Originally posted by juzz:
1. We get gaudy P-47D-30 from a little-known unit, causing much noise from the 56th FG guys...
2. We get a Brazilian D-25, little is known about the "arrangements" those South Americans made with HTC to swing it, though...
3. We get a D-11 "razorback", the classic Jug shape, with Gabby's paint to shut the 56th FG guys the hell up, but it doesn't work. They want a red nose. The OD is a suspect shade, etc...
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I'm talking for my name, i don't know for others.
You guys have to understand that I am a fanatic, not just the regular buff lover. I'm not sure that anyone flew the P47 for more than 90% of the time since his release in 1.03...( especially the 1.04 flight model transition).
I'm a fanatic of Gabby's late camo, bubble top, inv stripes, red nose, red tail. Anything else on a jug for me is "not worth it" compared to this.
It's maybe like when you see your favorite car with those wheels, this wing, this color. Anyone having the same car but with red flames paintjob and a modified hood, you may think :"what a shame".
When the D30 whent out, I was choked by the paint job, sure it was historical but it's far from the usual colored nose, with or without checkers. But I had a bubble top, Pyro said that the M would be having 56th markings (hey, can't have anything else anyway hehehe).
When the D25 went out, I was crying. As you know, my favorite jug is Gabby's one, who was a D25. It was Brazilians colors, a great unit but not really the dream plane I was waiting for. But it was a nice gesture from Pyro to the Brazilian pilots, cheered me up a bit. (But on those Brazilians who requested it, how many flew it consistantly?).
Finally we have the D11. So now people say:"there goes your 56th, shut up". Not really, and that's still the fan aspect who pops out, that's maybe why you guys can't understand. It may be Gabby's P47 and one from the 56th, but it looks like most of the P47s from this time period, just painted with a white nose to avoid confusion with the FW190s. So do we have the feeling that it's a 56th P47? Not really.
That's why we said "prefered with a red nose". And on a personal note, it's Gabby's P47, so it means for me that I will never see "my Gabby late war camo", the one I shake everytime I see a picture.
But I still have some hope, the P47M is yet do come. It will have a red nose, if I'm lucky enought, he will be close of Gabby's camo (dark grey with green zebra's plus inv stripes). it will probably be a perk too, but I don't care, I will be sooooo happy to fly it around. I will look at the videos over and over
I just hope Pyro will not elect the blue/dark blue camo of some planes of the 63rdFS, as it's one of my least favorite from the whole P47 paintjob set.
Juzz, Vermillon ... You guys probably think I should get my injection and bring back to quarantine, but ... hey ... we all strongly believe in something. I always understood people requesting such or such camo for they favorite plane, because I feel the same.
(on a side note, looks like that the P47 comunauty is the most demanding/loud)
