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Quote from: scooter on January 03, 2026, 03:15:52 PMSo...did the Crown and Colonials reconcile their differences before Lexington and Concord, and is there a painting of Mad King George and George Washington signing the Treaty of Dominion?  Or were the Colonials just that bad and lost the war?

Exactly what I'm wondering Scoot. Plus what happened to the westward expansion ? Also California etc ?
Fascinating scenario and great builds 

Well of course the French abandoned the American revolutionaries and instead went west and established a colony on the American West Coast, ruled by the exiled French Monarchy.
I have a Bloch 155 in the make with markings for exactly that.

TomZ

With the Spanish maintaining control of Mexico, California, Nevada, Arizona & parts of New Mexico, perhaps? 

What a lovely pair!    (wait for it... )

I will watch this space with great interest. Love the RNAAF Spitfire

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Quote from: TomZ on January 04, 2026, 03:48:38 AM

Quote from: NARSES2 on January 04, 2026, 01:10:27 AM

Quote from: scooter on January 03, 2026, 03:15:52 PMSo...did the Crown and Colonials reconcile their differences before Lexington and Concord, and is there a painting of Mad King George and George Washington signing the Treaty of Dominion?  Or were the Colonials just that bad and lost the war?

Exactly what I'm wondering Scoot. Plus what happened to the westward expansion ? Also California etc ?
Fascinating scenario and great builds 

Well of course the French abandoned the American revolutionaries and instead went west and established a colony on the American West Coast, ruled by the exiled French Monarchy.
I have a Bloch 155 in the make with markings for exactly that.

TomZ

With the Spanish maintaining control of Mexico, California, Nevada, Arizona & parts of New Mexico, perhaps? 

My thoughts almost exactly 

I watched John Wayne's "The Fighting Kentuckian" over the weekend and the good guys in that are French exiles from Napoleon's armiy after their defeat at Waterloo. So a reconcilliation between Bourbon and Bonapartist perhaps ? 

No Yanquis, no Texas Rebellion, no Republic of Texas, no Annexation of Texas, no Mexican-American War, no Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, no ceding of Mexican territory thus no US States of Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, California, Nevada, Utah and parts of Wyoming and Colorado remaining Mexico.

The Texans would probably have revolted once Mexico outlawed slavery no matter what. The Spanish hold on the Americas was unraveling fast and they didn't really have the ability to hold on.

Mexico would have allied with the USSA.

The United States of South America. Lumber from the Amazon, beef from Argentina, minerals from across the continent and oil from Venezuela.


 

What about the Federal Republic of Central America?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Republic_of_Central_America

On a technical point, would the Curtiss factory in Texas been able to lay their hands on the Merlin to further develop the P-40 series?

Quote from: Leading Observer on January 06, 2026, 03:43:27 PMOn a technical point, would the Curtiss factory in Texas been able to lay their hands on the Merlin to further develop the P-40 series?

There's always industrial espionage sorry, 'Imitating in the Sincerest Form of Flattery'... 

And who's to say the USGA* isn't the Grand Plan IRL?

*United States of Greater America

Sorry, Chris - stepping down off my soapbox...

Quote from: Rick Lowe on January 06, 2026, 08:31:29 PMAnd who's to say the USGA* isn't the Grand Plan IRL?

*United States of Greater America

Sorry, Chris - stepping down off my soapbox...

I won't say anything other than "lets be careful"   

Quote from: Andrew Gorman on January 05, 2026, 07:34:39 PMThe Texans would probably have revolted once Mexico outlawed slavery no matter what. The Spanish hold on the Americas was unraveling fast and they didn't really have the ability to hold on.

No US, no Southern Slave states, no attempt to push slavery west as the US expanded, no "Texans".