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Handmade Wood Toy Airplane Modeled After The A-10 Thunderbolt II aka Warthog 1159406785

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  Handmade Wood Toy Airplane Modeled After The A-10 Thunderbolt II aka Warthog Order Yours Today My Airplane Collection My Shop Front Page I made this for my grandson for Christmas. He had asked me to make an A-10 for him for months, and this was the closest I could get. I modified it some, and if I make another one, I have further modifications planned. I needed to get the canopy defined better. I did a good job cutting the pieces out. They fit back together so well that you can barely see the lines. I did not install the wing guns as the plans required. A-10s don't have guns in the wings. I didn't use dowels for the engine nacelles. I planned a flat spot on them and glued them on. I am still trying to figure out how to drill the holes precisely. John, the designer, should make a video showing how you did it if he built one. I have discovered that many of the people out there selling these toy plans do not create them. In my opinion, test builds are necessary. They should give

A-10 Thunderbolt II (aka Warthog) Wood Toy Airplane Build

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  My Granson has repeatedly asked for one of these for several weeks every time I see him. I made this one for him for Christmas. Originally I had not intended to make one of these because I don't like the size, and it the details are not correct, but my grandson is seven and probably will not notice.   Drilling The Engine Nacelle For An A-10 Thunderbolt Wood Toy Airplane     The first problem I had was drilling the center hole. The plans say to drill the hole 1-inch deep. It does not need to be that deep. I drilled half that far, and 1/4-inch would have been enough. I had trouble getting the hole centered using my drill press and a heavy vise. When the point of the bit first made contact with the end of the dowel, the end grain would cause the bit to shift slightly. Next time I will need to break out the lathe chuck The second problem I had was drilling the holes for the dowels in the Nacelle. I tried everything I could think of to drill the hole straight through the center and