The third week of the A-10C I installed the wings and tail assembly. Before I get into the work completed this week I few reach backs. First I neglected to add a photo of the cockpit installed into the fuselage showing the ejection seat details. The second was a correction. I originally had red flashing beacon lights on the topside and underside of the fuselage. I had a few fellow modelers and one Veteran who also worked on A-10's let me know that these lights are actually white lights and they do not flash similar to the rest of the navigation lights. Since these both use fiber optic lines I was able to remove the red flashing LED and replace it with a white LED.

Now for this week's work, all of the wiring was routed to the section under the engines I then ran wires from the wire bundle thru each wing thru the landing gear bays, down the landing struts, into the wheel hubs, and finally exiting out thru the tires. These will then be routed through the display base and hooked to the power switch and battery. The nose was modified so the brass gun barrels could fit correctly. The brass gun barrels are also more accurately sized for the 1/48 scale. The kit version is a little shorter in length. The nose was then installed along with the main gear struts. The wires for the lighting were attached to the struts replicating the hydraulic lines. I then installed all of the hard points for mounting all of the weapons later.

I am now working on the base coat of paint. I started on the bottom with Light Ghost Grey with a Gunship Grey oval around the nose gear bay. Still have some more detail painting then I can work on the topside Light Ghost Grey and Dark Ghost grey scheme. Once I finish the base coat I will move onto the deals.

You can see all the photos and details from the start in the build log at: https://davidsscalemodels.com/build-log/1-48-a-10c-75th-flying-tigers/