Taking a slight backwards step, what about a RAF B-17C/Fortress I reengined with Merlins?
add the twin-tail and tail-gun installation boeing considered. The result would look way different.
raafif, see page two of the thread.
WW2 ends early, B-29 not developed. Post-war isolationism, austerity and the only wars are those in British-controlled colonial Africa & the Mid-East. This means that the B-17 remains the USA's main bomber till 1975. No A-Bomb or Cold-War so jet-bombers are not needed as prop-jobs are better for small, low-intensity conflicts .....Threats in 1968 to the West's oil supplies by more Mid-East unrest has American bombers sent as part of a League of Nations force .....
One question, would the Merlin re-engining keep the turbo-superchargers in addition to teh Merlin's superchargers?
S'cool, personally if I was to build sech a beast I'd go for trousers of the style trialed on the first Monomail in its 221A incarnation:
An idea for the Beyond '46 GB:1:72 Academy B-17B, all turrets smoothed over. Nose becomes a black symetrical radome. Two canted pylons carrying 1:48 ESCI Harpoon bodies with modified fin shapes to become some early large AGM or ASM. Convert to twin RR Dart turboprops from the Maquette Dart Hearld. Overall dark green drab with red/orange outer flying surfaces and white TEST decals on the fuselage sides. Date it 1950s or early 60s.