Some really great progress, my friend @uscusn!

Chuck and David @dbutlr

Here are the R2D B-26K control columns and the 3D printed tip tanks. Got a seam where the tank halves join to fix. Also did a black wash on the unpainted parts to highlight all the details.

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Thanks Dave O., though using the B-26K at Pima, which I have always used as my go to reference guide has the main wheel and nose bays and doors in Interior Green. This is an original On Mark build Counter Invader. The bomb bay is black as well as the inside of the doors.

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David B, I started working on her about a year and 1/2 ago around Feb 2022. I have several builds going as well as participating in several group builds, only work on projects on the weekends. Besides complicated builds, jets, muli engine aircraft in the is scale takes for me a long time. Single engine fighters, I can get those done rather quickly (Hase, Tamiya for example. Yes your correct it is not a slam dunk build. The interior is no issue the cockpit is well detailed just from what is provided, just add to enhance it. Once you get the fuselage together then the challenges come about, the upper panel needs work, as well as the rear lower insert to blend it in, the wings go tother fine as well as the separate flying surfaces, the challenge is with the nacelles, one is ok the other side needs again seam work, I find the Monogram B-26 kits to be the same in assembling. Credit to ICM for correcting some issues from their earlier kits and fixing some of them on the "K". Like the observer window on the rear fuselage, The wing panels are more accurate compared to random panel lines on the regular wings, if you look you may notice that as they are in the kit.

The engines are nice, the first time around it was a learning experience, this time around easy to deal with. Love the plate provided to assemble the exhaust system. Nice touch. The plastic is a bit soft. The landing gear so far is sturdy on the B-26C I completed earlier in the year.

But it does seem a bit unstable when you joustle it a bit. Unlike the Monogram B-26 that feels solid. With the weigh it is heavy. Let see how long its shelf life will be like over the years. I may just get a Scale Master metal landing gear set for it.

Like you sometimes we may expect too much in these new mould kits will fit better, but no, most have you wonder when some parts just don't want to fit. The Modelsvit Twin Mustang is another that you have to take your time around the wing in order to get the twin fuselages to fit correctly read the reviews. Just happy that we have this series of A/B-26 series that ICM has produced along with their Ju-88 series and the upcoming B-26B Marauder and Japanese Sally looking forward to those, despite the imperfections they most likey will have, nothing is perfect.

Thanks John, always appreciate the encouragement

Too long since working on the "K". I have everything now to finish,wheels, props.

David, I now realized that the canopy is crystal clear and you can very well see the columns through the glass quite clearly so it would have been a great upgrade to pursue. I also went with interior green in the wheel bays as well. I used the kit tanks. Though I could have used the Paragon resin tanks which I saved when someone mishandled my original B-26K build and dropped it. I salvaged all the resin bits for future use. That was this time. Oh well.

Coming together nicely, my friend @uscusn!