John1 Posted October 12, 2019 Share Posted October 12, 2019 (edited) 28 minutes ago, Out2gtcha said: I thought the glass nose had the different rear fuselage without the turret? I don't think so.. I'm reading about the glass nose version in the Osprey book, sounds like the noses were interchangeable. In late WW2, units deployed in Europe got a few conversion kits to replace the gun nose w/ glass. Pretty sure everything aft of the nose was uniform on the B&C. As far as turrets go, I think in WW2 they kept both but later on in Korea, they eliminated first the bottom turret and then the upper as well. Thought the upper was replaced with a housing for radio gear on some aircraft. Edited October 12, 2019 by John1 LSP_Paul 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Williams Posted October 12, 2019 Share Posted October 12, 2019 I believe the turrets were simply removed and openings were covered over. They didn’t redesign the rear fuselage. I think all of the noses were actually interchangeable. D.B. Andrus and LSP_K2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Posted October 12, 2019 Share Posted October 12, 2019 On 10/10/2019 at 10:29 PM, Kagemusha said: Does it come with the clear nose? It does, as well as actually all the other version parts, and Iain might confirm this as he started the ID kit, but also i might concur with him the obvious "waiting" period before going down on what could possibly be out of shape or wrong before we actually have the sprues in front of us...... The Invader is one of my most favorite twin engined aircraft next to the Mitchell, i'm really looking forward to it!!! Kagemusha 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finn Posted October 13, 2019 Share Posted October 13, 2019 (edited) A front view of one in Korea about to get some bombs: http://images.google.com/hosted/life/3f4a39637e19b455.html A glass nose: http://images.google.com/hosted/life/d623b1e0b5d57407.html Gun nose: http://images.google.com/hosted/life/81020ae7753591d8.html Jari Edited October 13, 2019 by Finn Out2gtcha 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted October 13, 2019 Share Posted October 13, 2019 14 hours ago, Out2gtcha said: I thought the glass nose had the different rear fuselage without the turret? I think I may have been thinking A-20 in my head not A-26 Alburymodeler, alanash1963 and Artful69 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John1 Posted October 13, 2019 Share Posted October 13, 2019 (edited) Nice shots Finn. I found the pronounced joint between the glass nose and the rest of the fuselage to be interesting. Almost looks like they sealed it with tape... Also, the first pic Finn posted showed a pretty evident taper of the nacelle. Now I'm not so sure about this issue.... Edited October 13, 2019 by John1 Learstang, alanash1963, Jan_G and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kagemusha Posted October 13, 2019 Share Posted October 13, 2019 There's some great photos of French A-26's here and here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finn Posted October 14, 2019 Share Posted October 14, 2019 A view under the inner wing plus showing other details like scoops on the bomb door also note the tail bits and weathering: Jari alanash1963, D.B. Andrus, LSP_K2 and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iain Posted October 14, 2019 Author Share Posted October 14, 2019 Ace photo Jari - really useful! Iain LSP_K2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Artful69 Posted October 14, 2019 Share Posted October 14, 2019 On 10/13/2019 at 1:36 PM, Out2gtcha said: I think I may have been thinking A-20 in my head not A-26 It's possible ... But the A-20G had the Martin turret on both the perspex and solid nosed variants ... The G also had a rear canopy (sans turret) on both perspex and solid nosed variants ... Some G's were issued with the perspex nose and converted to solid nose in the field ... At either rate ... the rear fuselage was widened to accomodate the Martin turret ...on those block numbers where it was installed. Rog Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D.B. Andrus Posted October 14, 2019 Share Posted October 14, 2019 14 hours ago, Finn said: A view under the inner wing plus showing other details like scoops on the bomb door also note the tail bits and weathering: Jari Looks like some exhaust staining on the L/E of the tailplane. Nice detail. Thanks for posting, Jari Cheers, D.B. Alain Gadbois and Martinnfb 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iain Posted October 14, 2019 Author Share Posted October 14, 2019 Oooh - yes please Jennings! Iain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_K2 Posted October 14, 2019 Share Posted October 14, 2019 49 minutes ago, Jennings Heilig said: I have over 2000 detail pics of B-26s. At some point I’ll upload them someplace We do have a walk around section on the site, specifically for that purpose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John1 Posted October 14, 2019 Share Posted October 14, 2019 (edited) 1 hour ago, Jennings Heilig said: I have over 2000 detail pics of B-26s. At some point I’ll upload them someplace Do you have any that show the cowl from a frontal perspective? I'd be curious to see how the real thing compares to the pics HB has posted so far. I've obliviously seen some online but most aren't the best quality. Edited October 14, 2019 by John1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Learstang Posted October 15, 2019 Share Posted October 15, 2019 On 10/13/2019 at 7:38 AM, John1 said: Nice shots Finn. I found the pronounced joint between the glass nose and the rest of the fuselage to be interesting. Almost looks like they sealed it with tape... Also, the first pic Finn posted showed a pretty evident taper of the nacelle. Now I'm not so sure about this issue.... Interesting. If I saw that join on somebody's model, I'd think they just didn't do a very good job of glueing it on or fairing it in. This photo is a good reminder that on real aircraft all the join lines weren't always perfect. Regards, Jason D.B. Andrus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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