Hello there....and a profiles request

[von hitchofen2]

Hello!

I have not an OOB kit model since Margaret Thatcher was prime minister, let alone a whiff, but my friend tc2324 recommend this site as repository of whif profile talent so here goes

I am an alternate history fan and I'm writing a AH TL here

http://www.counter-factual.net/upload/showthread.php?t=17719

in which 1977 Israel is sent back in time to May 1940 - to rescue the Jews and defeat the Nazis

[grovel] I would like some anachronistic schemes of some post-war aircraft to liven it up - they ain't necessary, but I love the many unusual schemes you find on here and whatifmodeler.com - and I'm too serially incompetent at digital art to do them myself

the aircraft in question are the P-51D, Spitfire IXe, B-17G Fortress, Meteor T-7, Ilyushin Il-10, Nord Noratlas, Curtiss P-40C, Grumman F4F

also there is the fictitious Avions Marcel Bloch MB-158

and the fictitious T-34 "Churchill" with CN-75 75mm gun

see attachments below

if you are interested drop me a PM - some remuneration may be in order if I get to keep the .jpegs or .pngs [/grovel]

[GTX_Admin]

You could also post your AH TL in our Story area.

BTW, here is a slightly different Bloch for you to consider: 



Regards,

Greg

[von hitchofen2]

I might well just do that  :)...its not complete yet....but I will post it as it evolves.

[apophenia]

I would like some anachronistic schemes of some post-war aircraft to liven it up...
the aircraft in question are the P-51D, Spitfire IXe, B-17G Fortress, Meteor T-7, Ilyushin Il-10, Nord Noratlas, Curtiss P-40C, Grumman F4F...

Could you give us some particulars about the sorts of schemes or mods you had in mind for those aircraft?

A minor suggestion on your reverse-engineering plans: bun the Bristol Proteus and stick with the Tyne -- the RW Canadair CL-44 was basically just a Tyne-engined Britannia anyway 

[von hitchofen2]

Sure

P-51D
RAF 1940 Type A1 roundels
Free Czech - bare metal
Free Polish -  bare metal
Armee de L'Air 1940 camoflage
Ilmavoimat camouflage
P-51D USAAC Olive drab with


Israel has started manufacturing the P-51D, and Britain will soon

B-17G
RAF 1940 Type A1 roundels

PB-1W AEW B-17
Israeli markings, bare metal, ventral radome

Ilyushin Il-10/Avia B-33 [with DEFA 30mm cannon  ]
Israeli markings
RAF 1940 Type A1
Aeronavale

Meteor T.7
RAF 1940 Type A1 roundels Prototype Circle-P

Spit IXe
RAF 1940 Type A1 roundels

Bloch 155

Israeli markings...nice to let Marcel "Dassault" Bloch and Lucien Servanty make planes for Israel again

P-40B
AdL camo similar to Curtiss H-75

Grumman F4F/G36
1940 Aeronavale scheme

I would like the Aeronavale schemes to be along the lines of this Seafire XV... http://www.zinnfigur.com/images/6/5/6052_48125.JPG

French navy gets the good stuff cos in my TL, Admiral Darlan will be PM of Free France...

hope this helps...

[apophenia]

Thanks for the details, vh2. Here's a quickie MB 158 (based on an MB 155 by Pierre-Andre Tilley).

[von hitchofen2]

Thanks for the details, vh2. Here's a quickie MB 158 (based on an MB 155 by Pierre-Andre Tilley).

lovely bit of work that, thank you very much !

[GTX_Admin]

Very nice!!!

[apophenia]

Cheers! Now a stab at a Curtiss Hawk 81A-1 of 3° Esc GC II/5 of the Armée de l'Air in 1940. This is based on a Hawk 75A sideview by Thierry Dekker.

[von hitchofen2]

excellent - not so much a what if, as an if only....