Paul J Posted January 6, 2022 Share Posted January 6, 2022 Another finisher to start this new year started about a couple months ago as an on/off wip and just completed a couple days ago., the Italeri DouglasA-26 Invader completed as a Canadian fire bomber based in Alberta. Operated by Airspray registered C-FCUI. The only major work I did was to blank off the turret openings and painted over the nose glazing leaving only the bomb aimer flat window as per the real aeroplane which has a light in place of the bomb sight. The only one in the fleet as far as I am aware as all the others were the more rounded solid nose variant. All decals by Leading Edge Decals. My thanks to a member here who sold me the kit. Enjoy. I added the sccops on top of fuselage as per photos included with the decals. Note the white washed rear glazing. 37 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin-42 Posted January 6, 2022 Share Posted January 6, 2022 Thanks for sharing. I once flew on a different aircraft with a guy who had flown Invaders with Airspray. His job interview consisted of “Get in the airplane, let’s go flying.” Roaring over the prairie, he told him how to aim. “Drop half the load (water) on that tree.” He missed, badly. Here is what you did wrong. Tried again, missed. Not as bad, back to airport. “ You’re hired. My colleague asked if there was a sit down interview to go over his flying experience. Response was, “We are in the water bombing business, if you hit the target, you are useful, if you can’t you are useless. I think you are trainable, I don’t care what your resume says.” Definitely the best job interview story I have ever heard. 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc the Builder Posted January 6, 2022 Share Posted January 6, 2022 Lovely, got to love those Invaders and specially the workhorses in the firing bombing role. Great work! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogsbody Posted January 6, 2022 Share Posted January 6, 2022 Back in 1986, Airspray had their Invaders based up here in Fort McMurray.I took some time to go to the airport and get some photos. Chris 7 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janneman36 Posted January 6, 2022 Share Posted January 6, 2022 Love this Chris, the sound of these aircraft is like music 🎶.. Thank you for sharing this is great stuff! cheers, Jan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dnl42 Posted January 6, 2022 Share Posted January 6, 2022 Very nice! I love water bombers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMCS Posted January 6, 2022 Share Posted January 6, 2022 Niiiice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul J Posted January 6, 2022 Author Share Posted January 6, 2022 Hi Chris, great photos! Shame I didn't see these while my model was on build. They would have been invaluable. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Electric Indigo Posted January 6, 2022 Share Posted January 6, 2022 That's a really nice subject, and a reminder that I haven't re-watched Spielberg's "Always" for too long! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-32 Posted January 7, 2022 Share Posted January 7, 2022 Beautiful work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan P Posted January 11, 2022 Share Posted January 11, 2022 Love this. Beautifully finished Paul 👏👏👏 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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