marauder

Hi all, I purchased a Snap-Tite Monogram B-26B-2 kit earlier in the year and decided to give it some upgrades and convert it into a USAAF B-26-MA or possibly an RAF Marauder Mk. I (haven't committed to a livery yet or bought the paints). I've purchased the Eduard metal landing gear set, and...

UPDATE: This thread has been discontinued and is full of incorrect information. For more current (and more accurate) information, see the thread B-26 Engineering Data/Technical Information (From Martin's Own Blueprints). Hi all, One of the multiple projects I've been trying to work on recently...

Our local modelling club, the ACT Scale Modellers' Society, has its annual exhibition in November and one theme is the 75th anniversary of 1942. I'm contributing a number of 1/72 models of aircraft of the Battle of Midway but have problems finding some information on the very early B-26s and...

The National Air and Space Museum is embarking on the preservation of one of its signature artifacts, the Martin B-26B-25-MA Marauder Flak-Bait. The Project Team is reaching out to individuals and groups who may have personal stories, photographs, records, and artifacts that would further...

The National Air and Space Museum is embarking on the preservation of one of its signature artifacts, the Martin B-26B-25-MA Marauder Flak-Bait. The Project Team is reaching out to individuals and groups that may have personal stories, photographs, records, and artifacts that would further...

The guys were inventfully, humourfully smart in naming their aircraft, who wouldnt want to fly in a ship called "Mister Period Twice" (coded SS-T B-26B-4 Marauder sn 41-17995 451st BS, 322nd BG, 9th AF Originally named "Tondelayo".)

I understand that the F4U and B-26 Marauder construction involved a lot of spot-welding in place of rivets. Was it any more difficult repair battle damage (replace aluminum sheeting, etc.) on spot-welded areas than rivets? At least with rivets, if you have to drill out the rivets you can see...