Ole Missouri/The Jawbone

[Greebo]

Thank you to Lyric1 for finding me the info for this skin.

"Ole Missouri/The Jawbone" was a P-47D-30 flown by Lt. Wayne Famuliner of the 525th FS from Schweinfurt in Germany. As part of the 86th Fighter Group this squadron fought in a ground support role from bases in Sicily, Italy and during 1945 Germany. Lt Famuliner named his aircraft after both his home State and as a Biblical reference to Samson using the jawbone of a mule to slay his enemies. The striped tail was the 86th's Group identification marking.

[Devil 505]

very nice.

[Vraciu]

Good work, Greebo.  I love the striped tail. 

[lyric1]

 

[Nefarious]

Amazing work Greebo, some of the best Jugs in game! 

[Shuffler]

The darker coloring along the bottom looks nice. I have never noticed that before if it is on others.

[whiteman]

Great looking skin!!

[FTJR]

Beautiful as usual, is it my imagination or is that metal slightly lighter than previous skins?

[Greebo]

Thanks guys, glad you like it. The base metal grey is the same that I have used for a while now, RGB 122/122/135, and this is much darker than the grey I used to use in AH2. I have used baked-in white highlights on some areas of the diffuse texture to avoid it looking too much like grey paint though and that has lightened it up in places. The darker metal on the lower access panels is something I have seen on quite a few NMF P-47s and is apparent on the photos I have of this aircraft. On the P-38 I know Lockheed used stainless steel for the panels surrounding the turbochargers to cope with the heat they gave off and I suspect this is also the reason for the dark panels covering the turbo and its ducting on the P-47.

[FTJR]

Thanks guys, glad you like it. The base metal grey is the same that I have used for a while now, RGB 122/122/135, and this is much darker than the grey I used to use in AH2. I have used baked-in white highlights on some areas of the diffuse texture to avoid it looking too much like grey paint though and that has lightened it up in places. The darker metal on the lower access panels is something I have seen on quite a few NMF P-47s and is apparent on the photos I have of this aircraft. On the P-38 I know Lockheed used stainless steel for the panels surrounding the turbochargers to cope with the heat they gave off and I suspect this is also the reason for the dark panels covering the turbo and its ducting on the P-47.

Thanks for the explanation