1:32 A-20J/K Havoc LooK

Eduard LööK 1:32: an instrument panel for the A-20J/K Havoc

A set from the range Eduard devotes exclusively to instrument panels. It is not a model of an aircraft but an accessory intended to be swapped for the panel from the original mold. The designation of the range points to a single purpose: to get a panel with convincing definition of the instruments into the cockpit in 1:32 scale, without the modeler having to paint every dial separately.

The real subject

The A-20 Havoc was a twin-engine attack and light bomber aircraft of American design, used during the Second World War in most theaters and supplied to the Allies in large numbers. The J and K versions differed from the earlier attack machines in the glazed forward part of the fuselage for a navigator and a bombardier; British service knew them under the name Boston. It is precisely to this form of the aircraft that the set relates.

What is worth knowing before the build

Try the panel dry before you close up a half of the fuselage, as in this scale there tends to be little room around the bulkheads and any narrowing is easier to deal with in advance. Remove the original molded panel carefully so that the mating surfaces stay intact. Cyanoacrylate applied with the tip of a piece of wire can be recommended, because ordinary cement for plastic will not help reliably here. Fit the glazed parts of the canopy right at the very end.

Who the accessory is for

• Builders of large models where the cockpit is clearly visible
• Modelers who do not want to paint tiny instruments by hand
• Anyone interested in the late glazed versions of this attack aircraft
• Those who build with the canopy open