Thanks gentlemen, you're too kind...
Jules: the kit went together great. The only real problem is that HobbyBoss molded the detail on the tops of the landing gear bays into the upper wing. That caused a sunken area in the upper wing surface. I wasn't really sure how to fix it without sanding off all the detail and replacing it so I left it as it was. It doesn't show too much to me under the camo paint but if you want to enter one in a contest it would have to be fixed. Maybe I'm just an assembler but I've done plenty of limited run and garage kits and really didn't feel like killing myself here. To me it looks like a Warthog so I decided to let it slide.
It's been almost two years since I build her so I maybe forgeting some stuff but as I remember there weren't any other problems. Everything fit quite well. I sanded off two sensors on the tail that the aircraft didn't have back in the '80s - early '90s but other than using a Eduard ZOOM set of PE in the cockpit didn't change anything. I used aftermarket decals for the Myrtle Beach SC marking but applied the kit ones for the stencils and weapons and they worked great- much better than say... (cough, cough)... Hasegawa decals.... 
As to weapons unless you cut open the nose and scratchbuild the interior you can't see any of the 30mm Avenger cannon but the muzzle which is odd since the kit comes a beautiful detailed cannon barrel, breech, ammo chutes, and the motor that spins the thing. So I left it out, filling the area where it fit with nose weights and just glued the muzzle to the front of the plane. I suppose you could build a stand and display the detailed gun next to the aircraft if you wanted to. You get enough ordinance to load her up and frankly I think you could load up two or three more aircraft with the spares!
If you haven't bought your Warthog yet check around. Normally the kit goes for about eighty bucks American which I think is way over-priced. I picked mine off Squadron during a half-price HobbyBoss sale. Once in a while they still mark the stuff down half-price if you can wait on it.
Thanks and please post yours when you get her done! 