I built this 1/72 Italeri B-26K not too long ago for the 50th Anniversary Viet Nam GB. The cockpit was modified to the correct two man configuration. Resin KC135 wheels were used as the K series was upgraded to use these. Scratch built early M31 Funny Bombs were made and loaded into the bomb bay.
A brief history about the K series:
Reading from the A-26 Invader in Action Squadron Series book, it details that the K's were highly modified by a firm called On-Mark Engineering Company located in Van Nuys, California in 1964. The wings were strengthened and rebuilt and the fuselages remanufactured without the turrets. They added the beefier KC-135 brakes and tires, Pratt & Whitney R-2800-103W, a monster prop, enlarged dorsal fin and updated avionics. They served with the USAF 609th SOS well into late 1969. The last known fully armed Invader in military use made its last flight in July of 1977 under Indonesian Air Force service.
This particular aircraft was an A-26A, ex-4435375 that served in the Congo as RF 646 in 1964. Was transferred to the 609th SOS, SEA on 3-67 and was lost in combat on 7-8-69.
On the night of July 8th 1969, TA 646 flown by Major Elmo Sizemore hit a stone outcropping in the Plaine des Jarres in Laos, after making a strafing run on a VC position, killing all aboard.
Major Sizemore and Navigator Major Howard Andre were the last Nimrod crew to perish in Viet Nam. The crash site was located in 2012 and the remains of both airmen were recovered and interred at Arlington National Cemetery the following year.
Scratch built early M31 cluster bomb nicknamed Funny Bomb