Greetings everyone! This is the first episode in a new series I will be doing over the next few months chronicling a commission project to build an accurate 1/48 scale replica of the actual “High Maintenance” A-26 Invader being restored down in Provo Utah.
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Good content.
Beautiful plane
Some guys get all the luck. Can't wait to see the series
What a great project……..two great projects!
Amazing project to be involved with. Looking forward to seeing the progress of the build 😁👏🏻👍🏻
Quinta? In a Ukrainian kit. No.
This will be awesome and hopefully learn a thing or two as well. Brett are you going to be doing other projects besides this one?
making both these kits is going to be "high maintenance". Beautiful plane and a project well worth the effort though!
Wow, this is going to be some series, what an amazing opportunity. Can't wait to see how this turns out, both the 1/48 and the 1/1!!!
Nice one, looking forward to following the process.
Looks like a lot of scratch building. In case I missed it. Are you going to post videos during you build or are you going to wait to post a full build? Keep up the good work.
This is the best kinda face reveal video, what an opportunity too!
Looking forward to your build. There used to be one sitting at T F Green airport in Rhode Island. It was painted tan and white. From what I was told the person who owned flew it from where he purchased it and when he went to land the high speed of the approach scared him and it sat on the ground from that day. It disappeared from there about 20+ years ago. BTW, this is one of my favorite aircraft especially in the 6 and 8 gun nose variants.
Hi Brett. Its good to see another Warbird being reborn to fly again. I know how difficult it is to build a prototypical model. The bigger the scale the more you have to do. I know that you will do the High Maintenance guys proud. Good luck.
Congratulations on a great commission. I'm looking forward to your build.
Amazing ❤
What a modelers dream to see the details. Be sure to get a close up of the panels and rivets, model manufacturers can't reproduce those,even ICM, but there are techniques we can use . Didn't know about Enid, was at Vance many years ago ( big mountain ranges 🙂 ). I wonder if Bob knows " The Spirit of Big Spring", owner is gone now but he sold her. I suspect it may still be out there somewhere. ICM is a great company but they've been slipping a little bit on their research, ( their Vietnam Era kit has a few mistakes) and gotten a little pricey
That would be amazing in 32nd. Just saying. Lol good luck to you. Can't wait to.see what you do.
Nice to see this. One of the benefits of living in Arizona is being near the CAF facility at Falcon Field. Love WW 2 aircraft and a few from others as well. Looks like a challenge Brett but from my perspective placed well in capable hands.
I don’t think Bob ever gave his full name & the name of the organization of the A-26. I can’t think of a better modeler to build a 1/48 model for these fine people.
I wish for a decal set!😊
Hey what came of the viewer's build video!
WHOAH! I never knew there was a museum in Provo! My grandparents used to live in Riverton, and when I would go visit them from California, my grandfather and I would go to Hill air museum and even Wendover. What a small world!!😂😂😂. I’ll definitely be keeping an eye on this endeavor! Good luck!
Beautiful project my friend! Looking forward to see this build, hope with more real images 😎😁
Well they are both going to be intriguing builds to follow along with. I do foresee some serious "Brett-ing" on this one, problem is you've got to wait for Bob (et al) to actually create the reality before you can model it.
Thanks for sharing this with us, we're going to enjoy coming along for the ride.
Regards….