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Time to throw my hat in the ring with this very important GB, and I'm choosing an often overlooked but very important subject both in terms of the aircraft and the operator as both the A-20 and the 9th AF do not receive anything like the attention they deserve for their part in both the invasion and the subsequent liberation of Europe. My kit of choice is the Revell/AMT 1/48 A-20 which comes with the option of either a gun nosed G or glazed nose J and the option for the G is even applicable to this GB being an aircraft from the 647th BS of the 410th BG based at Gosfield in Essex, shown to good effect on the very nice box art; I also have some other decal sheets with some more suitable aircraft on them; Out of these aircraft the front runner for me is "Skonk Works" on the Kits-World decal sheet; But this is a bit problematical. I have found some good clear pictures of the airframe around the time of D-Day and just after and they show that the aircraft didn't carry the nose art at the time and still had the undersurface stripes in full colour, I have also found a clear picture of the nose art but no way to prove that it was on this actual aircraft as it only shows the nose. It is also in the place that a mission tally scoreboard is on the pictures which certainly are this airframe and I don't think crews were in the habit of covering up these markings which were very important to them. The aircraft serial number is 43-10213 in case anyone thinks they can help. I also have some reference material; I like the A-20 in case you hadn't guessed. I hope to be able to make a start on this in the next couple of days. Thanks for looking in and as usual all comments and criticisms are gratefully received. Craig. -
Hello everyone for my 2nd entry I will be adding PK-120, Douglas A-20 Havoc/Boston. I will most likely go with an A-20 but I do like the Boston. The kits decals are better than my Tempest sheet so have some options. My kit is a bagged kit so took the image of the box from scale-mates. This is the bulk of the bits, the wings were previously glued and some minor sanding has occurred. These were extras in the bag. And finally the decals. Please feel free to ask questions, pist comments or thoughts. Dennis- 27 replies
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