Re: Spinners' Strike Fighters Thread

[SPINNERS]

Curtiss-Wright P-37B Hurricane - 33rd Pursuit Squadron, United States Army Air Corp, 1938









This radial-enginned Hurricane by 'Raven' makes for a variety of what if's and I think this is my fourth or fifth. I've previously done an American Hurricane but with the Merlin engine and in USN service (Page 71). I've (once again) used the 'spare' P-37 designation but didn't go for the coloured stripes on the wings and fuselage that denote the flight, squadron and group. The Wright R-2600 Twin Cyclone looks to be a good swap with the Hercules radial - virtually the same diameter but a bit heavier.

[NARSES2]

I built a radial engined Hurricane years ago, it will be on here somewhere, but never thought of it in USAAC colours. Your's is giving me ideas for a second build 

[Dizzyfugu]

Me too, was my first "real" whif - in Australian colors. 

[SPINNERS]

Hawker Hurricane Mk.IIIA - 63rd Fighter Squadron, 56th Fighter Group, United States Army Air Force, 1942















Whilst this USAAF 'Hercules-Hurricane' is a bit drab looking I've really enjoyed doing this and used my previous Swedish skin (Page 164) and added some white recognition bands and then decaled it with markings inspired by some P-47C profiles - spending quite a few hours on creating the stencil letters and numbers myself by putting appropriate cuts into the USAFAmarillo font. Perhaps these were ex-RAF Hurricanes donated to the first USAAF fighter squadrons to reach the UK in early 1942.

[Dizzyfugu]

Nice, looks very retro in USAAF markings, though. 

[Rick Lowe]

Eagle Squadron usage would be interesting... what if there were enough Volunteers to make up a Squadron or two of Hurricanes? 

[Weaver]

Like that very much Spinners.

Now I'm wondering how a Hurricane would look with a Curtiss Warhawk front end, with an Allison V-12 and a chin radiator...

I built a radial engined Hurricane years ago, it will be on here somewhere, but never thought of it in USAAC colours. Your's is giving me ideas for a second build 

I remember that: it was lovely.

[SPINNERS]

Now I'm wondering how a Hurricane would look with a Curtiss Warhawk front end, with an Allison V-12 and a chin radiator...

Typhoon-ish?

[Weaver]

Now I'm wondering how a Hurricane would look with a Curtiss Warhawk front end, with an Allison V-12 and a chin radiator...

Typhoon-ish?

Nice pic! 

Yeah, something like that, but with the more integrated P-40 radiator and top air intake.


The thought followed from the observation that the Hurricane was, in many ways, the British equivalent of the P-40: half a generation behind the state-of-the-art, and a solid performer rather than a stellar one.

[SPINNERS]

Northrop P-61A Black Widow - No.492 Squadron, Royal New Zealand Air Force, 1945











I must have had a thing for twin-booms when I was a kid in the mid-1970's as the Airfix P-61 and OV-10 Bronco were right up there among my favourite kits. This 3D model captures the shape of the P-61 well enough but has overly thick wing tips and I also needed to remove the control wires (or antennae?) running from the rear fuselage up to the fins as they looked more like scaffold tubes than wires! Something about the green over grey camo suggested a RNZAF Black Widow and I found a profile of a Kiwi Kittyhawk Mk.IV with a non-standard starbar and thought it would good on this. No.492 Squadron did not exist in real life but that number is within the Commonwealth block. Apart from the first piccie all the screenshots have a 60% bluey-black tint to give the impression of a 'dusk' sortie.

[kerick]

Nice images!
It reminds me of the Vietnam War version I imagined for quite a while now. SEA camo and 60s/70s weapons under the wings. Supplementing the A-26 Invaders.

[Rick Lowe]

Nice images!
It reminds me of the Vietnam War version I imagined for quite a while now. SEA camo and 60s/70s weapons under the wings. Supplementing the A-26 Invaders.

And a nose full of .50 cal hurt...
IIRC, someone did one one on here a while ago - but there's nothing to stop you doing your own version.