IAF A-10I "Chazir"    

Well, it only took 567 days. One of the most enjoyable build I have had in a long time. Here's a list of everything that was done to my IAF A-10I "Chazir" Kit is Monogram’s 1/48 scale A-10

-True details ACE ejection seat added-PE reinforcement stripes added to fuselage and wings
-Strip styrene added to wing as reinforcement stripes
-Pitot tube is brass rod
-Targeting pod added to main wheel fairing (made from F-4 drop tank)
-Brake parachute housing added to tail
-L shape reinforcement bracket added to tail
-GPS dome added to top of fuselage
-Reinforcement strip added to tail
-Two antenna added to base of base of tails
-30mm cut off and replaced with styrene tube
-Open up vent in between the engine nacelles
-PE detail added to Cluster bombs
-Daisy cutter fuse is aluminum rod with PE fuse
-Graphic tape added to ECM pod
-Python 4's kit bash bodies with styrene rear fins
-Dual Python 4 launch rail body made from two MiG-29 launch rails
-Python 4 launch rail are resin copies of LAU-129
-Strip styrene and PE detail added to hard point 1 and 13
-Chaff/flare box under brake parachute housing is strip styrene
-All the low-level lighting strip is very thin strip styrene
-The LAU-117 single rail launcher is scratch built. Each launcher has 9 parts (body, upper anti-sway plate, lower guide rail, 4 stiffer plate, rear box and a small piece of brass rod)
-Added 3 ft to each wing in 1/48 scale as well as one new hard point, total hard point is 13
-Closed the kit ailerons
-Added IR jammer (styrene tube w/flat back crystal) an ECM bump to the top of the brake parachute housing -Rescribed about 90% of the kit. Save some raised detail on rear fuselage and tails
-U shaped antenna on the bottom is a piece is brass rod
-Two radar altimeters on the horizontal stabilizers are two resin domes. As well as added a circular antenna made from styrene rod.
-Added four more chaff/flare boxes under the wingtip. (Styrene and super glue & baby powder)
-Two new TF35-GE-100 Turbofan engines. The front fans and rear of the nozzle is the kit parts, but the middle is scratch built
-Hard points no# 4 and 10 are resin
-Antenna behind the GPS dome is a kit bash part with a strip styrene fin
-Custom Decals, pilots name, kill markings, boarding ladder door art, Python 4 markings, targeting pod shark mouth, LAU-117 marking, flying pig on engines, chaff/flare boxes for hard point no 1 and 13 and box under brake parachute housing and some IAF marking for the ECM pod
-Weathering done with watercolor wash, color pencil and pastels
 

Here's a link to the complete work in progress thread on Aircraft Resource Center http://www.arcforums.com/forums/air/index.php?showtopic=131657&hl=far148"