SUPERFLY.. History on P47 Paint sheme please.

[Pongo]

I was wondering if  N8 D was Nate playing the brit wing commander trick with the jug..
looks nice guys..

[Daff]

Nath, fins were added in the field and the 56th also had D-30's in the same paintscheme.

Daff

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[SFRT - Frenchy]

Dune, this one is awsome         Pyro        
I like it as much as my gabby's.

Daff hehehe great, bring it in, I will pay for having it in the game instead of current one hehehe. Jug is nice too because squad nose arts are BIG.

But I secretly think that Pyro wants to keep a P47 of the 56th for an another version. I hope it will be a P47 with the fully visibility canopy. It may look akward, but I'm inloe with the shape of the full visibility canopy P47's but not so hot with the P47C models, go figure.

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Olivier "Frenchy" Raunier
       
Thank you for participating guys, thx for listening HTC


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[Kieren]

One-pass kills on B26's sell me every time. You line stuff up and 8 x .50's do the rest.   And you bet, with glatial turn rate, I'll extend every time!

I really don't care if it is pink with "Mary Kay" written on the tail, I don't plan to wax the thing. All I care is if a plane is fun to fly or not. Seriously guys, think of it this way... when we start doing the iconless thing again, imagine this; anything silver is baaaaaaaad.  

[Westy]

 I like the scheme of the Jug we have  
The blue "streak" is very reminiscent of the decorations on the 1930's racing aircraft and a common nickename for these later P-47 models was the "Superbolt"
 Mid 44 on up they had some wild bellybutton paint schemes on those Thunderbolts. I wonder if it's a reflection of the Allied pilot confidence and high moral due to the tide of the war having  swung around completely in thier favour.

 -Westy

[Lephturn]

Speaking as a confirmed Jug fan...

I love this paint scheme.  It looks really good, and it represents a group that kicked some serious butt.  Nice to see something a bit different, the "not so glamorous" side of the air war getting a bit of recognition.

Damn nice plane.    I'm a happy Lephturn!

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"MY P-47 is a pretty good ship
And she took a round coming 'cross the Channel last trip
I was thinking 'bout my baby and lettin' her rip
Always got me through so far
Well they can ship me all over this great big world
But I'll never find nothing like my North End girl
I'm taking her home with me one day, sir
Soon as we win this war"
 - Steve Earl

[Pyro]

   

Heya Gorf, we used that book to select this paint scheme.  You should be able to find it at a hobby store.

Frenchy, sorry didn't read your post right.  Big bellybutton Bird is still a lot better than Tarheel Hal IMO.

As to some of the late 56th paint jobs, you'll have to wait for an M model.


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Doug "Pyro" Balmos
HiTech Creations

"I say old boy, why don't you shut up and die like a man?"

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[Westy]

 "As to some of the late 56th paint jobs, you'll have to wait for an M model."

 I am looking forward to THAT!     But I'm so effing happy just to wax and polish the one you brought us now.
 

[Gorf]

Thanks again!  

Gorf

[SpyHawk]

I have to say I like the paint we have now.

The last year or two of the war the edict of US Air Forces was to lure the LW into fights. No more camo pain jobs, the buffs and fighters were nice and silver and painted gleefully so the LW could find them and be bled dry in the process.

[SFRT - Frenchy]

"As to some of the late 56th paint jobs, you'll have to wait for an M model." from Pyro.

                       

One single sentence and Pyro found a way to make me stop whining, he is good  

Awsome, that only made my whole day. I'm waiting to this day with enthousiams, this day when i will drop on my knees and bend over (no sexual thing in this) and pray toward Texas every evening.

Once again, HTC communication reconforted my feelings. Salute HTC!

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Olivier "Frenchy" Raunier
     


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