Fire Boss's FireHog

[Captain Canada]

Good stuff ! Glad she's back on the go. Look forward to seeing the pics !

[Mossie]

Me too!

Second, I used bluetac (white) to mask the wheel wells. DO NOT DO THIS. I had to spend an entire morning digging it all out.

I know how you feel Jim. I've done it a few times, kept doing it as I was at a loss of how else to go about it and just put up with it.  Wooksta came up with a good tip, take a bath sponge, cut little bits off and wedge it in the gap.  Costs pennies and one sponge lasts ages.  I've found you sometimes get a little bleed through, but a little touch up takes care of it.  The more dense the sponge the better.

[zenrat]

I find blutac is OK as long as you don't leave it in there for too long.

[JayBee]

In the late 1980's and early 90's a number of A-10a Thunderbolt IIs were released by the U.S. Government for conversion as fire bombers. These proved ideal to the task with all the modifications that were incorporated, new avionics, new engines, removal of the gun and armour thus allowing the carriage of a reasonable load of fire retardant, and with their high speed transit to any target area and great manoeuvrability, they were ideal.
When in the mid 1990's a number of the two-seat all weather/night attack variants became available they were eagerly snapped up by the fire fighting companies.
They became the preferred mount of the Firebosses as lead planes, as with a fully qualified fire fighter pilot flying, the Fireboss (himself a very experienced fire fighting pilot) in the back seat could pay much more attention to directing the whole operation.
One of these aircraft is depicted here in the markings of the Grace L. Ferguson, Arial Firefighting and Storm Door company. Who under the guidance of their CEO, George Robert (Bob) Newhart were the first to field one of these aircraft.




















































For those who have not got the joke yet, that means you are too young, try this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XKqoDpRXZ8s

[sandiego89]

Wow!  Turned out great- really like the tank.  Well done

-Dave

[NARSES2]

Turned out really well Jim 

I've only tried to use Blue Tack for modelling on a few occasions and never again. Not only can it be a pain to remove (I take the point it may have been in there to long) but it leaves a hard to remove residue on vacform canopies when trying to cut them out.

As for sponges the £1 Store is your friend. 3 large sponges for car washing for guess and 7 kitchen type small sponges with an abrasive back for guess ?  The sponge on the kitchen ones is very dense and will hold its position nicely when put in place.

[Librarian]

Wish I'd done one firefighter . Lovely colours and finish, the stripes are particularly striking .

[Captain Canada]

That really turned out great ! Love the colour and markings, as well as the firefighting gear.

Looks like it's missing an E though 

[JayBee]

Tod,

you will need to ask Mrs. Ferguson why she wanted it spelt that way. 

[kerick]

Looks awesome!

[PR19_Kit]

For those who have not got the joke yet, that means you are too young, try this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XKqoDpRXZ8s

Hehehe, that takes me back. 

'..... out to the DC1.......' 

[Mossie]

No idea who Grace L. Ferguson is, but love the build Jim, great work.

[Logan Hartke]

I love the wing markings. Very Gulfhawk-esque.

Cheers,

Logan

[crudebuteffective]

very nice build and Mr Newhart would be proud

[JayBee]

I love the wing markings. Very Gulfhawk-esque.

Cheers,

Logan

Well Logan,

the entire colourscheme would have been even more GulfHawkish if the white transfer stripes had not fallen apart.
Mind you I had not thought of that connection when I decided on it.