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My A-10 build - N/AW A-10B
Romeo Alpha Yankee replied to Romeo Alpha Yankee's topic in A-10 Thunderbolt II STGB
Its now on the wheels and I am sorting out a weapons load. Gear doors are painted and to be fitted Regarding the weapons, the only pictures of the aircraft with any load show a single AGM-65 Maverick and/or centreline fuel tank. The prototype did carry two pods when the centreline was not on. They were a FLIR pod and Radar pod. If it had gone into production than the radar and FLIR would have been mounted in extended MLG pods. I half thought about making some up. See how I go! So I will make it up starting with these which singles seaters carried regularly. These were sourced for some Hasegawa Weapons sets I have Test fitting before paint I'm looking for some bombs in the spares, perhaps some MK82 Snakeyes or MK84s, we'll see what my search brings up. -
You're right, I've seen pictures with the radar pod and FLIR pod mainly and a couple with the centreline tank or a single Maverick
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Romeo Alpha Yankee started following Revell 1/72 Luftwaffe F-104G - finished!! , 1/72 Hobby Boss A-10 two seater , Stu’s HB 2 seater and 4 others
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1/72 Hobby Boss A-10 two seater
Romeo Alpha Yankee replied to Dave Klaatu's topic in A-10 Thunderbolt II STGB
Good idea with the weight in the wings Dave. I added weight in the nose of mine thinking it was enough with even a test showing all OK. I had to add some more after everything was buttoned up. Fortunately there was a slot in the wheel well and it was just big enough to slide a bit of lead sheet into. -
Nice progress Stu, I have been doing a little work on mine as well. You are a tad ahead of me. Any weapons going on yours?
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OK, how about Cocos Island (part of the Australian Indian Ocean Territories), our AP-3s would use it as short term base of operations to patrol the Indian Ocean areas of interest.
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Too bad about the tail, any progress? I found my Kiwi Resins CT-4 and have started to resurrect it along with a PC-9
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Great to see it on the finished end of the build. Looks great A credit to you John! 🏆
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RAAF Dassault Mystere Falcon 20 - 34SQN
Romeo Alpha Yankee replied to Romeo Alpha Yankee's topic in ANZAC 2 GB
Thanks Mate, I was surprised the wheels cleaned as well as they did. The bug smasher in the background is a NZ Aerospace CT-4A, it was the RAAF basic trainer from 1975 to 1992. I started it for the Trainers GB back in 2019 and it languished due to self induced stuff ups. I am thinking of starting a thread for it here even though Julien is building a 3D printed version. Mine will be in a later orange/white scheme and one of the aircraft I flew a couple of Navigation sorties in. It is still in a bit of a mess at the moment -
I saw this kit the other day, well week at the Melbourne Model Expo and half thought about buying it and doing similar with it. Well it was a half thought and I didn't buy it so I will follow along with your build instead!
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Great progress Jeff, I would like to do the same one day, though my scratch building skills are rather monolithic compared to yours. Perhaps I will just sit back and enjoy build rather than worry about doing the same
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Looks great John.
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F-107 Hypothetical ..Trumpeter
Romeo Alpha Yankee replied to Wdedig's topic in Ready for Inspection - Aircraft
Nicely done Bill, the finish is great. Glad you picked up on the speed brake issue -
Revell 1/72 Luftwaffe F-104G - finished!!
Romeo Alpha Yankee replied to Ned's topic in F-104 Starfighter STGB
I don't and exactly the same happens, but not with just clear coats, also paint. I have 2 on the shelf of doom awaiting a partial repaint due to this. -
RAAF Dassault Mystere Falcon 20 - 34SQN
Romeo Alpha Yankee replied to Romeo Alpha Yankee's topic in ANZAC 2 GB
Thanks gents, some more paint and markings The engines are being repainted for the third and hopefully final time with Tamiya Royal Blue.- 44 replies
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