1/48 B-26

Anybody remember the AMT 1/48th Marauder ? It was quite an improvement over their earlier 1/48th WW2 airplane turkeys. It even had a detailed bomb bay. I never got one, but a couple of people that did told me that they liked it even more than the Monogram kit.

You know, I think I will go back and add AMT's old Corsair, Tempest, and Meteor to my list that I submitted to the "Worst Kit" forum. Their DH4, Beech Staggerwing, and Stinson Reliant were nice kits, but by the the time they came out, it was too late....

OOPS ! Sorry about drifting away from the subject.

Jim

I built it a few years ago (1985). It required a huge amount of weight to sit on
the gear properly. Tip: Plastic mainmounts are a lot stronger than plastic
nosegears. Put the weight where the weight really is---in the engine nacelles.
Works well for any multiengined tricycle gear A/C.

In the Eigthies I took the chance to build in 1:48 from Monogram (Flak Bait), good subjet with good detailed cockpit , bombay ,tires and booms some lack of detail in the interiors back, but the same detail from the B-25 Mitchel or the Invader from the same years, I remember in that times a don't worried about the weight to tell the true.I'm expecting a Reissue from RM.

Built both the Marauder and the Invader kit. Both went together well, both needed a good bit of weight in the nose, and both look great on my shelf! :) -Ed

I built the original B-26 Marauder a year or two ago and it was a good kit, except it needed about a half pound of lead in the nose to keep it on its nose gear. I have two more--the Pro Modeler re-release with resin interior and another original, and am looking forward to building them! I thought they were/are excellent kits. Fit was good, not much filling or sanding needed (except on one engine nacelle--but that was my mistake). Nice interior detail--in the areas you can see. But it's all personal preference. Enjoy and happy modeling!

Wait for the Accurate Miniatures kit!

Fade to Black...

I'm building the old Monogram kit as we speak. Revell-Germany is re-releasing it under their label. It has a March release date, so I'd be willing to say it would hit the US in about 6-8 weeks. I'm hoping that "Flak-Bait" comes with the decals. I'm using the old kit, with the old decals.

Patience young grasshopper.

I built the Pro-Modeler A-26 Invader a few years ago. From what I remember it went together very well.
The only part that gave me a lil trouble was just aft of the cockpit. The halfs were just off a bit. A little filling and sanding did the trick.
Flaps up,Mike

Whaz up Jason,,
I know that Revell-Monogram did a 1/48th Martin B-26 "Marauder". This particualr kit(#5510) was a special edition that came w/ a resin interior. Basically you could build it w/ or w/out the resin stuff.
Pro-Modeler also did a Douglas A-26B "Invader" in 1/48th. The only draw back to both of these kits is that they have "raised" panel lines.
The A-26 was a direct descendant of the Douglas A-20 Havoc The Invader began rolling off the production line in 43.
Kind of a interesting note after World War II, when the Martin B-26 "Maruader" was retired, the remaining A-26s were redesignated B-26Bs.
Many saw service in the korean conflict aswell as Vietnam. In Vietnam they were used as Counter-insurgency (COIN)a/c. The B-26s were than converted into B-26ks (Counter-Invaders). While it was used in Vietnam, they redesignated it once again, this time to A-26A. PPHHEEWWWWW...!!!
Sorry about that, I just get a kick out of them redesignating the a/c like that They cant quite make up their minds now can they LOL...!!!!!!!
In all I give both these kits Two thumbs up. Did I hear that Tamiya or Hasegawa will be doing one soon LOL...!!!
Flaps up,MIke

Has anyone built the monogram kit? The only B-26 I had was a 1/72 scale kit from MPC many years ago.

Looks like its just the old Monogram kit repackaged according to the FSM new kit listing.

Ray:
I found it at www.revell.de.

I just looked at Revell-Monogram's website and there was no mention of a B-26
either Martin or Douglas. Could it be Revell-Germany?