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jankees
January 14th, 2013, 00:59
I've started a series of repaints for Thunderbolts of the 365th FG (the Hell Hawks) for the A2A P-47 Razorback. The 365th was a ground attack group of the 9th Air Force that followed the ground troops throughout the invasion of the continent, and they boasted some colourful markings.
The first two now on OZx are for a pair that flew patrols together on D-Day:

http://i722.photobucket.com/albums/ww230/jcblom60/Belgie/ss4031_zpscebb7d68.jpg
P-47D-15-RE 42-75845 B4-J "The Madam". It was the assigned aircraft of Lieutenant John H. Fetzer, from Shreveport Louisiana, of the 387th FS/ 365th FG during D-Day. He was flying as wingman of Capt. Arlo Henry on 6 June 1944, D-Day, when they spotted a number of Tiger tanks trying to hide in a castle. Capt Henry blew up the castle with his bombs, while Lt Fetzer attacked a Tiger with his 1000 lb bombs. His first bomb exploded harmlessly in a field, but his second "my contribution to D-Day" exploded right behind the Tiger, flipping it over 3 times. As for 42-75845, she proved to be a very strong lady. It began its career with the initial start of operations of the 365h FG, with Lt. Fetzer as its original pilot. He named the aircraft after his future wife, Helen. It flew its 200th mission in March 1945, and continued right to the end of the war, as the only remaining original Thunderbolt of the 365th. She was shot up several times, had wings and engines replaced and countless holes patched, but its crew chief, Joe DiMaio remarked that as long as 'the Madam' came back, he would keep her flying, and he did.

http://i722.photobucket.com/albums/ww230/jcblom60/Belgie/ss4026_zpse2251e59.jpg
P-47D-15-RE 42-76127 B4-U "Turnip Termite". It was the assigned aircraft of Captain Arlo Henry, of Dearborn, Michigan, of the 387th FS/ 365th FG. He had touched the ground with his prop on one of his earlier missions and the ground recovered from his engine on that occasion gave rise to the name 'Turnip Termite' for his aircraft. On 7 June 1944, Lt Joseph Miller was flying Henry's B4-U over Normandy when he thought he was low on fuel and could not reach the base in England anymore. He bellied in near Omaha Beach in a minefield, and he had to walk out through the fresh furrow created by his aircraft. 'Turnip Termite' was recovered, but was consigned to be salvaged. The cowling panels with the name were used on later versions of Capt. Henry's 'Turnip termite'.

http://i722.photobucket.com/albums/ww230/jcblom60/Belgie/ss4050_zps70dd48f8.jpg

http://i722.photobucket.com/albums/ww230/jcblom60/Belgie/ss4042_zps7e7db3ff.jpg

http://i722.photobucket.com/albums/ww230/jcblom60/Belgie/ss4057_zpsd572b8b5.jpg

more 365th paints will follow

FentiFlier1
January 14th, 2013, 02:11
Excellent, already downloaded. Well done!

By the way, I wasn't aware they had pale blue cowlings. Looks good.


Owen.

skyhawka4m
January 14th, 2013, 02:48
Outstanding!!!


God I wish we had a bubbletop for FSX.

DaveQ
January 14th, 2013, 03:57
Outstanding!!!


God I wish we had a bubbletop for FSX.

Indeed fabulous as usual Jan Kees, and I also wish someone had done a bubble-top. The WOP one works well enough and there are some repaints out there thanks to John Terrell's (Bomber_12th) great paint kit but a true FSX one accusimmed would get my money!

Best regards

DaveQ

jankees
January 14th, 2013, 04:48
Excellent, already downloaded. Well done!

By the way, I wasn't aware they had pale blue cowlings. Looks good.


Owen.

blue? dirty white was the plan...

FentiFlier1
January 14th, 2013, 06:38
Strange, my monitor definitely shows them as a pale blue-green colour, unlike the white D-Day stripes and other details. It could be just me.

Owen.

Sieggie
January 14th, 2013, 07:30
It looks blue in the screenie for me also. Have not yet dled and looked in FSX.

Dave

Daveroo
January 14th, 2013, 08:05
looks kind of a dirty white to me..or on my monitor...the screenies do...where are the downloads?...what is oz?..

jankees
January 14th, 2013, 08:27
OZx: http://aussiex.org/forum/index.php?app=core&module=search&do=user_activity&search_app=downloads&mid=750

FentiFlier1
January 14th, 2013, 09:18
Uh-oh. I hope this won't get the Sky/Duck Egg Green/Eau-de-nil/Sky blue/etc. debate going! :d

Modellers will know what I mean!

Seriously, when I first saw the screenies I thought "ah, thunderbolts with a Sky cowling!".


Owen.

jankees
January 14th, 2013, 09:51
I'll try and keep it in mind with the next paints...but I can't see the difference anyway..

meanwhile, I hope this has a black(ish) nose?

http://i722.photobucket.com/albums/ww230/jcblom60/Belgie/ss4325_zpsf72e0fa7.jpg

http://i722.photobucket.com/albums/ww230/jcblom60/Belgie/ss4333_zpsf3bae22e.jpg

FentiFlier1
January 14th, 2013, 10:09
I hope I didn't sound like the Colour Police, Jankees.

Yep that's black alright. Wait, I'll get the spectrometer out to check wether it is ANA622 or not :rolleyes:


Owen.

skyhawka4m
January 14th, 2013, 12:58
What has to be done to et the bubble top from WOP flying in FSX? Is there an update for FSX for it?

Ian Warren
January 14th, 2013, 12:59
Think I need a ride in my Thunderbolt today , "Aces in your Eyes" and today i'm going to be Captain Arlo Henry:applause:

jankees
January 15th, 2013, 07:08
two more:

http://i722.photobucket.com/albums/ww230/jcblom60/Belgie/ss4325_zpsf72e0fa7.jpg

P-47D-22-RE 42-6319 D5-P "Astra", the assigned aircraft of Captain George Porter of the 386th FS/365th FG as it looked in August 1944, while based at Juvincourt (A-68), France. George Porter gained the tongue in cheek title of 'flak analyst extraordinaire' after a june 1944 mission, when the 386th FS lost three aircraft to AA. During debriefing, he referred to "only moderate, and only fairly accurate flak". On 5 september 1944, he chased a Me109 to the deck, and as he closed to 500 yards, the German pilot suddenly bailed out. Porter filmed the crash and pilot on the ground and was disappointed he hadn't even fired a shot. He needed to be convinced by intelligence officers to submit a claim. He received a silver star for an action on october 12, 1944, when he encountered about 40 german fighters.Attacking four, he hit one when his aircraft, D5-P, started leaking oil over the windshield. He attacked another FW190 nonetheless, scoring hits. He later bellied in near Diest, Belgium, severly damaging Astra, but remaining unhurt himself. The tail on his aircraft was a replacement from an older aircraft, which explains the wrong serial on the tail.



http://i722.photobucket.com/albums/ww230/jcblom60/Belgie/ss4107_zps66417a6c.jpg

P-47D-22-RE 42-26386 D5-O "Sally Flat Foot III", the assigned aircraft of Lt William Ward of the 386th FS/ 365th FG. The first 365th FG pilot to report for duty, Bill Ward also had the distinction of leading the group on its last combat mission, a patrol flight on 8 May 1945. He scored to kills over Me109's, one marked with the German cross below the cockpit, scored on 22 june 1944, and another later in 1944, but that never made it into the 365th history books, hence the question mark. All lt Ward's Thunderbolts were called Sally Flat Foot, a nickname for his wife Sally. The third one also had a picture of a bird on the nose he referred to as 'the worry bird'.

lifejogger
January 15th, 2013, 07:19
Great collection of paints!!!!!!

italoc
January 15th, 2013, 07:33
Strange, my monitor definitely shows them as a pale blue-green colour, unlike the white D-Day stripes and other details. It could be just me.

Owen.

Same with me !!!
Italo

Wittpilot
January 15th, 2013, 09:18
As much as I love the A2A line... which seem fairly okay on frame rates on my pc, pretty good that is considering the detail and everything involved, but for some reason the Razorback just hogs down my computer.... it just does not like it one bit.....

skyhawka4m
January 15th, 2013, 10:50
Same here but I have found that on some models recently, this one included the smoke/exaust effect bog me down.

jankees
January 15th, 2013, 11:36
that's too bad!
Good reason to look for another computer perhaps??
Luckily, it runs just fine on mine, two more paints now on OZx:

P-47D-16-RE 42-76094 C4-O "Jingle Jane", the assigned aircraft of Lt. Jerry Mast of the 388th FS/ 365th FG:

http://i722.photobucket.com/albums/ww230/jcblom60/Belgie/ss4230_zps4c9b2604.jpg

P-47D-22-RE 42-26124 C4-Z "Dry Run", the assigned aircraft of Lt Zell Smith, of the 388th FS/365th FG:

http://i722.photobucket.com/albums/ww230/jcblom60/Belgie/ss4151_zpsfd3ff081.jpg

Wittpilot
January 15th, 2013, 13:51
That's the thing, my gaming rig is only a year old now, I do not think she is underpowered by any means...

You might be onto something with the smoke effect....

Wittpilot
January 16th, 2013, 19:08
So after the comment about the effects, I went through and deleted everything in the .cfg under the effects section... and viola, no more frame rate hit... that must have indeed been it....

jankees
January 18th, 2013, 04:50
A Special Delivery (http://aussiex.org/forum/index.php?/files/file/3510-a2a-p-47d-365th-fg-b4-x-special-delivery/) has just arrived on OZx:

http://i722.photobucket.com/albums/ww230/jcblom60/Belgie/ss4215_zps4d724d5d.jpg

together with Morticians Delight (http://aussiex.org/forum/index.php?/files/file/3511-a2a-p-47d-365th-fg-b4-w-morticians-delight/ )

http://i722.photobucket.com/albums/ww230/jcblom60/Belgie/ss4301_zps1e8980a6.jpg

and Stinker Too (http://aussiex.org/forum/index.php?/files/file/3512-a2a-p-47d-365th-fg-d5-t-stinker-too/ )

http://i722.photobucket.com/albums/ww230/jcblom60/Belgie/ss4101_zps1b6eadef.jpg

Ian Warren
January 18th, 2013, 11:40
JK , id better make a bolt to OZx , while i'm here did you get the opportunity to complete the ex Auckland NZ MOTAT gate guardian , put a bit off weather and age it a little was what was required :cool:
http://i100.photobucket.com/albums/m31/Ian_Warren/BOLT2Large.jpg
http://i100.photobucket.com/albums/m31/Ian_Warren/BOLT1Large.jpg

jankees
January 18th, 2013, 12:35
Didn't I do that a few years back?

Ian Warren
January 18th, 2013, 13:28
Didn't I do that a few years back?
YES indeed :cool: but I don't think it was posted because it was'nt completed with the weathering and knocked around look and you were'nt happy with the result , fact is I also lost it :sleep::pop4: ...hey least i can say I jumped up on the wing .

jankees
January 20th, 2013, 06:30
Ian, I did some digging, and this is what I have:

http://i722.photobucket.com/albums/ww230/jcblom60/Belgie/ss4365_zps6c02d0be.jpg

http://i722.photobucket.com/albums/ww230/jcblom60/Belgie/ss4366_zps03983a8a.jpg

one of my first forays into paintscratching I think. If you're happy with this, send me a pm with your mail and I send them to you.
If you don't like it, you'll need more patience I fear...

Meanwhile, on the 365th front:

http://i722.photobucket.com/albums/ww230/jcblom60/Belgie/ss4355_zpscc9b8600.jpg

http://i722.photobucket.com/albums/ww230/jcblom60/Belgie/ss4356_zpscd8ba354.jpg

http://i722.photobucket.com/albums/ww230/jcblom60/Belgie/ss4360_zps765dc988.jpg

big-mike
January 20th, 2013, 07:42
Jan,is this paint from you:
http://www.sim-outhouse.com/sohforums/showthread.php?55148-FSX-Screenshots-Here%21%21

#2626?
Michael

jankees
January 20th, 2013, 08:00
nope, no idea who painted that one, ask gradyhappyd?

Ian Warren
January 20th, 2013, 12:18
Ian, I did some digging, and this is what I have:

one of my first forays into paintscratching I think. If you're happy with this, send me a pm with your mail and I send them to you.
If you don't like it, you'll need more patience I fear...



JK , I'll keep it alive and keep the cobwebs out off it , PM incoming :cool: