Tail looks great, my friend @eb801!

Looking good, Eric. The masks appear very precise - essential for that kind of greenhouse. My personal choice for the raft would be milliput - very forgiving stuff and not too toxic. I think it melts plastic, though, so I wouldn't leave it to dry in place. Anyway, I am sure you have your own method and material, , but just my 2 cents worth. I am enjoying this build.

Very nice work done, Eric @eb801
The nicely fitting nose will allow a clear view of the interior.

@tcinla- Thanks Tom, but I cheated and used an Eduard mask set. I took my time and several toothpicks later to get them exactly into position.

Meanwhile: a Temporary Road Block Ahead

I intend to turn this A-20 into a RAF Boston III (A-20C) that had the exhaust exiting out the outside nacelle. Some of these C variants still had the tropical cowl side vents. It seems that many Havocs varied from plane to plane due to modifications made out in the field.

Rather then destroying the kit nacelle piece by digging out an exhaust opening and redoing the cowl flaps and exhaust exit bulges, I discovered that Red Roo Models in Australia made a resin replacement kit with tropical cowls back in 2002 and still had some in stock so I ordered one. I guess it wasn't all that popular as it seems they never made any more and I managed to purchase one of their last remaining sets.

However when I got around to using it, the nacelle set was totally out of whack and doesn't line up to the kit parts. "Honey I shrunk the nacelle" appears to what happened.

I contacted Gary at Red Roo Models and he agreed that something happened to the molds. He located a remaining pair that was cast properly and it's on it's way at no charge to me.

However, how long it will take to get here is anyone's guess. A tip of the ol' hat to Red Roo for taking care of this.

I'm holding off on the working on the wing, nacelles and cowls until these replacements arrive.

Spiros @fiveten: After a little more research I realized the wider vent extensions mounted on top and at the front of the cowls were the new improved standardized intake vents used in tropical conditions. Those are included in the kit and would also be correct to use. So many ways to go here. Some had them and others didn't. That's what's making this build interesting to me. But as TC always maintains, "Who's going to notice?". Me, that's who.

Back to the Front Office
I just got the word from Red Roo that they sent out the replacement nacelle set two days ago. It's time to button up the cockpit. I made a facsimile of the pull up armor plate located directly the pilot's head with sheet styrene, wire and painted masking tape. Not exactly accurate looking and a lousy photo to boot, but I just wanted to busy up the area behind the pilot's seat. One won't be able to see much anyway after all all the window glazing is put in place.

and then I noticed this:
After a lot of looking at reference photos I just noticed an accuracy error that AMT and most modelers have missed. There's a pronounced molded fin root fillet at the bottom of the leading edge of the vertical stabilizer or tail where it meets the fuselage.

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Here's one more photo of an early Havoc that shows very clearly the area I'm referring. No triangular wedge shaped fairing/fillet here, unlike AMT's fuselage molding. Spiros@fiveten