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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...