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Now here's a kit I never built in my youth. I first bought it in the late 1980s, but the kit I am building is a later boxing with better quality decals: A version of the Roy Cross artwork, which alas I never got a hold of: My two kits: First issued in 1971, time was when this was the only A-26 kit in town (to my knowledge), but now of course we have the Italeri kit, of which I have 3, including a B-26K Counter Invader. Should ICM get around to scaling down it's 1/48 family, then that will move the goalposts again. My initial thought was to build the Korean War A-26C "Monie", but research on this aircraft is giving me second thoughts. It's not that Korean War A-26s were painted gloss black instead of matt as per the instructions, nor that this aircraft had the upper remote controlled turret. No, it's that the under-wing stores were usually (always) two banks of 7 HVARs. 14 spare HVARs, all the exact same? Maybe when I've bought enough of the new Eduard P-51, which generously includes 10 per kit.- 15 replies
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Hi all, here is my take on ICM’s 1/48 A-26C Invader. The A-26 was introduced late in WWII as an advanced twin-engine light bomber and ground attack aircraft, meant to replace A-20s and B-26s in Europe and the Pacific. The gun nose version, the A-26B, was introduced in late 1944, guided by A-20J Havocs, while the glass-nosed A-26C variant began appearing in Europe just before the end of the war. The A-26 was well-liked by crews. What was left of the Luftwaffe posed little threat to A-26s, though flak and accidents were still a danger. My plane uses decals from the kit depicting a C variant named “Rat Poison II,” as it appeared in Beaumont-sur-Oise, France, in March 1945. Having built the Monogram kit, the ICM kit is definitely superior in detail and fit. It’s a good base for scratch building and upgrades and will reward those who put in the work. I added Eduard PE and scratchbuilt bits to the cockpit and glass nose and enhanced the engines with stripped wire. I also replaced the spinners with spares from the Monogram kit, which looked a bit more accurate, and replaced the wheels with Eduard resin. EZ Line elastic wire was used for the rigging. This plane is a serious tail sitter and definitely requires more weight than is directed in the instructions. I put lead shot and sinkers in every nook and cranny in front of the landing gear, including the engine nacelles, behind the instrument panel, and spaces in the landing gear well and bombardier’s position. It still wasn’t enough. Luckily I decided to display the model with the bomb bay doors closed and waited to attach the top turret until later in the build, so I was able to stuff more lead sinkers in through the turret hole. Thanks for looking!
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Hi all, As promised, I hope to commence this soon. She was the last Invader in French service and is pictured below while being ferried to Cazaux, France where she was destroyed as a target on the ranges. Her last tour of duty was with the CEAM. What a waste! The base kit will be the Italeri A-26C kit (No. 1259). The modifications for getting her to be an RB-26P will be stratch built. I have the decals drawn and printed now. Credit: "Foreign Invaders" by Dan Hagerdorn, which I own. Back soon! Martin- 75 replies
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