Jay Mitchell (@ssgt)
It doesn't seem to have been that long since I have last checked in on your progress. Man you are really working fast ! It looks great too. I have never seen another 105 painted in overall Silver like yours is. It looks very nice that way too I should add.
I have never seen a Thundercheif make a firing pass, but I have witnessed an A-10 hosing down tanks. That's a very impressive sight, and so is the noise it makes. It sounds like someone is running a chain saw at wide open throttle off in a distance. The sight of the tracers is also incredible... It looks like someone has a big water hose and it's spraying out a stream of red phosphorus out of it.
There's several rounds placed in between the tracers, but it looks like a solid stream. I know that we had 4 rounds in between our tracers on a M-2 "Ma Deuce", and other 7.62 MG's. With the A-10, you can't tell where one tracer stops and another one starts. I'm glad these "Hog Driver's" were on our side. They were a good friend to have available, especially when you are riding in a tank too...
I think it looks good as is without the center drop tank. If you needed more nose weight, you could hide it in there and add it later on if you think it might be necessary. I have one or two jets in my display case that kind of "teeter totter" back and forth, on the verge of being a tail sitter. One slight jar, or a puff of air is all it takes to make the nose go up and the tail down on these.
Yours is very impressive. Good call with the orange flight suits. I think it's close to showing up in the headlines section now..
