I thot I would have an easy go of it with this one...but no, it's gonna try to beat me up. Not many good, large photographs of this one. To make matters worse it looks like a lot of panel lines and rivets were taped and filled making for a near featureless fuselage. Any help would be appreciated.
This A/C had the ability to outperform anything in the skys at the time, but was the victim of political dabbling. Ahead of its time, it needed far more powerful (and supercharged) engines. Some of its design features for low drag high speed performance were unique with very clean, sleek lines. Unfortunately it never progressed much beyond the initial prototype design. At low altitudes it was faster than anything around at the time, but at the heights most combats were taking place it was sadly underpowered and therefore relegated to a ground attack role where it performed admirably. It was taken from active service in 1943 and by 1949 all had been dismantled and destroyed. There is not a single surviving example today.
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I always liked this one! Especially this cool weathered in-flight shot-
I think I have the Warpaint Whirlwind book but I doubt it has more than you've already got.
I've got that Classic Airframes kit but it looks like building it would be as hard as doing a profile of it :P
I'm glad you're doing it and not me. Good luck to you Otter!
Otter
It's a beautiful airplane with very clean lines.
Also very close to my country, because the British residents in Argentina donated the money to buy some of these birds.
A few years ago came out something in the modeling magazine (Scale Aviation Modeller) with drawings by Richard J. Caruana
Otter
Es un bello avion con lineas muy limpias.
Tambien esta muy unido a mi pais, ya que los residentes britanicos en Argentina donaron el dinero para comprar algunos de estos pajaros.
Hace algunos años salio algo en la revista de modelismo (Scale Aviation Modeller) con dibujos de Richard J. Caruana
Flightglobal collection here has to be one of the best resources I've seen of these wonderful a/c there are also some very good plans in the 1944 edition of Westland Aircraft.
If/when I win the lottery this is the one aircraft I would restore to flight, still a shock that they were all scrapped and if the powerplant could have been sorted out or replaced with a Merlin this would have been a real world beater and up there with the P38 in my opinion. Would also look nice alongside a Welkin
Flightglobal collection here has to be one of the best resources I've seen of these wonderful a/c there are also some very good plans in the 1944 edition of Westland Aircraft.
If/when I win the lottery this is the one aircraft I would restore to flight, still a shock that they were all scrapped and if the powerplant could have been sorted out or replaced with a Merlin this would have been a real world beater and up there with the P38 in my opinion. Would also look nice alongside a Welkin
Just find a bit of wreckage with a data plate, have them attach a new built aircraft to that That is how they do it with spitfires, they build them brand new on the Isle of wight, then take a data plate from a wreck or gate guard, chuck the rest of the old plane in the bin and build a brand new one A company at Sandown airport builds them, I was in their shed this summer when I was there with our Piper!
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That is how they do it with spitfires, they build them brand new on the Isle of wight, then take a data plate from a wreck or gate guard, chuck the rest of the old plane in the bin and build a brand new one 
A company at Sandown airport builds them, I was in their shed this summer when I was there with our Piper!
if you had asked i could have given you stacks
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