This is a resin kit,built for the Close Air Support Group Build that is currently running. The only other route in any scale for this one is vacuform. 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
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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 had 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.
