into plows
will plow for those who do not.\"
- Thomas Jefferson

He even put the \"Scuff marks\" above the ladder on that model, I hit the MagX button and its pretty much a \"Exact copy\" of any 82 bird.

Goose

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Thanks for the nice comments guys. I have a complete build-up thread on this model on \"Aircraft Resource Center\" (ARC) that chronicles the build of this model. My photography could use some improvement, but you'll be able to appreciate the details. I had my \"Walk-Around\" photos of the jet as I was building this, and if I could see it in the photo, I tried to put it on the model.

http://www.arcforums.com/forums/air/index.php?showtopic=48700

Regards,
Hitch