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Hi Karl, Thank you for good news!

OK guys, Now the next step. I painted bottom and sides of the aft section as well as underneath of the nacelles assembly. I did so as it would be quite a quest to paint underneath area of the nacelles when they are attached to the fuselage. Next step was to weather sides of the fuselage within the length of the nacelles area and underneath of the nacelles themselves. I actually am not about giving the model a heavy weathering, just somewhat amid the slight and the heavy. After that I cemented both parts together. The top of both part

Thank you Steve.

Now the fuel drains on their place. I used a syringe needle to simulate the drain tube.

Hello Karl, Thank you for good news. Looking forward the letter to arrive. Cheers!

Hi guys, First update in new 2026. The fan blades assembly is completed. Cheers!

Absolutely amazing! So nicely done, painted and weathered. She really graces my eyes. Cheers and very happy modelling in 2026! Alexander

Hi Steve, Thank you for giving me a clue.

Hello Karl, Thank you for watching and commenting. Cheers! Alexander

A little progress so far. Just soldered oil drain outlets (or what this stuff stands for).

Hi Andy, Thank you for encouraging me. But don't be afraid to be in my shoes. 🙂 As they say, the eyes are afraid, but the hands do it. Cheers! Alexander

Hi guys, Scratch-building madness goes on. Now into the fan blades. I set my mind to scratch build all those blades of thin plastic card. I do know this is a big time eater but no dead lines and I'm not in a hurry. Of course, the best way out would be 3D printing them but I'm not a 3D guy. So the first step was to make a blade pattern of thin brass sheet. I made two patterns. Then I used Tamiya extra thin cement to glue the patterns to the plastic bit. The cement melts plastic and the pattern adheres to it nicely. And then

Modelling masochism goes on. LOL Completed riveting lines on the fore section of the fuselage. Also added rivets and some stuff on the trim tabs of elevators. And let's go more rivets!

Hi guys, Slowly chipping away at the riveting lines. The black ones are of 1/32 scale while the white ones are 1/24. I think Quinta Studio's rivets for 1/24 scale way a bit small to replicate down scaled size of the bigger rivets. They are 0.25 mm but I believe they should be 0.3 or even 0.35 mm. BTW, could anyone tell the real size of the bigger rivets on the dorsal area? Alexander

Hi Steve, Thank you for encouraging me. Alexander

Hi guys, After studying some images I picked up in the Web, though not so good ones, I eventually cobbled up area around the SATCOM antenna. Not sure if it repeats that of the real thing but I think it's close to the prototype. I used sort of self-adhesive paper covered with some stuff, left over from Zactomodel's aftermarket commodity (luckily I didn't throw it away). This is how it tuned out:

Thank you for giving the clue Steve. Unfortunately I haven't got Jake's nor Duke's Book. My only a reference source is Internet. Alexander

I found a couple of images in the Net. They are from the Duke Hawkins' Fairchild A-10A/C Thunderbolt II Book. The images are of low resolution but better than nothing. 🙂 These are the images:

BTW, in the book there non of images to show the in-question area of the latest versions of the A-10C with that "wingy" antenna.

Hi Steve, Thank you for feedback, anyway. I'll try to look up in the Internet. Alexander

Hi guys, Has anyone got an image of the circled area (see below)? If has, could you share it with me, if possible? I mean how the riveting lines go there. Alexander

Hi Steve, Thank you much for explanation. Alexander

Hi HOLMES, Thank you much for explanation. I'm gonna put this one to my bank of new English words and expressions. 😉 Cheers! Alexander

Hi guys, Added some stuff on the fore end. And a question is as shown below.

Hi Red Dog, I think it will suit me all right. What algorithm to get the decal?