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pretty much a full replica of

the gun to be sandwiched

between the fuselage halves.

This obviously won’t be seen

and will all be hidden. They

do provide two nose barrels

which prompted me to think

you could add one to the

cannon itself, a mini-model

within a model, and as such

that could be displayed in its

own right and the other nose

barrel could be added to the

main airframe. What would

have been a great touch is if

HobbyBoss had provided a rack/

stand to display the gun on.

That would have looked great

alongside the model. I decided

to stick to the instructions

and added the main gun into

the fuselage half and glued it

in place. As mentioned earlier

it would be hidden so I didn’t

bother going to the trouble of

painting it. With this complete

I added the cockpit too and

lastly, the bulkhead, behind

the cockpit must be added prior

to the fuselage halves being

closed up. I added as much nose

weight as I could in the gaps

in the form of plasticine with

ishing weights etc. Be warned

though you do need a lot.

FUSELAGE, WINGS

AND ENGINES

With the fuselage completed

my next task was to form the

wings. These are fairly simple

with an upper and lower section

being glued together. Flaps

and slats etc are all individual

and you have the option of

posing them in a dropped state.

My references and photos

online of parked up A-10’s

show that these can be any

position from fully up to

fully lowered. The ailerons/

air brakes are made up of three

parts each and are a little tricky

to ix without leaving a slight

step. They consist of an upper

and lower section with a slide in

outer edge and it’s this part that

can cause a step. I lined them

up lush on the top side and

left the step on the underside

which I sanded to get almost

lush. The wheel sponsons are

part moulded on the upper

wing with a secondary piece

ofered up into holes in the

lower wing and joining onto the

upper wing. The it of these was

pretty much perfect and only

required a light sanding once

glued. I test itted the wings to

the fuselage to see how good

the join would be, and both

slotted on with a satisfying

slight friction and proved to

be nigh on perfect. With the

glue setting on these I turned

my attention to the rear tailin

section and engine nacelles. I

started with the former which

presented no problems and

consisted of six pieces, two

halves for each tailin and an

upper and lower main section

to which the tailins are added.

With this section drying

I tackled the engines. Each

one is made up of two halves

which are slotted into a front

ring section to which the

compressor bladed front

You get plenty of ordnance

I primed the model with Vallejo

Light Grey Primer

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