Hobby Master 1/72 Air Power Series (Jet Powered)
HA1303 - A-10A, 917th TFG, 47th TFS
1990 "Peanut Scheme" experimental paint scheme
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.
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
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
One of the easiest planes to
recognize is the A-10
“Thunderbolt II”, ugly but
beautiful at the same time.
With eleven hard points it is
capable of carrying an
assortment of ordnance not
seen on many other aircraft.
THESE ARE PRE-PRODUCTION PICTURES
THE RETAIL VERSION WILL BE MORE REFINED
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.