A-10 Thunderbolt II

Jan Peters
Despite the price, this is an easy kit by the looks of it.
Just what the doctor ordered, no fuss 🙂

David H
And another like for the choice of music !!!!,

Jan Peters
🤘🏻

Robert Podkoński
Oh, yeah! Joining the party!

Jan Peters
Welcome mates

Oliver Zwiener
I chose the peanut scheme in 2013, too modellversium.de/gal..=10316&origin=mb

Jan Peters
And that turned out great Oliver 👍🏻

Jan Peters
The resin seat won't fit the cockpit, so this is moving to the sparesbox. To be honest, it would be out of place anyway in the simplified cockpit...

Oleg Bogolei
Following with interest)

Jan Peters
Welcome Oleg

Jan Peters
The seat is back in, cut down quite a bit, but it is a better option than the original in the kit

Jan Peters
Loads of gaps to fill

David H
Wow. The Grand Canyon is narrower than those gaps ! Break out the plastic card ..

Skyhiker
Looking good

Jan Peters
Yes David, if I had known this before I bought it I'd have gotten an other kit. Although it is a modern tooling, fit is so so, and there are no stores whatsoever to fit under the wings.

Thanks Skywalker 🙂

Jan Peters
Ready for paint, looking forward to painting this, and the two submarines in waiting.

Bernd Grün
Nice start, Jan. Following!

Jan Peters
Thanks and welcome Bernd

Kyle DeHart
I love the A-10. Looking good

Jan Peters
Thanks mates🙂

Bob Hall
God's gift to ground solders, this bird saved my ass more than once ! God bless the A-10 !

Jan Peters
I imagine this can be god sent if you're on the right side of it!

Kyle DeHart
Here in Indiana our Air National Guard flies A-10s so they will frequently fly overhead, usually quite low. They make a wonderful noise too. They're phasing them back out now and we'll be back to F-16s. Sad I won't see the A-10 flying over my backyard anymore.

Jan Peters
I used to live in Germany in the early 80ies, and I remember these flying low there as well, it is the reason why I am building this one.they are impressive machines

Kyle DeHart
Awesome. I have the 1:48 version of this kit because of those flyovers. Look forward to seeing where you take this one.

Michael Kohl
Me too

Jan Peters
I'll keep you posted Kyle 🙂
Welcome Michael 🙂

Finn
Will follow

Jan Peters
Welcome Finn 🙂

Jan Peters
There's paint 🙂

Jan Peters
Thanks 🙂

Jan Peters
Gear attached, I found out that this is a tailsitter, even with all the lead I've crammed into the nose😔

Jan Peters
I'm done with this one, I've just put it in the display cabinet, and will make some pictures later, when I get good natural light.

Robert Podkoński
You've inspired me to get one HobbyBoss's Thunderbolt too, Jan 😉

Jan Peters
Than this is good for something Robert 😄
Just remember to cram as much as possible lead into the nose, or you will end up with a tailsitter too!

Robert Podkoński
I've purchased the N/AW version, so there is less space inside the nose...

Jan Peters
Try and get as much as possible into the space available, maybe behind the cockpit as well?

Djordje Nikolic
Sometimes it's best to make some no fuss models and enjoy the accomplishment! Well done

Jan Peters
Fully agreed!
I've moved on to the next one 😃

Juergen Klinglhuber
I am joining this late - but better late than never. Good job 👍

Jan Peters
Thanks Jürgen