**** DONE: GB-44 1/48 A-10 Thunderbolt II - Military A/C of post-war time

[fubar57]

Wow!!!!

 

[Wayne Little]

Yeah, that's what I said once it was assembled....a real neat little package....

 

[Airframes]

Impressive indeed !

 

[Crimea_River]

Great enhancement. Wonderful detail.

 

[Gnomey]

Looks great so far Wayne!

 

[Wayne Little]

Thanks guys, busy few days with retirement party.....not mine! and Christmas work party too. so will get some more pics up tomorrow.

 

[rochie]

I really like that brass Wayne

 

[Wayne Little]

Me too Karl, way better than the plastic part.

 

[Wayne Little]

Ok some more progress.....

the upper nose panel is in place, the front and rear attachment join points for the engine Nacelles have been layered with stretched sprue sanded down and detail restored.
added plasticard rebuilt antennas on the upper Fuselage, one is UHF Radio the other the IFF and started prepping the undercarriage.

 

[Wurger]

 

[Crimea_River]

Excellent.

 

[Bustedwing]

That really looks wild ! Sometimes I get a bit envious of you 1:48 scale gurus !

 

[T Bolt]

Man, that's really looking nice Wayne

 

[Gnomey]

Great work so far Wayne!

 

[Wayne Little]

Thanks Guys.
While reviewing where I was at and looking at some reference pictures....I noticed my Bird has had a new upgraded Antenna fitted, therefore the rear of the 2 scratchbuilt units in my last post now has to be removed and replaced with the new version. It was right there all the time but i didn't notice it till now.....idiot!

 

[Airframes]

Done that before - and again on my F-5E build. Just remembered there's a blade antenna needs to be made and fitted on the spine - very clearly visible in all my reference pics !

 

[Wayne Little]

Been rather busy the past few days with things, plus a bit of a scare with my wife's Father on Friday after a call from my wifes nephew , he is not well at 82 coupled with the hot day he didn't take his meds, didn't eat and got dehydrated from not drinking either so was in a pretty poor state when we got there to check on him.
Thankfully he improved after sorting things out......

Ok back to the model removed the 'Old' Antenna, scratchbuilt the 'New' Antenna and fitted it in place, it is an upgrade for 'Beyond Line of Sight' capabilities.

First Pic "old" then "New" Plus I have now fitted the lower Nose section with a bit of plasticard strip to improve alignment.

 

[Wurger]

 

[fubar57]

Cool

 

[Crimea_River]

Might be entertaining trying to get paint on the bottom of that antenna.