My impression, being in communication with the modeller, is that this model was developed from scratch and is not a portover. I hope I'm right.
I haven't bought it, as I'm waiting for the Westland Whirlwind(s), but it appears to be a good mesh with good flight model, but with BMP format textures and lacking bump and specular materials (I note this was the case with the Gazelle, which I did purchase)?
If this is correct, would users regards it as a good all-round model for FSX/P3D if the textures were DDS and bump and specular maps were included?
I agree its not a port over from fs9 however its a current model mapped to fs9 standards and implemented into FSX
its the same as the gazelle from what ive seen, with no spec, no bump and all in bmps, however its more of a HD bmp textured model than the gazelle
As for the mesh, cant say as ive only seen the contents of all the texture folders and videos sent to me, I wont buy something thats mapped like that, it has no life or dual purpose
sadly Im getting reports that converted textures to dds are having an effect on the FPS with the model with frames jumping up and down when looking at it
But I agree with your last statement 110%