Douglas A20 Havoc

[Milton Shupe]

Milton,

Absolutely awesome!



You know my digits, just give a ring when needed! Will be honored to help.
Just request that some artwork reference, or the artwork itself (cuz I suck at it too LOL!) along with information on how the gauge will react to the aircraft systems. (hyd, elec supply etc..) I'll give it my best.

Keep up the great work!

You are very kind Sir. You have always been so busy, I hesitated to ask.

I will send an Email to discuss.

Thank you

 

[Milton Shupe]

Hello Milton,




-Magnificent!



Alain

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Thanks Alain. Creativity is fun but there is some work involved too. We are just getting started so the best is yet to come.

 

[Milton Shupe]

Here is a list of the P-70 Night Fighter types and the aircraft they were converted from. We should be able to accommodate several of these types.

 

[Milton Shupe]

A-20C A-20G and P-70 Descriptions

Just wanted to share some of the technicals about these types we are working on.

 

[Milton Shupe]

I love these actual WWII photos and the stories they tell.

You can see in pic1 the post "D" day status as the upper surface invasion stripes have been painted over. Also, the aircraft is swarming with ground crew during their normal maintenance duties pre/post-flight.

In pic2 of the "Green Hornet", Lt. John Pryor is showing at least 69 completed missions in his A-20G-25-DO. There are several pics around of this aircraft.

In pic3, a nice example of probably a Boston III or late "C". Note the ground cowl flaps are open as they should be. These were separately controllable, required for ground cooling, and must be closed for take off as they destroyed lift. I modeled these ground flaps so that takeoff is impossible with them open.

 

[Sundog]

That's a very cool feature that you enabled, regarding the ground flaps. I'm sure there are going to be a lot of people wondering why their engines are over heating immediately after release. They'll flock to the forums to find out why.

I'll probably just overheat it and go, "Oh, yeah, Milton did mention something about that..." reset.

 

[Milton Shupe]

That's a very cool feature that you enabled, regarding the ground flaps. I'm sure there are going to be a lot of people wondering why their engines are over heating immediately after release. They'll flock to the forums to find out why.

I'll probably just overheat it and go, "Oh, yeah, Milton did mention something about that..." reset.

LOL No, they probably won't notice until they can't get off the ground even after dumping munitions, fuel, and excess crew.

We will likely put some kind of warning on the panel.

 

[lemonadedrinker]

Hi,
This is looking so fantastic, Milton!
A shallow thought on the ground flaps; could they close with the brake release lever, as then you're beginning to roll.
I am sure you have already thought about how you intend to model this

Looking forward to the release..

Andy.

 

[Milton Shupe]

Hi,
This is looking so fantastic, Milton!
A shallow thought on the ground flaps; could they close with the brake release lever, as then you're beginning to roll.
I am sure you have already thought about how you intend to model this

Looking forward to the release..

Andy.

Hi Andy,

Of course, there is no such auto-disengage in the RW aircraft but I intend to give you a warning light when those ground flaps are open. That should be indication enough (more than the Real World other than the checklist), to pay attention to procedure.

If I did not implement these ground flaps properly, I would certainly be called on that so it must be done. The manual is specific about these flaps destroying lift and must be closed.

 

[Milton Shupe]

Well, after a week of working on the interior mapping, I finally got the major parts of the VC mapped for textures, some 100 parts. That completes the major interior mapping for the nose, cockpit, bomb bay, and rear gunner's areas (around 290 parts).

Now to get down to serious business of details in the cockpit.

 

[Blackbird686]

Stunning progress so far Milton. It'll be interesting to see how much detail you will be able to get for the FS9 model without going over the "limit" on pixels/polys. All of the photos I have on the A-20 were mostly of the "C" model and they are all pretty rough. Viewing the plane on the web produces pics that are cleaner and reveal more detail. The design was one of the cleanest and most appealing to the eye for the time period and the "Havoc" literally lived up to it's name, a force to be reckoned with in the right hands.... she could do it all.

I liked this shot, even tho it's just the bare model...

BB686

 

[Seahawk72s]

I love these actual WWII photos and the stories they tell.

In pic2 of the "Green Hornet", Lt. John Pryor is showing at least 69 completed missions in his A-20G-25-DO. There are several pics around of this aircraft.

A color version....nice nose art..

 

[Milton Shupe]

Stunning progress so far Milton. It'll be interesting to see how much detail you will be able to get for the FS9 model without going over the "limit" on pixels/polys. All of the photos I have on the A-20 were mostly of the "C" model and they are all pretty rough. Viewing the plane on the web produces pics that are cleaner and reveal more detail. The design was one of the cleanest and most appealing to the eye for the time period and the "Havoc" literally lived up to it's name, a force to be reckoned with in the right hands.... she could do it all.

I liked this shot, even tho it's just the bare model...



BB686

Thank you Tom. I have many clear (enough) cockpit pics of the A-20, A, B, C, G. There are all quite differently appointed mainly due to munitions differences and radio differences between French, British, and USA variants. I settled on a "G" variant cockpit with some variation to suit all of them.

Right now, even with 3 pilot, bombardier, and rear gunner models, I still have plenty room for any necessary details to be added.

I am currently producing two P-70 variants, the A1 (A-20C based with painted over nose plexi) and A2 (early A-20G solid nose based with rear canopy). Adding antennas, 4-20mm cannon belly pod, and long range tank right now, along with some flat black paint without specular highlights.

Here's a snippet of the painted over nose. (Specular not yet removed) If you look closely, you can see the Plexiglas framing.

 

[Sundog]

What I find interesting about the P-70 is how, due to it's limited altitude capability, they were also used for low level night attack missions in the PTO. I'm definitely looking forward to flying some of those missions when these are released. Nice work.

 

[Milton Shupe]

What I find interesting about the P-70 is how, due to it's limited altitude capability, they were also used for low level night attack missions in the PTO. I'm definitely looking forward to flying some of those missions when these are released. Nice work.

Indeed, and they played their games with the enemy bombers once the P-38's came along covering the high altitude flights to drive them down where the Nighthawks took over. The experience gained was a tremendous help once the P-61's showed up with their advanced capabilities.

I have the basic P-70A1 assembled now as a separate model and will flesh it out with the other models. I added the ventral gun pod that housed the 4-20mm cannons.

Here's a couple of screenshots of the evolution.

Will get the A2 basics in place next.

 

[Milton Shupe]

Finally got those radar antennas in place ...

 

[Milton Shupe]

Okay, we now have a basic P-70A2 solid nose model (early A-20G based); just need to add the guns.

Will have the option of either four nose 20mm cannons or ventral pod (as shown) with cannons (with nose 50 cal.)

 

[Milton Shupe]

Okay, we now have a basic P-70A2 solid nose model (early A-20G based); just need to add the guns.

Will have the option of either four nose 20mm cannons or ventral pod (as shown) with cannons (with nose 50 cal.)

Another update for the P-70A2 and all "G" models, the droppable long-range tank has been added. Although droppable, it negates the use of the bomb bay for munitions for any ferrying operations, although I read one report to the contrary, no such use was ever recorded.

 

[LE151]

OOOOOOOOHHH..........Can"t wait!!!!!!!!

 

[Milton Shupe]

Cannon Fodder Ahead

OOOOOOOOHHH..........Can"t wait!!!!!!!!

LOL Gotta wait!!

Look out ships, barges, and factories ... and maybe a few Betty's and Sally's.