High Resolution P-47 C/D Razorback for European Air War by Microprose.

This skin represents "Soubrette", a P-47 D 6-RE, SN 42-74647, flown by Lt. Col. Wayne K Blickenstaff, 353rd FG, 350th FS, based as Raydon, February 1944. Credited with 10 kills. 

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This model is based on the HR P47D but has been given a major overhaul to include the following : -
- armour plate and 3d radio behind pilot.
- open canopy with gear down.
- Reshaped rear fuselage smoothed out 3d rudder and elevators
- 3d Turbo waste scoop
- Flaps with gear down.
- Wings shape has been smoothed out.
- Nose re-modelled
- No bar and wide view deflection cockpit.
- High res Wingview.
- Damaged torn off wings
- Smaller prop to suit earlier versions up to D-22-RE and D-23-RA
- Reshaped transparent shadow file

To get all these extras in I've stripped back and completely rebuilt the A, B, C, E and G 3dz's and written a new RS for them.  Instead of all having 255 elements they now have around 60-70, so there is now plenty of room for adding new elements.  It may even speed up framerates?!

What's not fixed?
The cockpit show through problems.  It IS fixable, but only by putting the cockpit elements back onto the F.3dz, which would require a huge 3DZ and RS rebuild, new PCX's and remapping the entire fuselage and prop.  Call me lazy - maybe one day, but not now!  The P47C has been a work in progress for over two years, so right now I just want it out the door.
Also the open canopy mod has RS problems for similar reasons.

Installation
Extract all the 3dz and tpc files to your EAW folder.  If using OAW extract all files to your OAW folder making sure winzip's "use folder names" option is CHECKED.  Start OAW and the skin will be available for selection in the "A-02 HR 353FG 350FS" folder.  If you don't like the no-bar cockpit just delete the Pp47cV.3dz and Pp47cW.3dz files to go back to the defaults.

Credits and thanks go to :-
Skylark for being a great 'rivet counter' and second pair of eyes.
Gurney for his brilliant 3dz Studio.  95% of the element work was done with his program!
Alessandro for the old 3dz Studio - don't worry, it still gets used!
also for Converter 1.8 which was essential.
Can't find who did the original mex.pcx, but thank you.
3dz and skin by myself.

Enjoy,
John "Chompy" Masters
22nd August 2005
jdmasters@ozemail.com.au
http://www.sandbaggereaw.com/chompy.html