Hi guys,
Thanks for the comments.
It is nice to draw again, but still battling to get into it... My passion for illustrating took a bit of a dive...
Regarding underwing stores, it never crossed my mind, because you can take the underwing stores away, and it's still an A-10, but take the GAU-8A out of the equation, and it is just an ugly bomber
. Line to thought, that the Nighthog be a specialist version, going in first to take out key AAA targets only.This would give standard A-10's the ability to strike with impunity. There are other aircraft that can carry out tasks of delivering bombs and missiles.
Cheers
John