The Republic XP47H, Xp47J, and XP72 Releases

[WND]

I 'checked' out the 'Rebel' in both FSX and P3D v1.4 and I have to say I don't have / see any issues...

Bill

[nigel richards]

I 'checked' out the 'Rebel' in both FSX and P3D v1.4 and I have to say I don't have / see any issues...

Bill

Thanks for the checkout there, Bill.

[Milton Shupe]

Hi Milton and team,

Thank you for a lovely model and a great flier. I'm enjoying it thoroughly. I do have one question. I noticed that when I loaded the racer model at Reno, the pilot's hat and flight suit were transparent...as in allowing me to see the ground under the aircraft. (This is in FSX SP2 Accel) I don't see this in other models, or any other parts of the aircraft. Do you know if it's just a texture that needs an alpha layer fix or is it a model problem?

I'm looking forward to the paints that are sure to come from this release. Thanks so very much.

Yours,
Randy Cain

Hi Randy :-)

Thanks for the heads-up on this one.

Indeed, it is an alpha problem with the A26-pilotmod texture. It is black and needs to be pure white.
I am attaching a corrected version for the xp72 "272" texture or you can correct yours.

My apologies; I thought I had caught all of these black alpha issues.

Hope you get lots of fun out of flying these aircraft Randy; we appreciate your comments.

EDIT: Optionally, you can copy the texture from any other livery that uses a red hat. :-)

Kind Regards

[RandyCain]

I was going to post a screenshot, but I see you found it already. Nigel, Milton, thank you for the prompt reply and corrected texture. I'm still trying to land this without bouncing it, but I'm getting there.

I'm going to do some left turns now.

[WND]

DAH - I'M BAD !!!

I checked out the wrong aircraft yesterday !!!!

Thanks for the fix there Mr. Shupe....

Bill

[Milton Shupe]

LOL No problem WND; I appreciate all your efforts in support and especially all the work you did testing in beta for FS9, FSX, and P3D.

[nigel richards]

It seems the original white alpha was lost when I opened the original bmp to do some retouching.

On re-exporting from Photoshop, Mr. Muggins saved the new bmp without creating a new one and therefore Photoshop kicked in a brand new shiny black one.

My apologies Gentlemen and thanks to RandyCain for catching the gremlin.

[kikas]

Well, i finally had some time of my own, so i tried it and its magnificent, outside, inside, how it flies, or how it sounds, just pure pleasure!
Now demands, lol. Could some talented person do what if repaint for "Flying Tigers 2", like in this story:
http://www.air-america.org/index.php...et-war-in-laos

Author William Leary in his wonderful book, Perilous Missions, relates how back during the Communist Revolution in China, General Chennault had actually suggested forming another American Volunteer Group (using CAT pilots) flying P-47 fighter-bombers to attack the Communists – a rebirth of the Flying Tigers you might say. Captain Rousselot had the pilots all lined up and ready to go but Washington finally decided against it.

I also would love to see what if Frech, or Irish paints....

[Milton Shupe]

Well, i finally had some time of my own, so i tried it and its magnificent, outside, inside, how it flies, or how it sounds, just pure pleasure!
Now demands, lol. Could some talented person do what if repaint for "Flying Tigers 2", like in this story:
http://www.air-america.org/index.php...et-war-in-laos

I also would love to see what if Frech, or Irish paints....

That was a good read; enjoyed it a lot. Thanks

There have been many downloads of the paint kits so hopefully someone can accommodate your request. Great idea.

[Bushi]

I downloaded Milton and company's XP-47 a few weeks back and apart from flying the beast, got my hands on Nigels' great paint kit and have been playing around with it a bit. My first 'repaint' was just a rework of the olive drab over grey USAAF bird, then a Bare metal USAAF paint, and then I dove into the paint kit. So, Here is a screenshot of my 'what-if' RCAF 416 "Lynx" Squadron P-47J---or Q--- or whatever variant would have had the XP-47's airframe with hardpoints for bomb carriage. There will be three versions of the paint, one with full D-Day stripes, one with just the underside striping, and one without any. Just cleaning up a few little bits, and then will put together a .zip, and figure out how to upload a file here! :-)

Thanks Milton and Nigel for this great airplane and superb paint kit!
Cheers
Dave

[Tom Clayton]

Good lookin' paint!

Oh, and welcome to the asylum!

[Milton Shupe]

Great stuff there Dave; thanks for adding to the fun.

[Duckie]

Great first post! Very nicely done, Bushi. Looking forward to these.

[Bushi]

Good lookin' paint!

Oh, and welcome to the asylum!

Thanks Tom, and from what I've seen, the inmates are doing a great job of running this particular asylum!

[Bushi]

Great stuff there Dave; thanks for adding to the fun.

Thanks again Milton! I will try and get an upload together over the weekend. Work is about to get in the way of fun!

Cheers
Dave

[Bushi]

Great first post! Very nicely done, Bushi. Looking forward to these.

thank you sir!

[nigel richards]

I downloaded Milton and company's XP-47 a few weeks back and apart from flying the beast, got my hands on Nigels' great paint kit and have been playing around with it a bit. My first 'repaint' was just a rework of the olive drab over grey USAAF bird, then a Bare metal USAAF paint, and then I dove into the paint kit. So, Here is a screenshot of my 'what-if' RCAF 416 "Lynx" Squadron P-47J---or Q--- or whatever variant would have had the XP-47's airframe with hardpoints for bomb carriage. There will be three versions of the paint, one with full D-Day stripes, one with just the underside striping, and one without any. Just cleaning up a few little bits, and then will put together a .zip, and figure out how to upload a file here! :-)

Thanks Milton and Nigel for this great airplane and superb paint kit!
Cheers
Dave

Great paints, Dave!
Welcome to SOH.

I've been lucky enough to have an in-sim preview of these beauties - really great texturing all round.

Hope to see them uploaded as a package.

Maybe you'll upload that pretty Avia 57 you've been working on too.

[nigel richards]

Well, i finally had some time of my own, so i tried it and its magnificent, outside, inside, how it flies, or how it sounds, just pure pleasure!
Now demands, lol. Could some talented person do what if repaint for "Flying Tigers 2", like in this story:
http://www.air-america.org/index.php...et-war-in-laos

I also would love to see what if Frech, or Irish paints....

Indeed, a great suggestion for some interesting repaints, Kikas.

Nice to hear you're getting into the Republic xp's.

[Bushi]

Great paints, Dave!
Welcome to SOH.

I've been lucky enough to have an in-sim preview of these beauties - really great texturing all round.

Hope to see them uploaded as a package.

Maybe you'll upload that pretty Avia 57 you've been working on too.

Okay, I've just (hopefully) uploaded the 416 Sqn XP-47. :-) Let's see if I have the process figured out! LOL Milton, Nigel, and SOH's own Paul have tested the actual download, so hopefully no one has any issues.

As for my Pacific Equatorial Airways, and it's sister "British South American Airlines" Avia 57 floatplanes, probably soon!
Cheers
David

[Bushi]

Okay, I've just (hopefully) uploaded the 416 Sqn XP-47. :-) Let's see if I have the process figured out! LOL Milton, Nigel, and SOH's own Paul have tested the actual download, so hopefully no one has any issues.

As for my Pacific Equatorial Airways, and it's sister "British South American Airlines" Avia 57 floatplanes, probably soon!
Cheers
David

Okay... I tried to show a couple of pics of the Avia 57 Nigel was talking about, and ended up with the BIG pic at the dock being uploaded too!! Sorry guys..... didn't mean to get off topic, this IS the XP-47 thread!

[pennaa]

Milton:

Thank you for your reply to my questions.

Do you know how to remove the pilot after parked? thanks

[huub vink]

It is unclear for me why you quote glh, but according to my knowledge there is no way you can remove the pilot after the aircraft is parked.

Cheers,
Huub

[Milton Shupe]

Do you know how to remove the pilot after parked? thanks

The FS9 and the FSX version of the Avia 57 hides the pilot once the Battery switch is in the OFF position.

See the Electrical Panel Icon.

The XP47J, XP47H, and XP72 FS9 versions do not have this feature.