Author Topic: P47D of Capt Cameron Hart, 63rd FS/56th FG (Read 2114 times)

Nomde · « **Reply #15 on:** August 25, 2004, 01:01:48 AM »

very nice nopoop

Guppy35 · « **Reply #16 on:** August 25, 2004, 01:13:05 AM »

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Blooz here's a portion of the plate. So far I've found red cowlings with yellow stabilizers for the most part. Drab stablilizers when it's an infield update from the white striped issue.

From the two plates I have access to the white stripe is visable as a darker green on the one plate.

From the plate I'm working off of it appears that the upper fuse invasion stripes were over painted in the field.

That makes it all come together historically. Upper invasion stripes with the white stripe on the stabilizer both overpainted. Don't have a photo as I said but I'm going with what I got

Glad you like it Jet. Hope your new computer is humming.

Just to clarify the color markings on the 56th Jugs.

The red noses were from March 44 on. The Rudders on the 61st and 62nd Squadron aircraft were painted red and yellow respectively at the time the nose color was introduced. At the same time the white tail bands were removed. The 63rd FS of which this skin represents, did not add a rudder color until September of 44, when they went with medium blue. So nopoop is right on the money with no tail bands, the colored nose and no rudder color for the 63rd FS bird.

Sunking's image shows aircraft together that would not have been in the air at the same time. The bubble top jugs are D-Day and beyond while the white nosed ones are pre March 44

Dan/Slack

Furball · « **Reply #17 on:** August 25, 2004, 05:26:31 AM »

that skin is awesome nopoop, great job!

Guppy35 · « **Reply #18 on:** August 25, 2004, 02:12:13 PM »

Definitive color shot of the P47 that nopoop is working on.

Found it in Jeff Ethell's book "Air Command"

You can see the darker areas where the upper fuselage and wing invasion stripes have been oversprayed as well as the darker areas where the white tail bands have been oversprayed. Also visible is a replacement, unpainted canopy and the paint chipping away on the vertical tail.

posted a color shot of the nose art of "I Wanted Wings" in the other thread too nopoop

Dan/Slack

nopoop · « **Reply #19 on:** August 25, 2004, 07:42:24 PM »

WHERE ARE YOU FINDING THESE GREAT PHOTOS ??

You absolutely ROCK !!

Guppy35 · « **Reply #20 on:** August 25, 2004, 08:35:58 PM »

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Originally posted by nopoop
WHERE ARE YOU FINDING THESE GREAT PHOTOS ??

You absolutely ROCK !!

I've been building my WW2 aviation library for a long long time

It comes in handy

Dan/Slack

Nomde · « **Reply #21 on:** August 27, 2004, 03:01:39 AM »

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Originally posted by Guppy35
I was up in that one flying with a couple guys in D11s and thought it would really add to the feel to see a mixed formation of 56th Jugs with the mid-late summer 44 paint schemes.

Guppy,
That's what i'm currently working on. I'd like to get markings submitted for the 56th Fighter Group's - 61st, 62nd, and 63rd Fighter Squad so my squad can fly formation with all historically accurate markings.

Nopoop is correct for the nose/tail color schemes used by the 56th. As a side note, the 63rd FS used an almost navy blue tail color for a brief period in the summer of '44 before finalizing on the medium blue coloring. I like the darker blue, but I like manly colors

Guppy35 · « **Reply #22 on:** August 27, 2004, 03:05:36 AM »

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Originally posted by Nomde
Guppy,
That's what i'm currently working on. I'd like to get markings submitted for the 56th Fighter Group's - 61st, 62nd, and 63rd Fighter Squad so my squad can fly formation with all historically accurate markings.

Nopoop is correct for the nose/tail color schemes used by the 56th. As a side note, the 63rd FS used an almost navy blue tail color for a brief period in the summer of '44 before finalizing on the baby blue coloring. I like the darker blue, but I like manly colors

Just remember Nomde this is all your fault. It was you and your squaddie I was flying with that night that got me thinking about this stuff. You and he were in D-11s and I was in a D-25. I had nopoop's Dave Schilling marked 47 while you guys had the white nosed D-11s.

It made me want a camo razorback

Dan/Slack
(better known to you that night as Rust, or +Tiff from the AW days)

Nomde · « **Reply #23 on:** August 27, 2004, 03:09:39 AM »

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I'd love to Guppy but I have no pictures or plates of a Razorback in that paint scheme.

If you have access to or know where I can get photo's like the one you posted or color plates it would be greatly appreciatied. B&W is ok.

Nopoop,
I have the book "56th Fighter Group" published by Osprey, which has some real nice color renderings of the various p47's the 56th flew during the war. If you need anything, please let me know and i'll send it along.

Nomde · « **Reply #24 on:** August 28, 2004, 03:54:06 AM »

ROFL

Good to see yas +tiff, was trying to figure out who you were bro

Guppy35 · « **Reply #25 on:** August 29, 2004, 03:04:26 AM »

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ROFL
Good to see yas +tiff, was trying to figure out who you were bro

That Jug can get addicting

Silat, Phan and I were up in D-25s tonight and had a blast. Also, to my surprise and delight, noticed that we had three different skins on the D-25s and could see them all. Thought of a formation of Jugs from the same group with different markings is very appealing.

Dan/Slack