Sydy

Nice one, @BoNidle!!!

Gentlemen, good day, Please, before anything, I'd like to compliment ED for updating the User Download Files programming. The new mode does not pile up new updates over the old files. This way people are not frustrated. That being said, I updated all my 33 P-47 liveries to vs 2.2 correcting many little mistakes and improving some details. I'd like kindly to ask the moderators to re-download, if necessary, all four submissions I made on page 2, please. I also made 2 more liveries, one Brazilian and one American. I think the "Little Chief" worths to be submitted for the competition. So be it... I promise, after 35 P-47s liveries, I will "try" not to make any other... (well.. There are some after the war sn to be studied... LOL) Here it goes, my last Livery for the contest: Link: Frank Klibbe Little Chief, HV-V, 61st FS, 56th FG, 8th AF, 1944. Lt Frank William Klibbe was assigned to 61FS, 56FG, 8 Air Force USAAF, on 27-Jan-1944. He achieved 7 victories during WWII and ended his career as Colonel with several Awards. I, on a personal note, had the honor of meeting Col. Klibbe in a plastic model show in Orlando, 1998. He was kind enough to sign a P47-D Little Chief Monogram 1/48 model box to me. I still have it in mint condition. I also keep on my models display a Little Chief Die Cast diorama. He was a very gentle human being and an awesome fighter. About this Livery: This livery is as historical as possible. The airplane is the "Little Chief" on his final version. It was a P-47D-15-RE (thus it was a Razorback), HV-V, serial no. 42-76179, in March, 1944, England. Features: Originally coded HV-M. Colors: Under surface, Neutral Gray. Upper surface, Olive Drab waxed and polished. Gray panel panel behind canopy on the razorback. All white stripes removed from tail section. Forward portion of cowling and rudder red. Large Little Chief emblem on port side of cowling. After Klibbe became an Ace on 15 Mach 1944, this aircraft was decorated with White inside cowl leading edge, White trim at the rear of the Red portion of the cowling and a White line on the rear of the vertical fin. The stenciled letters, HV-V, were filled and became solid White. The landing gear doors edges and spinner were painted Red. Note panel on upper fuselage under cockpit with 5 victories Balkenkreuz has faded to a lighter, more brown Olive Drab. National Markings: Standard stars and bars on fuselage. Upper wing; star and bar on outboard port wing; Underwing; large star and bar under both wings, note slightly different position of under wing stars. Stenciling: Factory standard. Note; this aircraft was waxed and polished by crew chief for additional speed advantage. The stenciled code HV is tilted slightly down on the port side. New type stencil with crew names in white lettering and red emergency canopy release plus second canopy release in White on canopy rail. Up to 5 Balkenkreuz victory tallies now on side fuselage under cockpit. As everybody said, the level of the liveries is amazing and I feel honored to participate on the contest with such selected group. I learnt a lot with you all. Alea Jacta est! All the best, Sydy

Hi Santus, I personally decided to use the official template (15Feb21), but checked the real latches and they are indeed different. I edited the official template with the proposed fix. @sadjad-vosoul did an outstanding job and I double checked it with the blue prints and real photos. I already fixed my liveries (all 33 of them), but I will only uploaded it on the beginning of march so I do not annoy people. These are my 2 cents about it. Kudos to@sadjad-vosoul!!! Good luck and all the best, Sydy

Yep. Awesome Livery! Congrats!

Dan, Same happened to me a while ago. One unofficial template and three officials template updates, added to my 33 P-47 skins makes quite inconvenient on the user files download page. Every time I update them it looks like spamming. I decided to keep working on my skins and on beginning of March I will make a single update for all 33 liveries. (and no more) Although I have almost all of them complete, I decided to refrain to update all the time so I do not disturb people. Take care my friend, and good luck. (The level of the liveries in here is amazing). Sydy

Nice explanation!

dan perin, pretty cool! Liked!

That’d be so nice!

Thanks for the mission. I will try for sure.

Bignewy, The template was update today. Do we have to update the liveries for this new one or do we keep the way it is? Ps: Please, disregard the question, all my four liveries for the contest were updated for the new template released on 15Feb2021. Thank you, Sydy

Thank you!

Jambock_Sydy - Mi-8, please!

Calinho, Remember to update Jambock' skin to vs 2.0. I am updating it slowly, but all of them will be vs 2.0 soon enough. 4 for the contest plus 1, 2 and 2 Olive Drab already updated. Take care. Sydy

What a pleasure! Congrats!!!

Hi guys, I am amazed of the liveries level submitted so far. Congratulations to all participants. It is hard for me to decide which livery to submit because I made a total of 33 liveries for the P-47, all Brazilians. As I couldn't decided which one was the best, I decided to present four of them and let the judges evaluate them. I updated them to vs 2.0 so it is on the requested specs. Here we go with picture, link and what about each livery: ------------ First Livery ------------- Link: P-47D - 1st Brazilian Ftr Sq-Jambock A1 - Menezes (update vs 2.2) About this Livery: The livery is as historical as possible. Warrant Officer Diomar Menezes came to the squadron as one of the very few replacement and flew 71 missions in combat. His plane was a Silver "A1" P-47D-30-RE SN 42-0854, callsign "Red One". He took over this plane after the Flight Lead became sick. He flew it until the War end. This is the most download of my liveries so far. ------------ Second Livery ------------- Link: P-47D - 1st Brazilian Ftr Sq - Jambock A4 - 2nd Lt Torres (update vs 2.2) About this Livery: The livery is as historical as possible. 2nd Lt Torres flew 99 combat missions during WWII in Italy (plus onde defensive not included in the grand total). Before that he flew coastal patrol in Brazil. On July, 31st, 1943, he sunk the German U-Boat U-199 with a Catalina named "ARARA" just south of Rio de Janeiro Coast. 43 german submariners died, but 12 survived, including the captain. If you are curious, see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_submarine_U-199 During WWII, Torres managed to be the pilot that flew the most sorties, a total of 99 offensive and 1 defensive (not included on his grand total). This airplane was a P-47D-25-RE SN 42-26756. There is a pair of pictures of this airplane as portrait in this livery. Torres used for a while the word "TROZOBA" on its nose, but it was removed later on. "TROZOBA" is a Brazilian slang that means something like "masculine organ" (but not in an offensive way). The airplane did not have an insignia under his left wing nor on the top of the right one. At the point of the included picture, he had flow 30 missions. And, yes, the "A" letter was misaligned. He retired right after the war as a Captain. He was a manager in several companies as Texaco, VASP airlines and founded in Brazil "BRINKS", an huge securities carrier and security company. He married, had 5 sons and 9 grandsons. Alberto Martin Torres died on December 2001 and as per his request, his ashes were dropped by plane over Rio de Janeiro Guanabara bay. ------------ Third Livery ------------- Link: P-47D - 1st Brazilian Ftr Sq - Jambock Arlette - 1st Lt Miranda Correa (update vs 2.2) About this Livery: The livery is as historical as possible. After evaluating the photograph evidence, I concluded that the name ARLETTE was in white, not yellow. 1st Lt Miranda Correa flew 8 combat missions during WWII. He flew very few sorties because he was the Squadron Inteligence officer. When the squadron received the airplanes in October, 44, few pilots decided to customize their planes. Lt Miranda named his plane to his wife, Arlette, and placing a pin-up bellow the canopy. The Squadron CO, Cel Nero Moura, did not like the idea and the customizations was promptly removed. At the time of the famous "Arlette" photo, it had only 3 missions so far. Eventually, this airplane would be shot down by flak flying as Green Six (D6). He was fortunate to let him fly a bit as he was an important piece of the squadron. This airplane was a P-47D-25-RE SN 42-26773.There is a famous picture of this airplane. Miranda Correa survived the war, remarried three times and had only one son. He ended his Air Force Career as a General. ------------ Fourth Livery ------------- Link: P-47D - 1st Brazilian Ftr Sq - Jambock - Olive Drab - S/N 42-26770 (update vs 2.2) About this Livery: The livery is a generic representation of the 1st Brazilian Squadron P-47s. It has no Serial Number painted. It is in dirty conditions. A bit more about the 1st Brazilian Squadron History: The First Brazilian Fighter Group was created in 1943. The training was performed by the Forward Echelon in Florida, then as a Group in P-40s in Aguadulce, Panama, and Sulfolk, New York, flying P-47s. It had a Squadron size. During the World War II , the Group was attached to the 350th Fighter Group in Italy as the 4th squadron (1944-1945). It was based initially in Tarquinia and later in Pisa. Due to low on replacements, the pilots extended the Tour of Duty until the war end. "Jambock" was the callsign used by the Brazilian Fighter Group during the war and still is in used today (flying F-5EM and F-5FM). "Jambock" name has an Indonesian/South African origin (sjanbok or Sambok) and means "animal skin or wood whip". It was a kind of whip. The Patch on the nose means: - Ostrich - Brazilians can take and handle anything; - Hat - The Brazilian Air Force Pilot; - Shield - The Thunderbolt toughness and the Pilot protection; - Blue and the 5 Stars - Brazilian Sky and the "South Cross constellation"; - Pistol - the Jug fire-power; - Cloud - the airspace, "the pilot's floor"; - Red Background - the blood of the Brazilians WIA and KIA; - "Senta a Púa!" - Group Motto and means "Go for it!" in a "free translation"; Later, after the war, it was added a Flak Cloud to represent the enemy AAA. This is my way to honor the WWII Veterans, including the Brazilians. I had the privilegie to meet several of them. I am sure the Brazilian DCS community will enjoy one of these liveries as "Official". Good luck to all participants! "Alea Jacta Est!" ps: A1 was update on Feb, 15th with a new rudder paint job. ps2: All four liveries were updated for the new template released on 15Feb2021. ps3: All four liveries were updated to vs 2.2 to correct many errors. All the best, Sydy

Hi Bozo, Were you the guy that fly by the twr on the topgun movie? I remember the callsign. Awesome flying on the movie. Take care, Sydy

Gents, I just would like to say thank you for the tips. It helped a lot for my set up. Interesting is that I run on 3840x2160, corrected for 2 mfd screens (+1600) and it runs fine, around 35fps+. in very few instances I saw a drop to 25~29fps. I tried the 2560x1440 (plus correction) and saw no real gain in fps, so I returned to 4k. Anyway, thank you for the post and messages. All the best, Sydy

Pretty cool, Thanks!

Bunyap, Same happened on Mission 8 (SEAD). I had to tune 327.0 as CH 4 was not answering. Darkstar was ok. No tanker contact needed. Take care, Sydy

Nice! Count on me! I am loving it!

Hi, I flew Mission 5 today (the exposure to the Flanker) and Nelles never answered on CH 4 nor 256.0. I had to use UHF 327.0 to get an answer. Tks Sydy

Hi Bunyap, I just started the campaign and flew two missions. It is amazing the quality and how well preppared it is. Congratulations. All the best, Sydy

DId you release it already? Looks cool!

Hi giullep, I just flew the first mission. Std radios worked fine for me. Did you tune on radio 1 CH 4 for start up, CH 16 for Darkstar and on Radio 2 did you leave 127.0? Remember to set your controls correctly to call COMM 1 and COMM 2. Good luck. Sydy

Mine are smaller that that, Around 40mb each. Aren’t you forgetting to compress them?