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[DogfighterZen]

Sorry, guys... I can't be an hypocrite and say i like them all just because they're Portuguese... That won't change my preferences but still, i do like the Corsair and the Mitchell, the ones with less colors... 
Re the backstory, i also have a very different view on how Portugal could've entered the war. Salazar was trying at all cost to keep neutrality and also to keep Spain from joining the Axis... Even when Australian and Dutch troops occupied Portuguese Timor, Salazar protested and sent 800 men and equipment to defend the territory but it was overrun by the Japanese before they even got there... no war declaration was made then and it surely wouldn't happen because of 3 deaths and a ship... But that's just my opinion, of course. 



Edit: Portugal was helping the Allies since 1942, with Gladiotors based in the Azores, which flew cover for allied convoys, and also reconnaissance and meteorological flights... And also, in June 1941, the Ganda was sunk by a U-boat, then in October it was the Corte Real, then in December it was the Cassequel... so, if Salazar wanted to declare war on Germany, he already had enough reasons to do so but he kept neutral and selling Wolfram to both Nazis and Allies until the latter threatened him with sanctions just before the Normandy invasion.

[Sport21ing]

Sorry, guys... I can't be an hypocrite and say i like them all just because they're Portuguese... That won't change my preferences but still, i do like the Corsair and the Mitchell, the ones with less colors... 
Re the backstory, i also have a very different view on how Portugal could've entered the war. Salazar was trying at all cost to keep neutrality and also to keep Spain from joining the Axis... Even when Australian and Dutch troops occupied Portuguese Timor, Salazar protested and sent 800 men and equipment to defend the territory but it was overrun by the Japanese before they even got there... no war declaration was made then and it surely wouldn't happen because of 3 deaths and a ship... But that's just my opinion, of course. 

(Vou responder em inglês só pro resto do pessoal perceber, ok)

In a way, your right, but since the start of the war (OTL), we have lost 11 vessels and around 50 peoples, in an way, accidental. But in this case, they beat up inocent civilians that were escaping the war + there was pression by the allies to end the export of volframium to Germany (in which we did, but to EVERYONE on 5 of June, 1944)

[DogfighterZen]

  Convém, é um site internacional. Yup, but i believe that he wouldn't risk losing Franco's trust by officially joining, too much to lose because of another minor loss. Still, it is an interesting idea and i think you did a good job both on the profiles and the story, i just see it differently.

Abraço do Algarve!

[Rick Lowe]

Sorry, guys... I can't be an hypocrite and say i like them all just because they're Portuguese... That won't change my preferences but still, i do like the Corsair and the Mitchell, the ones with less colors... 
Re the backstory, i also have a very different view on how Portugal could've entered the war. Salazar was trying at all cost to keep neutrality and also to keep Spain from joining the Axis... Even when Australian and Dutch troops occupied Portuguese Timor, Salazar protested and sent 800 men and equipment to defend the territory but it was overrun by the Japanese before they even got there... no war declaration was made then and it surely wouldn't happen because of 3 deaths and a ship... But that's just my opinion, of course. 

Fair enough. 

[DogfighterZen]

Sorry, guys... I can't be an hypocrite and say i like them all just because they're Portuguese... That won't change my preferences but still, i do like the Corsair and the Mitchell, the ones with less colors... 
Re the backstory, i also have a very different view on how Portugal could've entered the war. Salazar was trying at all cost to keep neutrality and also to keep Spain from joining the Axis... Even when Australian and Dutch troops occupied Portuguese Timor, Salazar protested and sent 800 men and equipment to defend the territory but it was overrun by the Japanese before they even got there... no war declaration was made then and it surely wouldn't happen because of 3 deaths and a ship... But that's just my opinion, of course. 

Fair enough. 

We are in whifland so Sport21ing's story is as valid as anything i might say, we can all have different views on the same subject, that's why i love the freedom of whiffing.
Looking back at the profiles, i do like all of them, just not my cup of tea. They'd probably look very good built up but... i am a known monochromatic skinny little b****rd...
That said, i've built a P-51D a couple of years ago, that had a somewhat similar scheme to the one on the Spitfire. I got the idea from Portuguese F-86F's scheme.

[perttime]

I believe there's people who might find this interesting:


https://jimbowyrick1.deviantart.com/art/Veeblefitzer-Ve-387-F-Stagger-Jeager-723630809?src=MC_deviation_stack

Or other creations by Jimbowyrick1 :
https://jimbowyrick1.deviantart.com/gallery/

[Tophe]

VERY interesting!!! Thanks a lot!

[scooter]

Looks like they were hitting the Jäger pretty hard...

[Caveman]

I believe there's people who might find this interesting:


https://jimbowyrick1.deviantart.com/art/Veeblefitzer-Ve-387-F-Stagger-Jeager-723630809?src=MC_deviation_stack

I quite like that staggered fuselage but I am less sure about the staggered wing. Now an oblique wing I think I could get behind. Or perhaps add an oppositely staggered h-stab/canard. And without wishing to hurt tophes heart, perhaps a more "feasible" layout like that would have a bit more vertical tail area... I think it would certainly be possible to generate some pretty cool creations from that concept though.

[Rick Lowe]

Not sure how the staggered main landing gear would work, either...

But probably great for landing at Wellington airport in a strong Southerly... 

[scooter]

Spruce Moose WIG

Talk about a maintainer's nightmare...

[PR19_Kit]

That's seriously bizarre, but I like the idea of the helipad between the fins 

[Rick Lowe]

That's seriously bizarre, but I like the idea of the helipad between the fins 

Some of the RW Antonovs could quite happily accommodate one...

[NARSES2]

That's seriously bizarre, but I like the idea of the helipad between the fins 

It is, but the more you look at it, the more you kind of think.......ehmmmmm, maybe if ....?? 

[PR19_Kit]

That's seriously bizarre, but I like the idea of the helipad between the fins 

It is, but the more you look at it, the more you kind of think.......ehmmmmm, maybe if ....?? 

It makes a lot of sense for a BIG flying boat, which almost by design would spend a lot of time on the water moored some distance from the shore.

A helicopter would take a lot less time to get out to support the crew etc. than a power boat.