Douglas A20 Havoc

[michaelvader]

good morning Milton,
youhouuu, I just came back from work - and now near to three weeks of holydays !
So I will have time to finish the Tigercat panel, and perhaps to make the panel for the Lodestar, also is in the tube a 2d panel for the A-26 Invader.
All Us planes - due to the amazing work you do.
Hmm "all american" do think about to do one day perhaps also a german plane? Dornier Do-17, or early Heinkel He 111, or never done as real FS2004 plane a Junkers Ju-86 ? I know that Hauke Keitel planned to do the Ju-86, but he seems to have left the scenery.
Wouldn`t it be a challenge ? There is still a Junkers Ju-86 existing - in Sweden. This plane also was staring in the Film about Ernst Udet " the devil's general".
Difficult to ignore that my origins are german, isn't it ?

Bis Bald

Michael "Papi" Vader

[Milton Shupe]

Papi, sounds like you are having all the fun we should have being creative with our time and sharing our contributions with friends. :-) I hope you truly enjoy your holidays.

I am still working to finish the Harpoon final fixes and get them uploaded to the various sites.

Also working on the Mallard, Lodestar and Ventura concurrently, and doing a little beta testing on the FSX native F7F-1.
And, I also have the F7F's FS9 version to get out as well but I await a paint kit from ******** so we (you all) can get some paint schemes going.
I have the packages ready, just need some serious paint work done.

It's great to be retired. :-)

[Bomber_12th]

Here is a video that was just posted from the first flight of the Rod Lewis A-20 Havoc, which took place about a month back. The only one flying in the world: https://vimeo.com/138349838

[Bill Kestell]

W-O-W

[stansdds]

Here is a video that was just posted from the first flight of the Rod Lewis A-20 Havoc, which took place about a month back. The only one flying in the world: https://vimeo.com/138349838

WOW! She flies! It's great to see an airworthy A-20 Havoc!

[Milton Shupe]

Well, finally with the Harpoons, Lodestars, Ventura, the F7F series, and Commander 685 off my desk, I have only the Mallards left to launch (awaiting textures).

So, I am already bored and must get my data archive together on the A-20 Havoc, and get serious about modeling.

I have been studying my 3-views cross sections and it is frustrating how different they are among different authored prints.

We shall overcome this however.

I posted a link earlier in this thread to the initial thread on this project and there were some offers made that I would like to see come to fruition.

Give me a few days to get my head around this and maybe I will settle into some serious modeling after that.

[Rami]

Milton,

Good call! I love the A-20 Havoc, she was one of the most underrated light bomber / attack aircraft of WWII. The Soviets loved her too, so did the Brits!

[AussieMan]

Looking forward to this one Milton. The RAAF used them in their PTO. 2 have been restored to museum static display and I believe one is also being restored to flying status.

[Bomber_12th]

Here are some more photos to add for reference, if needed (these all from Rod Lewis' airworthy A-20G):

[Bomber_12th]

[Bomber_12th]

[Taco]

Me two! the A-20 is very high on my favorite list of Aircraft. Thanks Milton. (hehe looking forward for the A-20 and to tear up the New Mexico sky!)

[PRB]

A great choice! I have this book, called "Wreaking Havoc, A Year in an A-20", by Joseph W. Rutter. He drove A-20s in the Pacific. The book has a lot of good stories on handling qualities of this plane. No numbers, but interesting stuff.

[Milton Shupe]

Thanks you John for the reference photos; as you know, one can never have too many.

Thanks everyone for your interest. I'll see what I can do to get this started.

[Willy]

Cool! A BD-1!!! (Navyese for the A-20)

The old AlphaSim one was a favorite in FS9, but very dated. Milton's spin on it is gonna be great!

[Milton Shupe]

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.

[huub vink]

[Milton Shupe]

LOL Huub; that's how I felt when I finally got my desk cleaned off to do this one. :-)

[tankerguy72]

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.

Great work Milton! Always easy to welcome another radial into the hangar!

[dvj]

Great work Milton! Always easy to welcome another radial into the hangar!

A photo from my father's WWII collection, shot in N. Africa, possibly 1942 or 1943. I'll see if I can find more.

[Willy]

A photo from my father's WWII collection, shot in N. Africa, possibly 1942 or 1943. I'll see if I can find more.

Please do! I hope this paint scheme will be done by somebody.

[Milton Shupe]

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?

[jankees]

excellent news, but please, make one for FSX too?

[SSI01]

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]

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/133697...57651919651333