[jim]

Originally Posted by Phantom Phan1200

How about one like this.

All dressed up and ready to party.

[Cruver Collecter]

Originally Posted by Phantom Phan1200

How about one like this.

That is the paint scheme I would want.

[mikeb1958]

Originally Posted by SKUNKY

jim would hate it.

Bet skunky would just love it if it was a gold-plated version. It would go nicely with his Corgi Gold Mustang.

[roowalker]

I'm with you on this choice! Can someone info Frank @ C1 about this,possibly send him the photo,even? It would be a great interim release (along with maybe another Triplane?) if there is any more delay on their new releases for 2008,or heck ,do 'em anyhow,WITH the new stuff. Love that early/prewar "art-deco" approach. Best Regards, Mike

[lanslide]

I think C1 already has a P-40B like this minus the tail stripes.

Originally Posted by Phantom Phan1200

How about one like this.

[Cruver Collecter]

Originally Posted by lanslide

I think C1 already has a P-40B like this minus the tail stripes.

Yep, but sure would be nice if they could put one out with the bands on the rudder. That would be the one I would want to pick up.

[jim]

Well of course IXO has one with bands on the tail, ( I will now go and hide my head in shame because I bought one).

[stalag8611]

This is never going to happen, but it would be great if die cast manufactures would produce Interwar aircraft that reflected how the final fighter/bomber was developed. The 20s & 30s are filled with examples of civilian and military prototypes, many of which contributed to the fantastic aircraft we see today. To name just a few, I think the following would make the final cut:

Curtiss P-36; Curtiss SBC Helldiver; Grumman F3F; Republic P-43 Lancer; Seversky P-35A; Vought SB2U Vindicator.

My alltime favorite, which isn't Interwar era, is the Douglas AD/A-1 Skyraider. It's too long a story but, as a result a Hurricane in the south, the Navy moved squadrons north to avoid the storm. Some A-1s were there and before the PA State Troopers arrived on the scene and shooed us off, the Navy guys let us crawl over their expensive toys. It was 1949, I was 15, and actually sat in the cockpit of an A-1.The A-1 went on to be a great aircraft.

[mustangdriver]

I love the pre war look on some of these planes as well. I wish I could get that polished P-40 that Speccast made as well.

[jim]

Originally Posted by stalag8611

This is never going to happen, but it would be great if die cast manufactures would produce Interwar aircraft that reflected how the final fighter/bomber was developed. The 20s & 30s are filled with examples of civilian and military prototypes, many of which contributed to the fantastic aircraft we see today. To name just a few, I think the following would make the final cut:

Curtiss P-36; Curtiss SBC Helldiver; Grumman F3F; Republic P-43 Lancer; Seversky P-35A; Vought SB2U Vindicator.

My alltime favorite, which isn't Interwar era, is the Douglas AD/A-1 Skyraider. It's too long a story but, as a result a Hurricane in the south, the Navy moved squadrons north to avoid the storm. Some A-1s were there and before the PA State Troopers arrived on the scene and shooed us off, the Navy guys let us crawl over their expensive toys. It was 1949, I was 15, and actually sat in the cockpit of an A-1.The A-1 went on to be a great aircraft.

On the British side it was boom time with so many experimental planes and of course so many manufactures.
It was certainly the peak of Biplane development, a rich ground for all you string and canvas collectors.