P-36 Hawk, Model 75, Mohawk, P-37, P-40 Warhawk, Tomahawk, and Kittyhawk, & P-42

[NARSES2]

Looks good - who's roundel ?

[Mossie]

Inspired by Mossie's work, I came up with the following, and you can find other inspirational ideas at http://shipbucket.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=20&t=2148:

Thank you!

[nighthunter]

Looks good - who's roundel ?

I'm sorry, I have an AU nation on Shipbucket.com, it's called the Dracan Commonwealth, a ways off the coasts of Indonesia and Australia. It has a history similar to Australia, mostly settled by Irish, Scots and Welsh expatriots. Found by the Dutch.

[Gondor]

Looks good - who's roundel ?

I'm sorry, I have an AU nation on Shipbucket.com, it's called the Dracan Commonwealth, a ways off the coasts of Indonesia and Australia. It has a history similar to Australia, mostly settled by Irish, Scotch and Welsh expatriots. Found by the Dutch.

Please........ Scotch is a drink 

You mean Scots 

Gondor

[nighthunter]

Apologies Gondor, you are quite correct.

Could I post the Curtiss XP-46, and its AU Developement?

[NARSES2]

Looks good - who's roundel ?

I'm sorry, I have an AU nation on Shipbucket.com, it's called the Dracan Commonwealth, a ways off the coasts of Indonesia and Australia. It has a history similar to Australia, mostly settled by Irish, Scots and Welsh expatriots. Found by the Dutch.

No problem I thought it had a kind of "Pacific" feel to it 

Please........ Scotch is a drink 

You mean Scots 

Gondor

Interestingly "Scotch" is an old English word for someone from "the North". (something like that anyway) Goes back to to the days of the Pict's and the Scots Irish I think. That great historian - IMHO - AJP Taylor constantly used the word during his lectures on the BBC in the 50's and beyond, much to the annoyance of a large proportion of the audience but refused to change it. However as he was discussing the world wars he was probably using it out of context so just being the curmudgeonly old man he was ? Anyway how many old English words remain in "our" language ? A couple of hundred or so ?

[ysi_maniac]

[nighthunter]

Well as to not getting a Reply about the XP-46 and AU Production versions, I am going to post it, since it shares family with the P-40:

[PR19_Kit]

Well as to not getting a Reply about the XP-46 .......

This is WhiffWorld, there are (almost....) no rules about what you can post. 

[Caveman]

This is WhiffWorld, there are (almost....) no rules about what you can post. 

and you can stretch even that by calling it nose art!

[NARSES2]

I've got a resin kit of the XP-46, love what you've done with the P-46 A & B

[KJ_Lesnick]

joncarrfarrelly

The aircraft was purchased by P&W in September 1940, by November 10, 1942 it was reported that the R-1830 equipped aircraft was
regularly  outperforming the P-40F in mock combats and that " ... in both climb and high speed, is very much better ... ".

How much faster was it going?  I generally prefer radials to inlines because of the air-cooled capability but often for drag reduction the inlines came off better.

The aircraft had an ejector exhaust setup very similar to what was later used on the F8F.

You know the F8F design was based on a study of the FW-190?


GTX

More of the theme of the moment - the ultimate P-40?

Is that like a P-40 with a contra-rotating prop, a P-51 canopy, an amidships mounted engine and a long radiator in the nose? 

If so I'd shorten the radiator -- cool as it looks, the P-40's radiator was originally very long in tests but was shortened progressively to improve performance.  You could also go with a P-51 set-up whereby a small intake feeds the engine, and the radiator is located under the ventral mid-fuselage. 

[nighthunter]

So, someone on Shipbucket suggested, a while back that I do a navy version of the XP-46, with a radial, well this is the result:

[NARSES2]

They are nice 

[ysi_maniac]

Crossind late P-40 and early P-51