B26 Bomb bay

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Somebody asked a while back for B26 bomb bay photos?
I have a few more if anyone is interested.

Mike

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Thanks for sharing Mike!
I am still wondering about that grey interior. Is it painted over chromate? Or is it the appropriate factory color for early model Marauders?
Glad to see your expanding your horizons tread-head…[:D]

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Yep, that’s a pretty standard-looking WW II medium bomber bay. They had to be pretty standardized to carry various combinations of standardized bombs. Even the Mosquito bomb bay looks similar, although I don’t think it was that deep.
If you want to make a wonderfully realistic, 3-D bomb bay, use Eduard’s PE set for the ProModeler A-26. I’ve never gotten such a good result from PE structural parts. And, further off the subject, is it my bad memory, or did Eduard have a significant, across-the-board price increase over the past 5-7 years?
Also, I saw in a mail order on-line catelogue that the fine old Monogram B-26 is in the current Revellogram catelogue. Wonder what it retails for now? As for the light gray color, that’s got to be civilianized paint sprayed over the original chromate green.

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Thanks for the pics.I have the RG marauder on the shelf awaiting it’s turn.These will help.Do you by chance have any more shots of the a/c.I’m looking for any detail shots I can get.
Hey Sharkskin,You’re right about the eduard A-26 pe set.Nice stuff.I just got a pile of pe that a local shop ordered in for me.Almost $300 cdn.I did get alot though,full sets for am avenger,monogram a-26,and rm b-25j.All real nice stuff.The avenger flaps look a little tricky though.I hope they do a set for the 1/48 b-29.

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Mkee, I posted a few pics of the same aircraft including cockpit shots. I posted them a couple of weeks back in this forum. Mike and I visit the same museum over in Orlando.

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Thanks grenadier II.I’ll try to find it.