Merlin Reloaded

[Tranquil]

A brand new set of textures for the Royal Navy Merlins are coming your way! The textures are highly detailed and based on a new paintkit, featuring! Panel lines, Rivets, Weathering, New Decals/Markings etc



Much thanks

Mark

[merlin101]

Brilliant work, you doing the tiger one to?
Dave

[Tranquil]

Cheers Dave! i will just replicate the ones John (VulcanDriver) had done in the Culdrose pack!!

Much thanks

Mark

[VulcanDriver]

Hi Mark that does look very good much better than ones I did originally. Gets my stamp of approval

[VulcanDriver]

Brilliant work, you doing the tiger one to?
Dave

Has the Tiger still got its stripes? I ask as I read it was to be repainted during its first major maintenance.

[Dinga69]

Mark, when you pack these, would you be kind enough to upload them in 32bit format too. I personally run FS9 in dxt3 with no mips, but find that converting down from 32bit gives me the best possible textures. Thanks if you can and thanks if you can't That screenshot looks like a photo btw - very good!!!

[Tranquil]

I will be checking all Serials with the latest images i can find, so expect real world repaints

Thank you john, i was a bit worried about doing them thats why i asked you first as it was only released a while back, the textures where fine but i just wanted to add a little more detail to them! there are 1 or 2 parts that i cant really paint most notably around the cabin section as it paints other parts too! i wasnt sure if this could be fixed at all, but i know a lot of modelers prefare not to go back to old work which is very understandable..

Much thanks

Mark

[Firebird]

I noticed that ZH834 84 of 824 Sqn has the name 'Gawaine' under the number on the nose. Whether the sqn is naming the others after knights I don't know.
Yes I know that Gawain should not have an 'E'
link is here for a piccy http://www.fox2.co.uk/viewtopic.php?t=3 ... 86ecc4566d.

Incidentally, you have to see the picture he created for the inverted Vulcan on that page.

[merlin101]

I think it's 824 Sqdn that's named it's a/c after knights of the round table! Some a/c have also gained nose art and union jacks/RN logo badge.
Dave

[Tranquil]

Should be available tomorrow

However i am just replicating the Culdrose Merlins pack with updated textures so ZH860 (Tiger Scheme) cant be included without a fresh Flight Plan!



Much thanks

Mark

[bismarck]

Hope to see the Italians one day...

Giorgio

[Tranquil]

Here you go guys, updated textures for the Royal Navys Merlins!

1024x1024 16 bit DXT3
https://www.dropbox.com/s/bna8jfn1bsz1k ... it.7z?dl=0

1024x1024 32 bit
https://www.dropbox.com/s/rwj67w16kelha ... it.7z?dl=0

H-Res 2048x2048 32 bit available on request!

Much thanks

Mark

[gvbeek]

I got an error message on both files :
The archive is either in unknown format or damaged.

[Tranquil]

I got an error message on both files :
The archive is either in unknown format or damaged.

Hi, are you opening them with software than can open 7zip file format?

Much thanks

Mark

[gvbeek]

That did te trick. Thank you very much.

[Tranquil]

That did te trick. Thank you very much.

No problem

Much thanks

Mark

[ricki429]

Hope to see the Italians one day...

Giorgio

That would require a new Merlin model with the high tail and rear ramp....a model I've been wishing for, for a long time.
It would enable us to have Italy's Merlin and HH101 Caesar, Algerian, Canadian, Portuguese, Norwegian, Turkmenistan, Saudi and Nigerian to name a few!

Great paints Mark!

[Dinga69]

Thanks for the 32bit textures Mark!!! Much Appreciated!

[merlin101]

Hope to see the Italians one day...

Giorgio

Me to, but which version? They operate five different ones- CSAR, Utility, TTI utility (same but with 'Danish' nose radar), AEW (possibly not in service any more!) & naval ship version (similar to HM.2).
Dave

[Tranquil]

Thanks for the 32bit textures Mark!!! Much Appreciated!

No Problem at all!

Next Set: Here are the 5 Merlins that operate from HMS Ark Royal..

1024x1024 16 bit DXT3
https://www.dropbox.com/s/7514pxwozfkkf ... it.7z?dl=0

1024x1024 32 bit
https://www.dropbox.com/s/nw6lzw7oma5sz ... it.7z?dl=0

Much thanks

Mark