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  • Member since
    December 2002
  • From: Northern California
1/48 AMT A-20B
Posted by jeaton01 on Thursday, October 24, 2024 6:49 PM

Starting at the beginning of this design, well, except for the R-1830 DB-7 that has not been done in 1/48, though there is a recent kit of it in 1/72.  AMT did all but the Turbinelite version and I picked up all these kits when they were available from AMT.  I used the Vector interior which added a lot of work as usual, and is hard to see without a pen light.  It does include the life raft, which AMT failed to provide and which is very visible with the cockpit hatch open.  I redid the propeller shafts in music wire with copper tubing bearings in the engines.  The fit of the AMT parts has been very nice.  The landing gear is a trapeze like affair that looks flimsy but once all in seems quite secure.  Small size shot under the nose floor and under the cockpit on one side secured with canopy glue provided nose weight.

 

John

To see build logs for my models:  http://goldeneramodel.com/mymodels/mymodels.html

 

  • Member since
    December 2002
  • From: Northern California
Posted by jeaton01 on Saturday, October 26, 2024 9:17 PM

A few more shades of green and some markings painted on today. Trying to get some fading and modulation going.

 

 

John

To see build logs for my models:  http://goldeneramodel.com/mymodels/mymodels.html

 

  • Member since
    May 2020
  • From: Omaha, Nebraska
Posted by learmech64 on Monday, October 28, 2024 10:37 AM

Coming along quite nicely. I have this kit started. You are making want to take to take it off the shelf of doom and finish it. Nice to see a new aircraft post.

Doug

  • Member since
    December 2002
  • From: Northern California
Posted by jeaton01 on Tuesday, October 29, 2024 12:42 AM

Yeah, I'll just keep trying to prime the pump.  Thanks for the look in!

John

To see build logs for my models:  http://goldeneramodel.com/mymodels/mymodels.html

 

  • Member since
    May 2009
  • From: Poland
Posted by Pawel on Tuesday, October 29, 2024 2:51 AM

Hello!

That's a quick build, John! Lookin' good, too! Good luck with the finishing and have a nice day

Paweł

All comments and critique welcomed. Thanks for your honest opinions!

www.vietnam.net.pl

  • Member since
    September 2012
Posted by GMorrison on Tuesday, October 29, 2024 4:50 PM

That's a classic "airplane airplane".

Five years in the USAAC/AF including 5 hash marks on his sleeve over Europe; and the A-20 was the only aircraft my late F-I-L had to bail out of.... somewhere over the Everglades.

 

Bill

 Modeling is an excuse to buy books.

 

  • Member since
    December 2002
  • From: Northern California
Posted by jeaton01 on Thursday, October 31, 2024 5:14 PM

Even a good airplane will sometimes try to do you in!

After some back and forth the decals are on. The decals on the kit worked about half right. Some worked and the others were removed with masking tape after going all the way up to Walthers Solvaset and in some cases Tamiya Extra Thin. A combination of ALPS printed replacements and part of the decals from a second kit resolved the problems. Using the decals from the second kit won't cause a problem because I will build a British A-20C from it. I see some clean up needed around the canopy and nose transparency but it is getting close to a flat coat and some weathering with oils, maybe not in that order.

 

John

To see build logs for my models:  http://goldeneramodel.com/mymodels/mymodels.html

 

  • Member since
    December 2002
  • From: Northern California
Posted by jeaton01 on Thursday, October 31, 2024 11:33 PM

One more photo for the night, all that is left is the two nose gun barrels. The paint is drying on them.

 

John

To see build logs for my models:  http://goldeneramodel.com/mymodels/mymodels.html

 

  • Member since
    December 2002
  • From: Northern California
Posted by jeaton01 on Friday, November 1, 2024 6:06 PM

Thanks, everyone.  It's one of those kits we always intend to build but finds it hard to get to the top of the pile.  So now this one has, but the C, G, J, and P-70 still rumble from bowels of the stash.
Here's some pictures. At the end is a couple with an Accurate Miniatures B-25C and P-51A, along with a Special Hobby Martin Maryland and Tamiya fuel truck. And then a spinning prop photo with the bonus of the left engine on the Maryland also running up. Sometimes the stars align, or at least the propellers.  After I took them I saw that I had left the masks on the little windows below the gunner's station.  Off now, Embarrassed but there is always something!





















John

To see build logs for my models:  http://goldeneramodel.com/mymodels/mymodels.html

 

  • Member since
    November 2005
  • From: Formerly Bryan, now Arlington, Texas
Posted by CapnMac82 on Saturday, November 2, 2024 1:44 PM

It's a cool bird to see, and a less-common one to model.

That's a clean build and came out nicely.

That, and it seems mete to actualy generate traffic on the forum, since I did not get a 504 error this morning (for once).

  • Member since
    December 2002
  • From: Northern California
Posted by jeaton01 on Sunday, November 3, 2024 2:59 PM

Thanks!

Yep we need to prime the pump.

John

To see build logs for my models:  http://goldeneramodel.com/mymodels/mymodels.html

 

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