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There are quite a few, actually. The Douglas DC-3 and DC-4 were licensed to countries like Canada, Russia, Japan. A number of German planes were kept in production after the war in Spain, France, Yugoslavia. Bell helicopters were made by Agusta and Westland and even Airbus are being built by Northrop.
There are few examples indeed, but much more as cars than as tanks...
Douglas DC3 or DC4 produced in Canada,or Japan... were considered as Douglas .... it's just the same than the case of Renault, Ford, Opel produced in Portugal, Belgium , Holland .. which are still Renault, Ford, Opel...
In the same scheme, I've never heard of a Nothrop A300 or A320 ...there are Airbus !
Of course there are some licensed helicopters as Agusta with Bell, Westland with Sikorksky ...or plane like Fairchild 227 versus Fokker F-27...some details can allow the proper identification, but the companies colour and registration can help too...
The variations on trains is not so great as for ships ... I think. I have never really cared too much about these, therefore it will be a new field for me..
It depends... steam locomotives of the 19th /20th century or electric locomotives from the 1st half of the 20th century were very often produced by several manufacturers. Therefore only the series number should help to identify with certitude the make.
By the way, in "Int.Movie Trains Data Base" the naming of locomotives should have to be adapted to its specificity. Let see the case of electrical locomotives:
The electrical locos are identified by 2 manufacturers: Mechanical and Electrical. Sometime , electrical and mechanical manufacturers will be the same, sometimes not.
The type : BB, BoBo, CC (electric) ... or 231,141, 030 (steam) ..etc ... the way of writting is depending on the countries
The series number... 5538 to 5545 for instance.
The electrical data : type of current/voltage (Monophasis 25kV 50Hz, 1500V DC...) and type of electrical engine ( Direct Current, Asynchronus, Synchronus...)...all these data depending on the various railways network.
IMTDB would require good experts ... (I'm affraid I would be just a low level generalist )