P47 D-25 skin request the "Hun Hunter XVI"

[4Prop]

would be great for the up coming scenarios

[Debrody]

1st: are you sure its a D25? AH's D25 dont have that "backbone" between the tail and the rear fuselage.
then: beware, im a hunter too... 

[Greebo]

I can add this to my pile if you like, but it might be a while before I can get round to it. Ideally I'd like at least one photo of the original WW2 plane though.

The fillet was sometimes retrofitted to earlier bubbletop jugs so it is not a good indication of which version of the plane is being photographed. Also I think they fit them to all currently airworthy P-47D warbirds for safety reasons, whether the original WW2 plane had it or not.

[4Prop]

historically the D-25 was the one with this skin

[lyric1]

historically the D-25 was the one with this skin

Let me help you here.

Greebo likes his skins to be very accurate so many profiles are wrong so many of the current flying war birds are not exactly historically correct.

In other words find him WWII actual photos of this plane.

From personal experience you give him the data you will get the skin.

Hope this helps you.

[Spikes]

http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/index.php/topic,234682.0.html

[Guppy35]

Yep, the warbird a bubble top, the wartime bird was a Razorback.  Another reason to wish for a D-23 

[Greebo]

The razorback is Hun Hunter XIV whereas the D-25 is Hun Hunter XVI. That pilot seems to have gone through a lot of airframes....

[Guppy35]

The razorback is Hun Hunter XIV whereas the D-25 is Hun Hunter XVI. That pilot seems to have gone through a lot of airframes....

I've never come across a wartime photo of XVI.  I do believe that it was the warbird owners way of marking the bubble top as a natural progression of the well known and often photographed XIV.  I don't know that there was a wartime XVI.

[Greebo]

Thanks Guppy. If it didn't exist in WW2 that's a "no" on the D-25 then, sorry.

[4Prop]

Affirmative. the wartime "Hun Hunter.." was XIV. She was a D-23

[climber]

Yep the XIV was a D-23 the XVI which lives in Sevierville, TN at the TN Aviation museum is XVI.  That particular airframe was brought back from Brazil and restored.  Not sure what model of D she is though.  Never gotten close enough to see if she has dive brakes or not.  But most likely something like a d-30 or later.  The warbirds registry has the accurate information if I remember.   

[climber]

Just did my own research.  The XVI was delivered to Brazil as an F-47 (the post/late war title).  Warbirdregistry doesn't say what version it is there but most likely a D-40 that didn't get the M overhaul.  I'm assuming the "40" in the last line of the description denotes its now flying as a d-40. 

Here is the registry page for those interested.

http://www.warbirdregistry.org/p47registry/p47-hunhunterxvi.html


Either way she is a hottie but not flown in WW2 so no skin needed.  The XIV however did and if we had a d-23 model in game.... But HTC isn't gonna build another jug just for this one. 

-Climber

[4Prop]

thanks climber