This has been sitting in the basement for some years so I will build this A-20C as a Boston in British desert colors and may consider modeling it as an early A-20 with single exhaust on outside of each nacelle. I ordered up the Vector resin fabric control surfaces and C navigator's cockpit for the nose. Thanks to @tcinla for that recommendation. And then there are the awful kit tires, but I will deal with that once I get this guy started. This group build will be a lot of fun.

@eb801 I can confirm, I did the same with my A-20G and it was more than presentable. Looking forward to seeing another A-20 come out of the wood work.

This is an amazing entry, my friend @eb801!
Looking forward to this super build!
Yes, sanding down those diamond patterns is a good idea!

@coling - It's going to be awhile before I get around to focusing my attention on this A-20 as I have two other WIPs I need to finish. Meanwhile I will gather all the needed materials. I just ordered a David Doyle A-20 reference book so that should help me determine which way to go here dialing in those exhausts.

I did take the advice of @tcinla and @fiveten and jumped onto the wheels, gluing them together and sanding down those awful plated armadillo looking treads. I discovered one has to be real careful not to get carried away and lose the center tread pattern altogether. They have that sorta diamond look now. More like a scaly lizard instead of the aforementioned armadillo. I'm still not happy with them but they'll do the job. I'll post photos later.

@fiveten, @johnb, and @pb_legend - I'm not going show off these scaly treads just yet because I just found the correct treads for the A-20C made by Armory Models. It's going to be three weeks or so before I get these new resin wheels but when I do I will post both sets. The diamond pattern on the Armory treads look perfect , unlike what the kit treads look like after they are sanded. You'll see.

Those wheels look fantastic, my friend @eb801!

The Build Commences!

After a month of no modeling, I dove right in on this project. I'm going to replicate an early RAF Douglas DB-7B with the short lived tropical cowlings in North African desert scheme.

Here's all the parts and goodies I will use:

1:48 AMT/ERTL A-20 B/C Havoc, 1994 release
Red Roo Models Boston Tropical Cowls & Exhaust Stacks resin set
Vector A-20 fabric control surfaces resin
Vector A-20C Navigator’s Cockpit resin
Armory A-20C Boston wheels resin
Xtradecal RAF Roundels Type A1
Xtradecal RAF Red Bomber Codes
Airscale Instrument dial decals
Three Guys Replicas A-20 Decal odds n ends
Eduard Mask
Eduard PE seatbelts

Cockpit Parts Painted!

Navigator's Cockpit
This Vector set fits perfectly. More details to be added.

Engines Painted!
These could be more detailed but you won't see much once they are installed so I painted the kit parts just as they are.

Intrument Panel Detailed!
Used Airscale Instrument dial decals. Each and every dial. I think AMT's molding is very good here.

Amazing job so far, my friend @eb801! And what a collection of extras!
Looking forward to this already superb build!