BoB Spit Mk IX

[gofy]

I was thinking about doing a Spitfire IX in BoB colors like in the Battle of Britain Movie.  Everyone knows that IX Spits were in the movie, but Mk I Spits served in 1940.  That makes it a What-If build.

I have also thought about a BoB Tomahawk and P-39 Airacobra (with Merlin).

Mr. Gofy

[NARSES2]

Now a BoB Tomahawk would look good. Could say it was on it's way to France (they did order some) and was diverted after the fall

[PR19_Kit]

And the film had XIVs and XIXs pretending to be Mk 1's as well. Not to mention the odd ex-Spanish 109 pretending to be in the RAF too!

Of course some would say that as the aircraft really DID exist, albeit just for a film, that would make them RW and not Whiffs........... 

[MilitaryAircraft101]

A subtle entry in the Time-Warp Themed Build??  Sounds great my friend.

[Radish]

There were some Tomahawk Is around in Army Co-Operation units....black port-wing undersurfaces....is that the correct time frame?
But a proper Tomahawk with BoB markings would be cool.......how about some second line units too. Airfield defence,etc.....Dewoitine D.520s? Avia B.534?? Gladiators???

[PR19_Kit]

There was a ship load of Curtiss 75s delivered to Liverpool that were meant to go to France but the Wehrmacht rather spolied that plan.

They were used as point defence fighters for the area, based out of the big depot at Burtonwood, now a motorway service area! The upper surfaces were re-painted standard RAF Dark Green and Dark Earth with the usual roundel variations, but the undersides were silver and still retained their Armee de l'Air roundels! Apparently they also retained their metric instruments but with English language stickers applied in suitable places. 

I built one like that from the Revell P-36 kit many years ago for a BoB film display in a local cinema, I must look it out and put it on the SIG stand one day, even though it's not actually a Whiff.

[deathjester]

There was a ship load of Curtiss 75s delivered to Liverpool that were meant to go to France but the Wehrmacht rather spolied that plan.

They were used as point defence fighters for the area, based out of the big depot at Burtonwood, now a motorway service area! The upper surfaces were re-painted standard RAF Dark Green and Dark Earth with the usual roundel variations, but the undersides were silver and still retained their Armee de l'Air roundels! Apparently they also retained their metric instruments but with English language stickers applied in suitable places. 

I built one like that from the Revell P-36 kit many years ago for a BoB film display in a local cinema, I must look it out and put it on the SIG stand one day, even though it's not actually a Whiff.

Ah, but don't you see?:  It's the perfect JMN - Buster!!  I bet that so few people know that story, that they will assume that it's a whiff, and start moaning at you for the differing roundels top and bottom - then , with some suitable proof, you've got 'em!!