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Welcome! I especially like your A-10.

Regarding the A-10 nose-up issue: You could go to a reloading supply locally to you, or ask a neighbor for some leftovers, and get some small #6 or #8 shotgun pellets. Reloaders use them. Empty the tea from a teabag and hang in from the nose of your A-10 model with it's string and add the lead pellets into the teabag to see how much you need. Drill a hole in the front landing gear bay just a little bigger than the pellet size. Stand the model on it's nose and slip in the lead pellets followed by (or pre-mixed with) an epoxy through a syringe. Keep an eye on epoxy seep through the seems in the kit and wipe it off if it oozes out. You may have to do paint touch up.
Let it sit an hour, or a few days, depending on the epoxies drying time, and patch the hole with putty and touch up the paint if you think someone will look into the landing gear bay. Or if it makes you feel better.

Did this decades ago for radio control models.

Be well. Model on. And again, Welcome to the forum!

Eric

<blockquote data-quote="OldManModeler" data-source="post: 245883" data-attributes="member: 22068">Welcome!&nbsp; I especially like your A-10.Regarding the A-10 nose-up issue:&nbsp; You could go to a reloading supply locally to you, or ask a neighbor for some leftovers, and get some small #6 or #8 shotgun pellets.&nbsp; Reloaders use them.&nbsp; Empty the tea from a teabag and hang in from the nose of your A-10 model with it&#039;s string and add the lead pellets into the teabag to see how much you need.&nbsp; Drill a hole in the front landing gear bay just a little bigger than the pellet size.&nbsp; Stand the model on it&#039;s nose and slip in the lead pellets followed by (or pre-mixed with) an epoxy through a syringe.&nbsp; Keep an eye on epoxy seep through the seems in the kit and wipe it off if it oozes out.&nbsp; You may have to do paint touch up.Let it sit an hour, or a few days, depending on the epoxies drying time, and patch the hole with putty and touch up the paint if you think someone will look into the landing gear bay.&nbsp; Or if it makes you feel better.Did this decades ago for radio control models.Be well.&nbsp; Model on.&nbsp; And again, Welcome to the forum!Eric</blockquote>

[QUOTE="OldManModeler, post: 245883, member: 22068"] Welcome! I especially like your A-10. Regarding the A-10 nose-up issue: You could go to a reloading supply locally to you, or ask a neighbor for some leftovers, and get some small #6 or #8 shotgun pellets. Reloaders use them. Empty the tea from a teabag and hang in from the nose of your A-10 model with it's string and add the lead pellets into the teabag to see how much you need. Drill a hole in the front landing gear bay just a little bigger than the pellet size. Stand the model on it's nose and slip in the lead pellets followed by (or pre-mixed with) an epoxy through a syringe. Keep an eye on epoxy seep through the seems in the kit and wipe it off if it oozes out. You may have to do paint touch up. Let it sit an hour, or a few days, depending on the epoxies drying time, and patch the hole with putty and touch up the paint if you think someone will look into the landing gear bay. Or if it makes you feel better. Did this decades ago for radio control models. Be well. Model on. And again, Welcome to the forum! Eric [/QUOTE]

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