The Librarian
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Post by The Librarian on Dec 22, 2009 14:03:38 GMT
I,m currently working on the 1/48 A-26B and thoroughly enjoying every minute of research and construction. I'm going to have a go at the A-26C next once I get a kit. I noticed that the C kit has no provision for a ventral turret and the forward fuselage has the extension molded on for the perspex nose. Q. does anyone know if this forward section could be delicately cut away and mated with an A-26B fuselage...I have a spare kit of the B. This would allow me to produce an early C from WWII. Anyone interested in the Invader should check out vectaris.net/id249.html Superb reference site convering just about everything Invader. Happy Xmas and Prosperous New Year to all with thanks for all the help. Max |
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Post by COLIN SHIPTON-KNIGHT on Dec 22, 2009 20:04:50 GMT
Max,
I strangely went the other way...
I had the Revell B26 B kit and converted it to an RB 26C, an even more interesting subject to research..
From my research, I have found that a B26C could be converted to a B26B in under an hour! So I can but conclude that the airframe around the nose area was basically the same. Whether the kits shape is so, is another thing....
The B26B nose I had could quite happily be chopped back, and accepted a B26C glazed part that I was sent. So hopefully you can go the other way, if I understand your question correctly..?
Feel free to contact me if I can be of use, have lots of A/B26 info and some spare decals. Also have the turrets left over as the RB 26C does not have them fitted.
decalbank@googlemail.com
Colin
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The Librarian
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Post by The Librarian on Jan 30, 2010 21:52:52 GMT
Right...I've hacked off the nose of a recently purchased A-26C and the answer is that yes, it can be done. Converting the B is also quite simple but requires some rescribing of panel lines on a model with raised panel lines. It all depends on which aircraft you're building. Check serial numbers against the lists in the Crowood Thompson book. Some had the ventral turret and later machines built specifically for the 5th AF had the ventral turret removed, replaced with an extra fuel tank. This is not obvious in most/many photos as camera angle, nacelles and bay doors block the view. I believe also that some a/c with the ventral turret had this removed at a later date (as with the top turret on many aircraft). Early A-26Bs serving with the French in Algeria, with the early canopy and six gun nose, are missing their ventral turrets.
Hope this helps.
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