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Native Westland Sea King

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Kavehpd

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I asked this on the HC forums long time ago. But didn't get any helpful replies.

Is anyone aware of a decent looking native Westland Sea King project in the pipelines? I'm more interested in HAR3A and HC4. And by decent, I mean properly modelled and animated rotors (no transparent disks!), DX10 compatibility, bumps maps, etc.
 
I think the guys from UKMIL have made a freeware FSX native Seaking.
ukmilskthm.jpg

It's native with seld shadow etc... but still I'm not sure if it's up to your standards... but since it's free, it won't cost anything to try ;)
 
Thanks. I've already tried that when it first came out. No offence to UKMIL guys. But that's not quite what I'm looking for.
 
well you have no other option for free, best to spend some cash over at Alphasim. Must have money to burn:applause:
 
Well I know of someone (or some people) who are considering making one... but I don't want to blab, or raise expectations, so I'll leave it at that. However, rest assured you're not the only one who wants such a thing...
 
I don't think the OP specified "free". However, the UKMIL is currently the only FSX native one out there. The Alphasim models are not and I think it has been said that there are currently no plans to make an FSX native version of them from their particular developer (who will hopefully see this thread and comment shortly! ;))

I also installed the UKMIL Sea King, tried it and uninstalled it. It's a lot better than I could do, but didn't capture my attention either, unfortunately.

I'm not trying to put down UKMIL's efforts in any way, but I have to say that the shape of their model just doesn't quite strike me as right. I've not compared it directly to images or anything like that, but something just seemed "off" about it. Like I said, that's just a comment explaining why I didn't keep it on my system - not intended to diminish their achievement in any way. It's a darned sight better than I can do! :icon29:

I stuck with the Alphasim one I already had and RAF/RN SAR repaints of the Accel EH101 that Chris Brisland did, which he did give me permission to package and upload. I really, really, must do that!
 
IanP said:
I don't think the OP specified "free". However, the UKMIL is currently the only FSX native one out there. The Alphasim models are not and I think it has been said that there are currently no plans to make an FSX native version of them from their particular developer (who will hopefully see this thread and comment shortly! ;))

I also installed the UKMIL Sea King, tried it and uninstalled it. It's a lot better than I could do, but didn't capture my attention either, unfortunately.

I'm not trying to put down UKMIL's efforts in any way, but I have to say that the shape of their model just doesn't quite strike me as right. I've not compared it directly to images or anything like that, but something just seemed "off" about it. Like I said, that's just a comment explaining why I didn't keep it on my system - not intended to diminish their achievement in any way. It's a darned sight better than I can do! :icon29:

I stuck with the Alphasim one I already had and RAF/RN SAR repaints of the Accel EH101 that Chris Brisland did, which he did give me permission to package and upload. I really, really, must do that!
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I too mean all the best for the UKMIL guys. But I'm a real meanie when it comes to small details and want nothing less than perfect.

AlphaSim port over is out of question, obviously. Seems like I'm stuck with my own RAF rescue repaint of Acceleration EH101 for now. Looking forward to the RN version. I dumped my own RN PSDs long time ago. Waaay too much hassle to get an acceptable result. :isadizzy:
 
Not an overly good pic - it's one of the banners from my site - but it'll give you an idea. ;)
 
IanP said:
Not an overly good pic - it's one of the banners from my site - but it'll give you an idea. ;)
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Ian, were can i get a hold of that paint please? And does anybody know of a HMCA paint for the Default Merlin 101 or the UKMIL Seaking. Yes i do have the UKMIL Seaking installed and love taking her up for flights in Scotland, Ireland and Canada. Certainly gets better frames and performance then a port over.
 
CG_1976 said:
Ian, were can i get a hold of that paint please?
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You can't yet, sorry. Entirely my fault. As I said before, Chris Brisland has given me permission to package and upload them - I just haven't got around to writing a readme and doing it yet. :rolleyes:

CG_1976 said:
And does anybody know of a HMCA paint for the Default Merlin 101 or the UKMIL Seaking. Yes i do have the UKMIL Seaking installed and love taking her up for flights in Scotland, Ireland and Canada. Certainly gets better frames and performance then a port over.
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I haven't seen an MCA repaint for anything other than the Alpha FS9 SeaKings I'm afraid and that wasn't brilliant.

However... I've just been messing about with ADE and default objects. Definitely representative rather than accurate, slightly out of context, but certainly related directly to this thread. Anyone want to take a guess where in the UK it (badly) represents? :engel016:

Edit: Added a second shot because I could. A quick reinstall might put some more context in, too...
 
peter12213 said:
Is it RAF Boulmer?
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:applause:

Well. It looks a bit like the little corner of it that 202 Squadron hide in, I hope. It was drawn over a Google Earth image, so the shape is right. Shame about the buildings. Oh well!

It's a tiny file and yes I know it's a bit naff, but I'll zip it up and stick it on my site at some point over the weekend for anyone who wants to use it.
 
IanP said:
:applause:

Well. It looks a bit like the little corner of it that 202 Squadron hide in, I hope. It was drawn over a Google Earth image, so the shape is right. Shame about the buildings. Oh well!

It's a tiny file and yes I know it's a bit naff, but I'll zip it up and stick it on my site at some point over the weekend for anyone who wants to use it.
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Having never see the real one, your "interpretation" looks really nice! :ernae:
 
I'm reading and watching :).

Just this morning (US Eastern) I was speaking with some one about a new from the ground up Seaking, it 'is' a shame to waste all that info I have :).

I did vow never to touch one again after the last 14 month marathon with the Alphasim one, rest assured it wont be two packs with 10 variants, but I can forsee generic USN and RAF/RN variants.

Lets see what happens over the next few weeks <wink>, hopefully some renders in short order after some planned work on the F-100 and Lynx.

Best

Michael

IanP said:
I don't think the OP specified "free". However, the UKMIL is currently the only FSX native one out there. The Alphasim models are not and I think it has been said that there are currently no plans to make an FSX native version of them from their particular developer (who will hopefully see this thread and comment shortly! ;))

I also installed the UKMIL Sea King, tried it and uninstalled it. It's a lot better than I could do, but didn't capture my attention either, unfortunately.

I'm not trying to put down UKMIL's efforts in any way, but I have to say that the shape of their model just doesn't quite strike me as right. I've not compared it directly to images or anything like that, but something just seemed "off" about it. Like I said, that's just a comment explaining why I didn't keep it on my system - not intended to diminish their achievement in any way. It's a darned sight better than I can do! :icon29:

I stuck with the Alphasim one I already had and RAF/RN SAR repaints of the Accel EH101 that Chris Brisland did, which he did give me permission to package and upload. I really, really, must do that!
Click to expand...
 
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