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!

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