Ok guys,what aircraft did Hubley attempt to dipict or is it purely fantasy?

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Which aircraft is this Hubley Diecast trying to represent?

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I Digress;

I think, and I have seen that one before. They captured some of the Seversky design coupled with the P-40.

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Has triangular jet intakes…may have combined desugn features of several aircraft.

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I think that they just kinda made it up. As said, it has basic design features from several aircraft. Rather than Seversky / P-40, think Korean war Navy jet concepts like the panther. Nobody else needed folding wings.

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Yeah, early jet, not a prop plane. Hubley made a P-40, which is recognizable as a P-40. I think this one is vaguely like a P-59.

They’re toys, not models, so I wouldn’t worry too much about what they’re supposed to represent.

If you ever collect toys from the 30s and 40s, you’ll see a lot of fanciful designs, like Tootsie Toy’s US aircraft carrier. It’s reminiscent of the Lexingtons, because they had just entered service and that’s what the news showed. Barclay made a similar “US aircraft carrier”. There were slush cast tanks and other vehicles, that looked vaguely like real life subjects. But they’re not scale models. The kids who played with them enjoyed them all the same.

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Jet powered Sea Hurricane. [:P]

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Folding wing boat anchor?

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I am happy to report that I have the answer, and a prototype paint scheme as well.

While putting clothes on hangers, I noticed this on one of my “Hawaiian” shirts

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All American Air Maneuvers sure looks like it!

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That reminds me of photos of Curtiss’ attempts to make the P-36 more aerodynamic. I wonder if it’s a real vintage image-don’t see why not? The artist who made the ad could certainly have seen photos of what was out there at the time.

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There’s a bunch of AAAM 41 memorabilia for sale on eBay.

Here’s a souvenir decal.

Bill

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I believe the XP-40 was a beautiful aircraft (many differences between it and production version). That was an outgrowth of the P-36 effort.

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Yes, it was. But I remember a photo of one of Curtiss’ attempts to make the P-36 more aerodynamic, with the radial engine. I think I remember it from one of the Squadron numbers, though I imagine it could be found easily enough. They added a large prop spinner and faired the nose, to create a smooth surface from the tip of the spinner back to the fuselage. But that design had cooling problems, if I remember correctly. All steps on the road to mating the Allison to the airframe