Thank you! I finally found more last night, too. There seemed to be multiple places they attached bombs on to the wings. This was one, another was aft and outside these pylons when using the fuel pods and another has the two each outboard the engines on the wings.
I could attach 6 500 lbs bombs, since the P-38H supposedly had the capacity, but I’ve seen some heated internet “debates” over it’s REAL capacity to know that that could start a S-Storm with some folks. Maybe I’ll do it anyway. Eduard has a really nice set of 6 bombs so why not use them all?
Lewbud, I’d like to enter with a Tamiya 1/72 Aichi M6A1 Seiran. Not on the list, but meets the criteria for the groupbuild. I will defer to your judgement, thanks!
Still have not decided what to build for this. Has to be simple, low parts count… Was thinking something in 1/72… Perhaps an Airfix F-111 if I can find one on the cheap or an A-7A/D/E from Airfix, revell or Italeri (not Fujimi, want to try something new)… Then again I would not mind doing a Huey gunship… or a Heller T-28… or a skyraider… a decisions…
I wanted to avoid redundancy, hence the unusual subject. I have a few others in the stash that definately fit the bill, so if the Sieran does not qualify, no problem!
There are a few details I am skipping on the A-18, like the little hinges on the rudder. The decals were very fragile and the less handling the better. Looks cool the way it is, in my book[ip]
I used Alclad 101 aluminum rubbed with SNJ aluminum powder for the metal areas, and Alclad white aluminum for the fabric. The landing gear legs may have more metal in them than resin, they are very fragile, and were also too short. All’s well that ends well. I wish I has a P-36 in 1/72 to pose with it, the P-39 is the closest I could come age-wise, and of course the Bell YFM-1B Airacuda, like the A-18, another design based on mistaken conceptions and whose time was past before it ever arrived.
