DONE: A-20G Havoc, RAAF No.22 Squadron, Kamiri 1944 Group Build
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Cheers fellas! 
Sorry I haven't been around for a while. I rang that company in the UK, no joy. BUT, I was in the LHS yesterday and was talking to one of the lads working there, he had an Italeri 1/48 Havoc in a large cardboard box that was going to another branch, he opened it up and whipped out the clear sprue and gave it to me. He said he'd return the kit to the distributer saying it was missing, result! Well after that I couldn't leave without buying anything, so I got an Italeri 1/48 B-25, so I've another bomber in the stash! 8)
Sorry I haven't been around for a while. I rang that company in the UK, no joy. BUT, I was in the LHS yesterday and was talking to one of the lads working there, he had an Italeri 1/48 Havoc in a large cardboard box that was going to another branch, he opened it up and whipped out the clear sprue and gave it to me. He said he'd return the kit to the distributer saying it was missing, result! Well after that I couldn't leave without buying anything, so I got an Italeri 1/48 B-25, so I've another bomber in the stash! 8)
Wildcat
Major
Excellent news Keith!! Looking forward to seeing it finished 
ozhawk40
Master Sergeant
Great score Muller! Now move along and finish that bonza Boston. And don't let that B-25 distract you, it's only the Bostons ugly second cousin. 
lesofprimus
Brigadier General
UGLY???? How dare u........
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lesofprimus
Brigadier General
Again with the ugly word....
U guys should be ashamed of urselfs for putting down such a beautiful aircraft who did absoultely nothing to u but attempt to secure peace amongst the wonderful nations of the globe in a time of severe unrest....
Shame shame shame on the both of u.....
U guys should be ashamed of urselfs for putting down such a beautiful aircraft who did absoultely nothing to u but attempt to secure peace amongst the wonderful nations of the globe in a time of severe unrest....
Shame shame shame on the both of u.....
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ozhawk40
Master Sergeant
Look here.
I did say they were an ugly second cousin to the Boston, but I'm not the only one that thinks so. Here look at this picture. Even the Fifth Bomb Group thought so. See they have tried to disguise it's ugliness by taking off that drab camo and brightening it up a bit with a nice civvy scheme.
Did it work? No. Ugly.8)
Of course they could be making it as innocuous as possible to slip past those nasty zeros.
(No offence intended - they were and are great planes, and I've got one lined up for the Bomber Build - a B-25 that is)
I did say they were an ugly second cousin to the Boston, but I'm not the only one that thinks so. Here look at this picture. Even the Fifth Bomb Group thought so. See they have tried to disguise it's ugliness by taking off that drab camo and brightening it up a bit with a nice civvy scheme.
Did it work? No. Ugly.
8)Of course they could be making it as innocuous as possible to slip past those nasty zeros.
(No offence intended - they were and are great planes, and I've got one lined up for the Bomber Build - a B-25 that is)
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Cool pic Peter! You've given me an idea. I could build the B-25 with 1940's Aer Lingus livery!
Had a bit of an issue with the new canopy piece, it's slightly warped. I tried putting it boiling water to straighten it, didn't work. So I masked it anyway and painted the interior green inside. I stuck it on in one place with CA. Here's how it looks.
No too bad, right?
WRONG!
I left it for a while and then glued the rest down and taped it. I'm waiting for that to dry then will fill in at the fuselage with Terry's patented Klear Talc Filler© .
You can see at the rear of the liferaft, the cockpit section has dropped and there's a gap. I've filled that in with CA, will touch up with interior green and see how it looks.
She's nearly finished.
Had a bit of an issue with the new canopy piece, it's slightly warped. I tried putting it boiling water to straighten it, didn't work. So I masked it anyway and painted the interior green inside. I stuck it on in one place with CA. Here's how it looks.
No too bad, right?
WRONG!
I left it for a while and then glued the rest down and taped it. I'm waiting for that to dry then will fill in at the fuselage with Terry's patented Klear Talc Filler© .
You can see at the rear of the liferaft, the cockpit section has dropped and there's a gap. I've filled that in with CA, will touch up with interior green and see how it looks.
She's nearly finished.
Catch22
Major
Naw, that's not too bad. As long as it doesn't try and lift up in the future, you're in good shape!
looks awsome Keith, i'm sure you'll get the canopy sorted
Hope you do get it to sit right Keith....loks ok so far!
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I cant disagree, the B-25 had some way cool art work not only on the nose but some units did the tail up as well.
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Wildcat
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Awesome Keith, just awesome mate.
