Curtiss 'AC-46 Commando Gunship profile request

[MAD]

Any chance of someone doing a 'What If' profile of Curtiss C-46 Commando as a AC-46Gunship in SEAC camouflage and RAAF markings?  

M.A.D  

[sideshowbob9]

Do you mean SEAC the RAF WW2 command or the SEA colour scheme i.e. Vietnam camo? I've done a Vietnam-era AC-46K (re-engined with R-3350s) on this page (scroll down a bit):

http://www.whatifmodelers.com/index.php/topic,31948.240.html

[MAD]

Oh somehow I missed this my friend 

Very nice!!

Could I request a profile of this (same camouflage) - but in RAAF markings 

M.A.D

[sideshowbob9]

[sequoiaranger]

Here's a picture I took of a C-46 as a "gate guard" for the Glenn Curtiss museum in Hammondsport, N.Y.:


I don't recall Commandos with "stepped" windshields as in the profile---is that a "modern" development?

[PR19_Kit]

I don't recall Commandos with stepped windshields---is that a "modern" development?

The other way round AFAIK. There were some, or maybe only one, of the early ones built like that.

[sideshowbob9]

The XC-46B, 17 C-46Es and 1 C-46G featured the stepped windshield. It's a guess as to whether the AC-46K would have followed suit, but not an unreasonable one.

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-SH3qTI0zJ48/TabTksyGCfI/AAAAAAAAP5o/0Prdumv4v7g/s1600/Curtiss+C-46E+in+flight+towing+Waco+CG-15A+glider+2.jpg

[jcf]

There was the planned, but canceled, XC-46K (CW-20-E-2) with R-3350-BD series engines.

Three R-3350-BD powered aircraft were delivered in 1945 as XC-46L (CW-20H).

[sideshowbob9]

^ Yup. The profile above uses a R-3350 cowling from a Curtiss XP-62, keeping it in the family as it were. Again, speculative, yes but not an unreasonable assumption to make.