New Pacific Skins for P-47d11

[Seadog36]

We need to rotate out some old skins for some new ones the 56thFG is over represented. These will be great with Ranger's new Pacific terrain and the new Betty in AvA, Snapshot and This Day in History scenarios.

 



Stoney had a good skin one started

Another Checkertail skin would be great too...but I repeat myself

[Guppy35]

Probably best in the skinners forum.  When are you starting on one?

[Ack-Ack]

I'd like to see some Soviet Jug skins myself but them not seeing any combat will probably mean we'll never got those skins.

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[Seadog36]

Quite a bit of info on soviet Jugs at this link: http://www.ww2aircraft.net/forum/aircraft-pictures/russian-p-47-a-4805.html
Very very marginal service~ they rightly hated it for low level dog fighting in tests, never needed it for high altitude escort work, but they liked it in dive bombing experiments. The Russian navy apparently operated a few


Back to the thread though~ here is a good one of Jugs narrowly being missed by imperial bombers on flattops on the way to the Marianas


Here is a Burma based D-22


A few Stoney sent me that would look great in the game



I've never skinned, and I'm so far behind the curve it would take a long time to produce a quality submission~trying to generate some interest
I don't know who decides when to to retire skins to make way for new ones but its high time on several models that are at max capacity.

[Ack-Ack]

The picture of the Jugs on the carrier were the P-47s on USS Manila Bay during the Saipan operations, after that near hit the captain of Manila Bay ordered some P-47s to take off and fly DEFCAP over the task force until Navy planes could relieve them.


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[Seadog36]

That would be a great scenario w Rangers new terrain~ 318th FG Jugs launching off cv's to blast Bettys then land on a barely recaptured Aslito/Isley airfield. Only 4 jugs were launched for CAP that day after the 2 enemy ftr/bombers(Vals?) missed their mark, but more would be fine by me. Siapan is just one of the two major Marianas Islands, the other being Tinian which would base the twin 8k' airfields which Enola Gay would drop the big ones from.



Seadog36

[DEECONX]

That would be a great scenario w Rangers new terrain~ 318th FG Jugs launching off cv's to blast Bettys then land on a barely recaptured Aslito/Isley airfield. Only 4 jugs were launched for CAP that day after the 2 enemy ftr/bombers(Vals?) missed their mark, but more would be fine by me. Siapan is just one of the two major Marianas Islands, the other being Tinian which would base the twin 8k' airfields which Enola Gay would drop the big ones from.

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Seadog36

Yeah, that'd be really cool Snapshot event!

[JOACH1M]

I like These skins

[5PointOh]

Last I heard, Most 47 skins have about a 6-12 mo wait before the next rotation.