russ c Posted October 1, 2018 Share Posted October 1, 2018 Howdy All, Just finished my RAAF Boston Strafer that I was building alongside my recent RNZAF Dauntless you may remember Built from Italeri`s re-issue of AMT`s 1/48 Boston kit Finished to try and represent one of the few A-20C`s used by 22 Squadron RAAF I was originally going to do it as an earlier one with the RAF style camouflage and four .303 guns in the nose, but when I came across a photo of a `C`.................... ....with the less well known 5 X 0.5 guns, I had to give it a try I couldn`t find much info` or photo`s on Google ( I did find an old thread here on BM, but most of the photo`s are gone ) So it`s mostly my best shot at doing one ( I did find that they were from U.S. stocks and appear to be Olive Drab over Neutral Grey with the stars and bars painted out ) from one grainy in-flight photo of DU*W Hope you enjoy the pic`s, thanks for looking. Cheers Russ 60 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neil5208 Posted October 1, 2018 Share Posted October 1, 2018 Lovely work as usual Russ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PlaStix Posted October 1, 2018 Share Posted October 1, 2018 Wow! That is awesome Russ! Such impressive paintwork and finishing! A real work of art! Kind regards, Stix 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vinnie Posted October 1, 2018 Share Posted October 1, 2018 Another stunner, Russ. Nicely presented as well. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-32 Posted October 1, 2018 Share Posted October 1, 2018 Cracking build, looks great 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twentecable Posted October 1, 2018 Share Posted October 1, 2018 Very nice, also with the vignette. Gr TC 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colin Posted October 1, 2018 Share Posted October 1, 2018 Another Russ classic 👏 What's the kit like to build, I hear it's not a Tamiya shake and bake 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAG058 Posted October 1, 2018 Share Posted October 1, 2018 Amazing! I really like this. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Laidlaw Posted October 1, 2018 Share Posted October 1, 2018 That's an excellent build, and the photos are great as well! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woody37 Posted October 1, 2018 Share Posted October 1, 2018 Fa tactic Russ, great photos too 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Law Posted October 1, 2018 Share Posted October 1, 2018 Russ you keep coming up with so many fantastic models I'm running out of words to say. The paint work is particularly interesting on this one. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
russ c Posted October 1, 2018 Author Share Posted October 1, 2018 43 minutes ago, colin said: Another Russ classic 👏 What's the kit like to build, I hear it's not a Tamiya shake and bake Thanks Colin, it`s not a bad kit to build. Pretty straight forward, the instructions tell you to fit the undercarriage legs to the wings and then build the nacelles around them, but you can do it the opposite way. It is fiddely though !! Lining the engines up is a bit vague, other than that nothing too taxing. I managed it, so it can`t be too bad. Cheers Russ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
russ c Posted October 1, 2018 Author Share Posted October 1, 2018 14 minutes ago, Greg Law said: Russ you keep coming up with so many fantastic models I'm running out of words to say. The paint work is particularly interesting on this one. Thanks Greg, the paint work on the photo looks very worn out, with lots of patching up and wear. I believe it may have been, or had large areas,painted foliage green at some point later in it`s life. Cheers Russ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh G Posted October 2, 2018 Share Posted October 2, 2018 Great work and subject Russ; always good to get the Trans-Tasman balance right 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsairfoxfouruncle Posted October 2, 2018 Share Posted October 2, 2018 Beautiful Strafer 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kapam Posted October 2, 2018 Share Posted October 2, 2018 Awesome - almost photographic in its realism! Looks exactly like the well-worn Pacific Theatre aircraft I see in books and online. Tremendous work. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sydhuey Posted October 12, 2018 Share Posted October 12, 2018 Great rendition of a RAAF A-20C in the proper OD/NG scheme not foliage green as some people think , just a couple of small points the wing roundels are too big for the A-20C's they had dropped to 36" in all 6 spots and the wing roundels are further out and the fin flash is too long, these A-20C's were left over from the P-70 program hence the 5 x .50 nose , and were in quite dilapidated condition when they got to 3AD at Amberley in Sept 43 they had long range tanks fitted (fwd bomb bay ), bomb racks ,the ADF antennas (at that time not fitted to the older DB-7B's) and the 7 x .50's they were not repainted but just had there US markings over painted and dispatched to 22 Sqn in Oct 43 . I have quite a few pics of RAAF A-20C's but not for general distribution ,if you would like to see some drop me a pm. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buzby061 Posted October 12, 2018 Share Posted October 12, 2018 Lovely job, it certainly looks well used. Pete 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J Sherratt Posted October 12, 2018 Share Posted October 12, 2018 That looks really good, nice work - John 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
russ c Posted October 13, 2018 Author Share Posted October 13, 2018 17 hours ago, Sydhuey said: Great rendition of a RAAF A-20C in the proper OD/NG scheme not foliage green as some people think , just a couple of small points the wing roundels are too big for the A-20C's they had dropped to 36" in all 6 spots and the wing roundels are further out and the fin flash is too long, these A-20C's were left over from the P-70 program hence the 5 x .50 nose , and were in quite dilapidated condition when they got to 3AD at Amberley in Sept 43 they had long range tanks fitted (fwd bomb bay ), bomb racks ,the ADF antennas (at that time not fitted to the older DB-7B's) and the 7 x .50's they were not repainted but just had there US markings over painted and dispatched to 22 Sqn in Oct 43 . I have quite a few pics of RAAF A-20C's but not for general distribution ,if you would like to see some drop me a pm. Thanks Syd`, the markings were the closest I had to hand, the fin flash is a bit tall and you can`t see the wing roundels on the photo so I figured that seeing as the more well known ones all had different size roundels over time ( one of each on one a/c ) so could this one have. Thanks too for the back ground info`. Cheers Russ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IanC Posted October 13, 2018 Share Posted October 13, 2018 Russ, that little tropical airfield of yours must be busier than London Heathrow! Another gem. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted October 13, 2018 Share Posted October 13, 2018 Excellent build Russ,love the tonal variation's on the colour,another fine addition to the collection. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sydhuey Posted October 14, 2018 Share Posted October 14, 2018 19 hours ago, russ c said: Thanks Syd`, the markings were the closest I had to hand, the fin flash is a bit tall and you can`t see the wing roundels on the photo so I figured that seeing as the more well known ones all had different size roundels over time ( one of each on one a/c ) so could this one have. Thanks too for the back ground info`. Cheers Russ Here is a pic of DU-W you may not have seen before. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fubar57 Posted October 14, 2018 Share Posted October 14, 2018 That looks great. Nifty setting as well 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
russ c Posted October 14, 2018 Author Share Posted October 14, 2018 8 hours ago, Sydhuey said: Here is a pic of DU-W you may not have seen before. Thanks for that Syd`, No I hadn`t seen that pic. Shouldn`t be too hard to adjust the markings a bit in the future. Cheers Russ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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