Douglas A20 Havoc

Milton Shupe said:
As you know there are many variants, 4 engine types, nose configs, 2 tails, 4 cowlings, 2 nacelles, gun configs, and machine gun/turret configs.

Obviously, I cannot do all of them, probably not the DB-7 (smaller engine and nacelle and vtail) or DB-7a (stepped nose glass), but the DB-7b, Boston III is likely.

That would also presume then the A-20 (similar to the DB-7b) without turbocharger (A-20A with diagonal nose window glass) (most A-20's were converted to P-70s).

The A-20B 's (similar to the DB-7A) were unpopular due to poor armor protection and no self-sealing tanks. Most went to Russia or used in recon missions. Likely will not do this variant.

The A-20C and G's are likely on the list to be done.

The D/E/F are not on the list.

The H/K's are a possibility but would require different nose, cowlings and flight models.

These are just my initial takes on the series and may change. :)
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Dear Milton,

The A-20C and A-20G (with early type cowlings) will surely make most people very happy.

Just my two cents,
Huub
 
huub vink said:
Dear Milton,

The A-20C and A-20G (with early type cowlings) will surely make most people very happy.

Just my two cents,
Huub
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That is my opinion as well Huub. I'll have to think how best to handle some nose variants without getting too cutsie or creating a mess of the texture mapping. Keep it simple saves me and others a lot of time.
 
Milton Shupe said:
That is my opinion as well Huub. I'll have to think how best to handle some nose variants without getting too cutsie or creating a mess of the texture mapping. Keep it simple saves me and others a lot of time.
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I love keeping things simple. Looking forward to the Havoc! There are a bunch of paints out there for the old Alpha Sim one. We've flown it on several occasions during our nightly online flights. It's a favorite of mine and a "Milton" A-20 will be so much better!
 
Milton Shupe said:
That is my opinion as well Huub. I'll have to think how best to handle some nose variants without getting too cutsie or creating a mess of the texture mapping. Keep it simple saves me and others a lot of time.
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Although I have no real experience in this, I think when you unwrap the texture for the solid nose version it should fit the glass nose version as well.
It requires different panel lines etc, but that shouldn't be a huge problem.

Huub
 
huub vink said:
Although I have no real experience in this, I think when you unwrap the texture for the solid nose version it should fit the glass nose version as well.
It requires different panel lines etc, but that shouldn't be a huge problem.

Huub
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For some models, that is true. The G and J/H noses had different shapes but I can probably swap noses at the bulkhead.

There were also different glass configs and gun mounts, so I'll just have to see when I get there. :)
 
good morning Milton,
youhouuu, I just came back from work - and now near to three weeks of holydays !
So I will have time to finish the Tigercat panel, and perhaps to make the panel for the Lodestar, also is in the tube a 2d panel for the A-26 Invader.
All Us planes - due to the amazing work you do.
Hmm "all american" do think about to do one day perhaps also a german plane? Dornier Do-17, or early Heinkel He 111, or never done as real FS2004 plane a Junkers Ju-86 ? I know that Hauke Keitel planned to do the Ju-86, but he seems to have left the scenery.
Wouldn`t it be a challenge ? There is still a Junkers Ju-86 existing - in Sweden. This plane also was staring in the Film about Ernst Udet " the devil's general".
Difficult to ignore that my origins are german, isn't it ?

Bis Bald

Michael "Papi" Vader
 
Papi, sounds like you are having all the fun we should have being creative with our time and sharing our contributions with friends. :) I hope you truly enjoy your holidays. :wavey:

I am still working to finish the Harpoon final fixes and get them uploaded to the various sites.

Also working on the Mallard, Lodestar and Ventura concurrently, and doing a little beta testing on the FSX native F7F-1.
And, I also have the F7F's FS9 version to get out as well but I await a paint kit from gman5250 so we (you all) can get some paint schemes going.
I have the packages ready, just need some serious paint work done.

It's great to be retired. :) :wiggle:
 
A-20 Havoc - Time to get Serious

Well, finally with the Harpoons, Lodestars, Ventura, the F7F series, and Commander 685 off my desk, I have only the Mallards left to launch (awaiting textures).

So, I am already bored and must get my data archive together on the A-20 Havoc, and get serious about modeling.

I have been studying my 3-views cross sections and it is frustrating how different they are among different authored prints.

We shall overcome this however.

I posted a link earlier in this thread to the initial thread on this project and there were some offers made that I would like to see come to fruition.

Give me a few days to get my head around this and maybe I will settle into some serious modeling after that.
 

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Milton,

Good call! I love the A-20 Havoc, she was one of the most underrated light bomber / attack aircraft of WWII. The Soviets loved her too, so did the Brits!
 
Looking forward to this one Milton. The RAAF used them in their PTO. 2 have been restored to museum static display and I believe one is also being restored to flying status.
 
Me two! the A-20 is very high on my favorite list of Aircraft. Thanks Milton. (hehe looking forward for the A-20 and to tear up the New Mexico sky!):redfire:
 
A great choice! I have this book, called "Wreaking Havoc, A Year in an A-20", by Joseph W. Rutter. He drove A-20s in the Pacific. The book has a lot of good stories on handling qualities of this plane. No numbers, but interesting stuff.
 
Thanks you John for the reference photos; as you know, one can never have too many.

Thanks everyone for your interest. I'll see what I can do to get this started.
 
Cool! A BD-1!!! (Navyese for the A-20)

The old AlphaSim one was a favorite in FS9, but very dated. Milton's spin on it is gonna be great!
 
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