Douglas A20 Havoc

It has begun; the slow, methodical, pains-taking effort of minutia. LOL

This is where one has to be patient, particular, artistic, and critical. Everything else depends on doing this right.

So they say ... :)

This will take a few days, pushing and shoving, comparing and adjusting, drinking coffee and eye-balling it.
 

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Hurray!

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Milton Shupe said:
It has begun; the slow, methodical, pains-taking effort of minutia. LOL

This is where one has to be patient, particular, artistic, and critical. Everything else depends on doing this right.

So they say ... :)

This will take a few days, pushing and shoving, comparing and adjusting, drinking coffee and eye-balling it.
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Great work Milton! Always easy to welcome another radial into the hangar!
 
Back in the old days, everybody had to get out of their seats, get in the car, drive to the local airport to see a new release.

Today, we just hang out in our houses around forums awaiting a new release. :)

EDIT: Wait! Isn't that Willy 2nd from the right?
 

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Robert S. Johnson, of P-47 Thunderbolt fame, was convinced through student scuttlebutt because of his height he was ineligible to fly fighters and, while in his pilot classes, rather resignedly asked for A-20s instead as, to him, it was the closest thing the AAF had to a fighter - even though it really wasn't a fighter. Someone in the Army Personnel branch, for some odd reason, thought otherwise.
 
 
 
Bomber_12th said:
In-case it hasn't been found/seen yet, here is a collection of over 300 A-20 photos (including some great cockpit shots): https://www.flickr.com/photos/133697406@N05/albums/72157651919651333
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Thank you Sir; I had not seen that particular set, although some of the pics are around the net.

Willy said:
On top, just behind the canopy. :costumed-smiley-034
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Should have known that you were on top of things. :)

jankees said:
excellent news, but please, make one for FSX too?
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I can't but it will be available to do should LDR or someone else choose to do so.
 
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One day closer to finishing :)

Spent half of the day working on the front half of the fuselage and the other half with the vertical tail, rudder, and trimtab.

Looks about as ratty as the real thing. :)
 

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"Turbinlite" with modifications and improvements eventually became the "Leigh Light" used by Coastal Command Liberators, Fortresses and Halifaxes later in the war. That light was what took away the cover of darkness from U-boats charging their batteries on the surface at that time. So, indirectly, Turbinlite did contribute to the enemy's defeat. A more refined version wound up on P2Vs and other USN ASW aircraft post-war.
 
Milton Shupe said:
One day closer to finishing :)
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Funny enough only after one day you can clearly see what it will become!

When I hear Milton was going to do a A20/Boston I also reinstalled the old Alphasim version. I must confess I uninstalled it immediately again. Amazing to see how spoiled we have become! :dizzy:

Cheers,
Huub
 
huub vink said:
Funny enough only after one day you can clearly see what it will become!

When I hear Milton was going to do a A20/Boston I also reinstalled the old Alphasim version. I must confess I uninstalled it immediately again. Amazing to see how spoiled we have become! :dizzy:

Cheers,
Huub
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Huub,

I have it as well, and think that for a low poly version, for its time, the exterior model actually looks pretty good. But I agree, things have come a long way since computers today can handle much better details and large textures.

I am taking my time on this one trying to notch up the exterior a bit in hopes that someone will convert it to FSX native and give it proper treatment there.
I'll be a few more days on the fuselage trying to accommodate the variants by ensuring my cross-sections are best placed for the inevitable model changes.
I am trying to decide if the best approach would be to do the A-20A/B "turretless" style instead of the G first. It seems more logical to start at the beginning.
But populating the nose interior is best left until later.

For now, time to model the cockpit window frames, an arduous task always.
 

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