With all the talk of AMTs(Italeri/Revell) A-20 over the last week or so, I got fired up to get this $5 vendor table wonder knocked out. Adding some scratched detail and some leftover PE to the pit. As of now, I’m not planning on duplicating the boxart, probably will just make something up. I’m planning on putting a cover on the turret(like my B-25) and having ground crew getting her ready( I will probably never get around to the figs though!!!)
Anyway, work starts with the front office.
left side, all hand painted, added some throttle/mixture handles and friction locks from some PE leftovers. Placards are little bits of paper, CAed and painted.
right side, added a few wires, reworked the map case and put a map in it. Also added some framing to the rear area.
The IP is all hand painted, with testors clear parts cement for the inst. faces
seatbelts are made from masking tape, with some PE buckles
Rudder pedal area was cut out, then cut notches out of sheet styrene “panel”, details are wire and stretched sprue. Rudder pedals are # tabs from a PE fret.
this is an awsome aircraft and so far the cockpit looks nice. My grandpa flew in one of these and the nose art was a donkey bucking and the name was Red Ass and it was a NMF bird
Very nice work. I just got mine in the mail today and will be doing planning for a bit. Too bad there isnt a group build for this, atleast I didnt see one. I can never keep to a schedual anyway. Great job keep up the good work.
The left nacelle to wing joint has a big gap on the inboard side.(right nacelle fits OK)
So, after moving the gear forward(thanks again Mel!!!) I added some strips, cut from sheet styrene, to act as a spreader for the nacelle, and added detail. (the black dots are where the locator holes for the gear were)
We’ve got power!!! Engines are done, added some wires.
There is really nothing solid to mount the engines to. Just a step to the front of the cowling. The only points of contact are the front corners of the engine…BOOOOO!!!
So, I CAed a few bits of sprue to the cowling and engine backs. Without em, I think a small amout of pressure, (putting the props on) would have dislodged the engines.
Very nice work, I cant wait to start working on mine.
Does anyone know of some small electric motors I can get to make the props spin? I’m planning on doing mine on a base with a rod attacked to it to make it looks like its flying.
I had gotten a few a while back, from radio shack. They were pretty big though, about an inch diameter. You could probably find smaller ones that would fit the center of those radials. Like a cell phone vibrator motor. Radio Shack may have em, if not, try a cell phone shop.
Outstanding work so far, mein Freund… I love that kit. Still have one (way back) in the pipeline, although I don’t know when I’ll get into it, since I usually have to get a case of “Multi-engine fever” to start building those birds… THEN, I’ll likely have a two or three twins going on at once (I got another Monogram B-25, B-26 Marauder, and A-26 starin’ at me from the shelf) …
Haven’t had a touch of it since Tiny’s B-17 GB… Hopefully, I’ll come down with a bout of it before summer…
As for finishing it, you said earlier you might do the boxart or may make something up… Would the “Made-up” version (if you choose that) be a USAAF Havoc or (hint) perhaps an RAF or RAAF Boston ( I always liked the RAF camo for these aircraft) instead?
Thank Hans, the finish is goona be US, Swanny is sending me some pyn-up decals, so I’ll do an actual bird. Simple OD and grey.
Psycho, that big hunk of plastic is burried bihind the IP. If it’s supposed to be there or not, I have no idea. Iy’s burried behind the IP and won’t be seen, and does not get in the way at all.
