Pacific A-20G

[mclaring]

Gentlemen,

Thought some of you might like something more rare - a Pacific A-20G,

mclaring

[gamary]

Very nice! I'd recommend you reinforce shape definition, as the engine looks as if it's "drowned" in the fuselage. It needs to stand out a bit more.

[mclaring]

merci gaetan,

thanks for your valid critique. hmmm, its hard to bring out the engine without overdoing it, however this appears a little better. mclaring

[Vacajun]

Great work! Wonder if you could take some of that curvature out of the leading edge of the horizontal tail, since it is a straight segment from root to tip? Thanks for sharing!

[mclaring]

thank you gentlemen, and yes, the tailplane has a straight run-in. Here is another A-20G from a different unit. This time I have added the ferry fuel tank and open cockpit. note the mud on rear fuselage - common around Nadzab in April 44 when the rains set in. I know 5th AF markings well but nothing else !

[gamary]

The engine does come out better indeed. It's true it's not easy, as you don't want to change the colours too much. The simplest thing IMO is to make the engine a tad darker and the fuselage lighter (or the opposite) around the engine, and maybe also to alterate the engine colour a tiny bit as well. This way, you can get the effect by making three minor mods instead of one major one.

That's just one possibility of course and there are other ways of doing it0

[mclaring]

Forgot to mention that the thin white stripes on the tail of 'Sweet Lil Kitten' are duct tape. Groundcrew placed the tape here to keep water out of the canon plugs in the root tail fairing. They did the same on the top surface of the wings - where the outer panels met the main centre section. Canon plugs here too . . .

[Vacajun]

Beautiful, beautiful work!! Hope you have more in the pipeline.

I'd like to share this picture of an A-20A mounted in a large NACA wind tunnel for drag studies and engine cooling tests in 1941, since it shows the fire extinguisher marking that another poster asked about, as well as the straight leading edge of the horizontal tail.

Please keep 'em coming!!

Joe