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Wow looks great. Mean looking aircraft!

Hi Scooter it's Jar! Great to be able to follow this build here mate, looks incredible.

Hey mate, it's Jason. Great looking model, your dad must've been stoked.

Awesome thanks for the link. Hey I found this on my computer, taken at the same time as the video! Hope it helps:

Ha no worries mate, looking back on it now I'm annoyed at myself the video stops for my clunky ad too! Pretty sure I only stopped at the port side because the pilot had a big group of people there asking him questions. Thanks for sharing the bear pics, really enjoying your build. I built this kit a few years back and the engine exhaust nozzles were the most incredulous moment for me, :)

Also, from using the simulator, I believe the glass sensors look for detecting 'missile launches' like SAMs. I think they can see rocket motors. I'm guessing they are like little IR seeker type sensors. I only suspect this because in DCS A-10C you get missile launch warnings even if your wingman fires a Maverick.

Hey Chuck! That's my video, sorry it doesn't have a good view of the port side but I actually stopped filming right before the 'ad' for the A-10 flight simulation. Like you I have no affiliation with the company and receive no benefit at all for including it in there. I simply love the A-10 and would like to let people know how good that sim is.

Incredible, great looking jet!

It looks amazing and I'll bet it's the most eye-catching model in your collection for friends etc. Great job, I seriously want one.

Good luck mate, looking forward to watching your progress. Israeli F-16s look super cool.

Looks fantastic. Makes me want to build one too.

So cool already. I wish someone would release a new tool A-10C in 1/72. I built this trumpeter kit a few years ago, it still looks awesome. Huge! Can't wait to see yours Chuck.

Oh no, very sad news. RIP Mareku, your family and you are in my prayers.

Wow looks amazing!

Chuck very happy to see this kit be built by you. Looking forward to watching the progress. I filmed this A-10 walk around at Miramar last October, might help.

Now that's courage! The rewards look to be worth it though, I've never seen such a realistic looking finish on a metallic aircraft. Fantastic.

Hope you get well soon Mareku.

Fantastic mate. I'm travelling to California from Australia in October and was hoping to see endeavour at the Science Center but I read it won't go on display until October 30. I fly out on the 23rd :(.

I really want to build a little bird after seeing this thread. Please update us soon. Looking awesome.

This build is helping me be more patient with my own models, awesome stuff.

Looks great man. I think those 2003 deployment VF-2 birds are my favourite Tomcat markings. Looking forward to seeing yours!

You mIght find this YouTube video I made helpful, it's a walk around of NE102 at the NAS Oceana 2002 airshow:

Man that looks awesome

Hi guys, In the time since my last post I have finished this model. There was lots of little jobs including mounting it on some perspex that took me a while to figure out but I thought I'd post some photos I took yesterday morning down by the seaside of the finished model. I used photoshop on this one to remove the support... It is currently sitting on a table at the Australian Model Expo 2011, next to some truly awesome 1/48th aircraft (i.e I'm not expecting a trophy out of this ;) ) Anyway, it was great fun to build and the finished model is fun to look at. Thanks to everyone

Hey mate, looks great! Here's a short video I made of some F-22 close ups. I want to build one of these one day, they look like spaceships in the sunlight. http://youtu.be/MCh23Qws-RM