posted 11-28- 01:32 PM               

(a) P-47D-25 (1944)
(b) P-47D-28 (1945)
(c) P-47D-30 (1945)

posted 11-28- 10:35 PM               

I would take these 3 things into account

1 What one do you want to be flying as soon as possible?

2 What one do you have the most info on?

3 What one was the most used?

If they all happened to be the same one well great

i'm going through this trying to pick which p40 to do

i'm going to go with the one i want to do and i have alot of info

hehee i like them all so it will be the one with the most info prob

can't wait to fly it man

are u putting in the advanced stuff like the moving canopy and stuff??

we need a screen shot send one to razer so it can be progress of the week shot

posted 11-28- 10:47 PM               

I will probably make 2 cockpits... a realistic one and a simplified one. The realistic will have an operable canopy, moving stick, moving rudder pedals, moving throttle lever, moving gear lever, and a functioning landing gear indicator. I'm also considering the possibility of bullet damage/blood spatters to the canopy glass.

>can't wait to fly it man

I can't wait either

>we need a screen shot send one to razer so it can be progress of the week shot

Ok... I've been really lazy in that regard, but I'll do it sometime this week.

posted 11-29- 03:21 AM               

I'd be happy with any p47 but if I had a choice it would be the one that was most produced and saw the most action in real life.

TS

posted 11-29- 11:06 AM               

Whatever version the 63rd Squadron 56th Figher Group was using. They were the only fighter outfit in the 8th Air Force to keep their 47's after the introduction of the '51.

Hopefully this would be the version with the water injection and the fancy-dancy propeller that apparently added a lot of horsepower to the aircraft.

I think it would be exciting to have an Allied zoom-n-boomer that dives like a scalded dog, has a boatload of horsepower, and 8 .50cal guns. It actually works real well against AI 190's in EAW.

It will be REAL interesting to see how it works against human pilots in SDOE.

Oh, reading further, the 56th was apparently called "The Wolfpack," and started doing some greenish cammo type paint jobs other than the standard OD green or the silver.

I have a picture of "Hairless Joe" flown by David C. Shilling (22.5 air-to-air kills, 10.5 ground kills) that looks really cool. Red rind around the front of the engine cowling, a picture of Hairless Joe on it, OD green and washed-out green cammo paint with invasion stripes on lower portion of rear fuselage and a yellow rudder. It is so ugly that it's beautiful.

I don't know me arse from a hole in the ground when it comes to 3D paint programs, but it you need pictures or anything like that, feel free to e-mail me.

Hope you don't mind me throwing in my two cents. It's times like this I wish I wasn't such a worthless slug when it comes to the plane building/designing process. I become one of those worthless jerks who has lots of opinions, and absolutley no skills whatsoever. Just what this world needs more of, eh? (Jeez, I've been spending too much time talking to Canadians, eh?)

Thanks,

Mk10=225th=

posted 11-30- 07:56 AM               

Cya,