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A-20 Havoc


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Pretty sure there's one in theold Ducimus Camouflage and markings book - PM me an email address and I'll send it,

Ross

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There's always the picture on Wikipedia.

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:15_Douglas_Havoc_II_%2815834184391%29.jpg

Also this one here which was posted on BM some time ago in this thread

http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/234943503-havoc-mk-iii/

Sadly it has the very tip of the nose out of frame.

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What exactly are you after?

I have a copy of 'Camouflage & Markings RAF Fighter Command 1936-1945' that has a couple of b/w photos of Havoc II night fighter with a 12-gun nose.

I have built a 1/48 Havoc II night fighter with a 12-gun nose, and still have it, intact I think, and used the above book as reference. I can take some pics if you wish?

Stuart

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Hi

link to mdc 1:48 conversion

http://www.modeldesignconstruction.co.uk/mall/productpage.cfm/ModelDesignConstruction/_CV48002/%2D/Boulton%20Paul%2012%2Dgun%20nose%20fighter%20conversion

strangely one recently sold on e bay for over twice the price ?!?

cheers

jerry

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As Stuart says there are photos of the solid nose Havoc II in Ducimus book. Found another photo on page 79 of 'Warplanes of the Second World War Fighters Volume Four' and in the IWM photo collection at http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205127085

Jun in Tokyo

https://www.flickr.com/photos/horaburo/albums

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Ted, the Bentley plans appeared in Scale Aviation Modeller magazine in February 2007 (Vol13 Nr.2) in 1/48 scale. A couple of elevations of the BP 12 gun nose are shown in good detail, I have the issue here but for obvious reasons, cannot post the picture on BM due to copyright.

There are copies for sale in various places including Amazon and EBay. Here is a link to one:

http://www.secondhandplus.co.uk/index.php?GOTO=287

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Yes A-20G-1 with 4 x 20mm cannon in nose and 2 x .50 in Cheek position, and not all went to USSR , most did but first user was the 3rd BG in late 1943, jamming of the 20mm and ammo supply issues (P-38 groups had priority on 20 mm ammo in New Guinea) meant the 3rd didn't like them and very quickly got -5, -10 and -15 with 6 x -50's , these were also replaced as soon as -20's became available with the Martin turret with 2 x .50's, there are photo's of the -1's with the 3rd BG with large sharks teeth and rocket tubes under the wings - something tried by the 3rd and also rejected because of excessive drag. 

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