P47 blond angel

[rogerdee]

506FS 406FG p47
been playng with a p47 the blond angel
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I done the basics but the art work is hard  as i cant find any good pictures of the aircraft  or any good profiles this is what i got so far
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not weathered  and the panels line and things need adjusting,as i say work in progers

[SkyWolf]

Loogs very good to me.


Here's a link  to a pic of a model of unknown accuracy.

http://www.aircraftresourcecenter.com/Gal4/3901-4000/gal3943_P-47_Pereira/gal3943.htm

[oboe]

Nice choice Rogerdee- really a striking scheme.    The model in the link Skywolf posted is incredible!     Comparing it to your unfinished scheme, I note that yours need the black recognition stripes on the tailplanes, and the font for "ANGEL" seems too small.

Any idea why the antiglare panel on the fuselage top is so shiny?    Lots of the natural metal textures have antiglare sections that force a flat-finish look on the skin, I'm wondering if that was omitted in the D-11 because so many were painted rather than natural metal?    You might try some tweaks to the material.txt file if that's so...

[rogerdee]

thanks for the link skywolf it helps alot i did a few serches  and couldnt find a thing.
obeo i see what u mean about the letters and the ta stripe  like i said  still in progress  but now i know what to aim for.

i used the txt file from the p51d  ,i nkow what u mean about the matt top so i got to play with it,not got the hang of the txt bit yet so i got to playy around.

thanks for the input and help guys

[Hap]

wow.  is that beautiful or what.

 Hap

[rogerdee]

ok resized the letternig and added the stripes,played with the material file  and got the green non  shiny but  not thhe silver is diferent have to play some more.
looking at the model it shows the writing to be yellow and not so orange as the profile any one got any ideas would the yellow be closer?

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[Treize69]

Never seen the -47 in question, but just picturing it, the yellow would probably be better.

[SkyWolf]

Originally posted by rogerdee
ok resized the letternig and added the stripes,played with the material file  and got the green non  shiny but  not thhe silver is diferent have to play some more.
looking at the model it shows the writing to be yellow and not so orange as the profile any one got any ideas would the yellow be closer?

I tried emailing the guy to get his sources but his email bounced.

I don't know what's correct, but I dig the orange.

[SkyWolf]

http://www.flying-legends.net/php/downloads/image.php?image=blonddef.jpg

http://www.memorial.ecasd.k12.wi.us/Departments/SociStud/Diz/Veterans/L/Li/LitchfieldThomasR/LitchfieldThomasR.htm



There you have it. Besides a 21st Century version with no wingtips colors...... this is the extent of my research abilities.

[rogerdee]

thank you for the links skywolf it was very intresting to read the story of the model sent to his brother,that someone spent the time to track the family down and send it to them shows that people do still care  for our old vetrans even if schools say its not right history to teach.

[Hap]

Rogerdee, saw a nice portrait of a Jug in the town of Dubois, Wyoming in their museum.  Very small town.  Very small museum.  Apparantly, one of the citizens was a jug pilot in WW2.  I've forgotten his name.  He had the Wyoming cowboy (state symbol) painted in red (I think) on his planes nose.  

Have you seen it by any chance?

 Hap

[rogerdee]

Hap
I havent seen this aircraft  but i have sent a email to the museum asking if they could help,ill see what happens and ill give  a skin a go if i can get any info.

[rogerdee]

ok adjusted the colours form orange to yellow  and added  some little bits
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i think this looks  better.

Hap i got a reply from the museum and  got a rough working skin,the guy at the museum is gong to send me a photo of the picture u mentioned.
he gave me the guys name and squadron so i am going to have    look some more on the net.

[Raptor]

judging by the picture you posted the word "Blonde" should be in a different font and there should be an area of metal between the fuselage insignia and the invasion stripes. It also looks really clean. Looks good for the mostpart.

[Krusty]

Is it just the way the image was hosted online, or is it the way that Jugs map skins to the plane? It looks like the fuselage is kinda blurry (but not the rest of the plane)