Dermo245 Posted October 5, 2018 Share Posted October 5, 2018 Hi all and here's my latest result of sticking plastic bits together, Airfix's ancient A-26 Invader built up as Tanker 59. Along with its sister ship, Tanker 57, these were part of the firebombing fleet owned & flown by Lynch Air Tankers of Billings, Montana for the 1989 Steven Spielberg film, “Always”. The real a/c survived its firebombing career and is now in a museum in Texas. This was my first Civil build and was part of a tribute GB in memory of our late IPMS Ireland member and all-round gent, Don Whitaker who built beautiful Civil 1/444 jets and props. RIP Don. The build thread is here but to recap: Kit: Airfix A-26 Invader (1975 boxing) Scale: 1/72 Build: Some homemade detail in the cockpit but otherwise OOB. Extras: 20g in the nose, cockpit and engines. Sanded all the rivets off and a minor rescribe. Paint: Halfords primer from a can. Brush painted with Revell Acrylics. Flory Models Wash, Klear, Pastels for weathering. Decals: A-26 from Draw Decals (thanks Greg) Goofs: Lots! - the nose never fitted properly (or the clear bits) and the wing leading edges should have a prominent droop that was designed to help with low-speed handling. The nacelles fit was.....testing. And I think the nose art is back too far...Acch....here are the pictures! Cheers, Dermot Airfix Douglas A-26 Invader_Air_Tanker (6) by Dermot Moriarty, on Flickr Airfix Douglas A-26 Invader_Air_Tanker (5) by Dermot Moriarty, on Flickr Airfix Douglas A-26 Invader_Air_Tanker (16) by Dermot Moriarty, on Flickr Airfix Douglas A-26 Invader_Air_Tanker (9) by Dermot Moriarty, on Flickr Airfix Douglas A-26 Invader_Air_Tanker (7) by Dermot Moriarty, on Flickr 29 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul J Posted October 5, 2018 Share Posted October 5, 2018 Very nice build from an old kit. Didn't know Greg Draw did decals for this one. Know about decals for the 'Always' Catalina though. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hairtrigger Posted October 5, 2018 Share Posted October 5, 2018 A very fine result..... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cocky05d Posted October 5, 2018 Share Posted October 5, 2018 Very nice ,but ,but, THE GUNS WHAT ABOUT THE GUNS ? 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted October 5, 2018 Share Posted October 5, 2018 Nice change of scheme Dermo,great stuff! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsairfoxfouruncle Posted October 5, 2018 Share Posted October 5, 2018 Nice looking Firebomber 👍 Ive seen the movie a number of times and you’ve done a good job on your colors & Markings. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janneman36 Posted October 5, 2018 Share Posted October 5, 2018 Nice to see this build in these colors.. Here a linky to a faboulus site with some nice background info on these aircraft.. http://napoleon130.tripod.com/id368.html Cheers, Jan 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RidgeRunner Posted October 6, 2018 Share Posted October 6, 2018 (edited) The second tanker to be recently posted. A nice change from the weapons laden machinery. Each to their own, though. Well done, Dermot. Martin Edited October 6, 2018 by RidgeRunner 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete in Lincs Posted October 6, 2018 Share Posted October 6, 2018 Nice one. I liked the film too. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PlaStix Posted October 6, 2018 Share Posted October 6, 2018 Great job Dermot. Very well done. Kind regards, Stix 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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