Douglas A20 Havoc

[wellis]

Beautiful work Sir

Since there is still interior work to do, I will plan on releasing a package for painters once the exterior kits are completed if that's okay with you.

That works for me sir. I'll get in my "licks" with a few release liveries and let others have at it

and while that is going on I will work on the interior....

 

[Milton Shupe]

That works for me sir. I'll get in my "licks" with a few release liveries and let others have at it

Just to clarify, the painter's release will be the basic exterior model and include only the paint kit textures.
I would hold your liveries until the beta release.

Milton

 

[wellis]

Just to clarify, the painter's release will be the basic exterior model and include only the paint kit textures.
I would hold your liveries until the beta release.

Milton

roger that...

 

[Milton Shupe]

Wellis as you know has been super busy with excellent paint details in the kits on the 4 models. Here are some progress shots on a few liveries that will be available for the A-20 G model. Looking great Wellis

 

[vonernsk]

'cry havoc! And let loose the dogs of war'

Great paint for a great model.

Thank you Milton and Wellis, you bring these old war horses to life in the most realistic way.

Mal

 

[AussieMan]

Great paints mate.

 

[wellis]

Great paints mate.

Thank you sir!

 

[nigel richards]

Wellis as you know has been super busy with excellent paint details in the kits on the 4 models. Here are some progress shots on a few liveries that will be available for the A-20 G model. Looking great Wellis

Magnificent work, Milton and Wellis - loving it!

 

[Milton Shupe]

Magnificent work, Milton and Wellis - loving it!

Heyyyy Nigel Great to see ya my friend.

The magnificent work is what Wellis is doing, and he is doing it on 4 different models, as you know.

 

[Milton Shupe]

Wellis stopped by yesterday and I was able to grab a couple shots of his work. Verrrry nice

He's had his hands full with paint kits for 4 models so it's taking some extra efforts to propagate improvements throughout the series. But I think he is moving now to the P-70's PKs to finalize them. That's a good sign. Thanks Wellis for your heavy lifting on these PKs.

 

[Hurricane91]

Verrrry nice...

I'll say! Dapper Boston threads.

 

[tankerguy72]

Wellis as you know has been super busy with excellent paint details in the kits on the 4 models. Here are some progress shots on a few liveries that will be available for the A-20 G model. Looking great Wellis

Wow thats some amazing work!

 

[alain0568]

Hello,


Some news about the progress of the project?
Thank you!


Alain

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[Milton Shupe]

Hello,


Some news about the progress of the project?
Thank you!


Alain

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Hello Alain

The paint kits for the four models are now being finalized as of yesterday. We plan to upload a painter's release as soon as the paint kits and models can be packaged.

Thank you all for your patience and interest.

 

[Blackbird686]

Those two planes look menacing enough, I always liked the all black or dark grey scheme.

BB686

 

[alain0568]

Hello
- Thank you Milton for these details!
Very nice decoration!
And great plane !!
Good, so I patient !!!!!



Alain

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[nigel richards]

Hello Alain

The paint kits for the four models are now being finalized as of yesterday. We plan to upload a painter's release as soon as the paint kits and models can be packaged.

Thank you all for your patience and interest.

Ahhhh! The paints look sumptuous

 

[ferondoe]

Ahhhh! The paints look sumptuous

Merci Milton je suis impatient!
Thanks Milton I'm looking forward!

 

[Navtech]

Underwater !!!!

http://yle.fi/uutiset/3-9604845

 

[tailspin45]

Made my day!

Like others here, I can hardly wait! Heartfelt thanks to all who are part of this project.

My Dad flew A-20s with the 417th BG, the "Sky Lancers." He joined them in July of 1945, as part of "E" flight in the 672nd Squadron, the "Tomahawks." A red slash on the vertical stabilizer identified the squadron (yes, that's a hint repainters!).

There's a wonderful book about the group that is now available as a PDF at http://digicom.bpl.lib.me.us/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1078&context=ww_reg_his. The best parts (after the pictures, of course) are toward the back, some personal accounts.

The stories Dad told, I'm sure, led me to a life focused--sometimes directly, sometimes indirectly--on aviation. But it's a wonder I ever heard those stories given that he and his buddies were fearless 20-somethings with thousands of horsepower to play with in a "there ain't no tomorrow" world.

One of my favorite recollections concerns the "tower" at Nadzab, in New Guinea, that had a board with a bunch of stopwatches fastened to it. When a flight came into the break, balls to the wall*, at low-level (50 feet or less), the tower would time each aircraft from the time the wing dipped until the tires touched. Which meant that they would pitch up, pull so hard the aircraft would start to shutter on the edge of a high-speed stall, and rack it around in the shortest, tightest pattern possible. Note I said pitch up not out. The climb (and high G drag) helped slow them down to gear and then flap speed, but that meant that he often extended the wheels by putting them up, since the aircraft's belly was to the sky.

And then there's the story about playing tailchase and getting into a Luffbury Circle trying to get on the tail of the guy ahead. A common enough maneuver, except they did it right on the deck with their wing tips in the tropical sawgrass, about the height of sugarcane. He said after they bugged out and pulled up they could see where they went round and round, the grass flattened by the tip vortex.

I've been flying the MAAM B-25 with the Solomons terrain and the Weapons4 package so all twelve .50s fire and I can actually drop bombs. But soon, I hope, I'll have orders to an A-20 outfit in the Philippines.

Did I mention I can't wait?


*For those who may not know, the mixture, prop, and throttle levers in WW2 vintage aircraft all had phenolic balls on the top. When they were all pushed forward to the firewall you were balls to the wall.