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[Captain Canada]

My big question now is to re-engine the B-17C/D with Merlins ? Chope the noses off 4 beautiful Spifire kits ? Use Lanc nacelles ? Some from the Shak as merlins with the radiators in the nacelle ?

hmmmm...and that Acadmey kit is nice...would look good OOB !

[Gondor]

My big question now is to re-engine the B-17C/D with Merlins ? Chop the noses off 4 beautiful Spitfire kits ? Use Lanc nacelles ? Some from the Shak as merlins with the radiators in the nacelle ?

hmmmm...and that Academy kit is nice...would look good OOB !

Why not take the engines from a P-40, the one with the Merlin rather than Alison engines? I am sure you could find some cheap kits to use. Would also give you the option of making them radial engined P-40's which could confuse the JMN's a bit.

Gondor

[Captain Canada]

Hmm....not a bad idea there ! The those are pretty cool nacelled to boot. But it may not look British enough, as I was also thinking of adding 48th scale Spit outer wings 

[jcf]

radial engined P-40's which could confuse the JMN's a bit.

A later version of this?  



Twin-Wasp Hawk 81A (P-40B/C) re-engined by P & W and used for engine, cowling and exhaust design testing.
Evidently it regularly trounced Merlin powered P-40Fs stationed nearby.

[NARSES2]

I've a kit of that XP-31 (LF ?) Tiny aeroplane

[Captain Canada]

Never seen that pic before pretty nice !

[Captain Canada]

Looks like I'm adding a Hurricane to this list. Thanks Mossie ! Now I need some ideas for that one 

[tigercat]

Wasn't the hurricane the one they made an extra detachable wing for fuel

[tigercat]

http://www.vintagewings.ca/VintageNews/Stories/tabid/116/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/448/Biplane-Hurricane.aspx

[Captain Canada]

That would be awesome !

[zenrat]

Or, what if when they switched to all metal wings on the Hurricane, in order to simplify production they used Spitfire wings?

[jcf]

Or, what if when they switched to all metal wings on the Hurricane, in order to simplify production they used Spitfire wings?

The Spitfire wing construction was more complicated than that of the Hurricane, and adapting that
thinner structure to the Hurricane fuselage would take more re-engineering than the relatively simple
redesign of the fabric-covered wing to metal-skinned, as the latter were basically the same under the skin.

[Captain Canada]

Good points. Thanks for the thoughts guys.

[Captain Canada]

A wee bit of work from last night. I was hoping to start painting tonite, but it's the weekend and there's always somat on the go ! Hurricane wing together in the background as well.

[Captain Canada]

I'm thinking how cool 4 engines from a P-40 Warhawk would look on my B-17C. And having 8 guns firing off to deter head on attacks too