Repaint Request...

[IanP]

I'll put this up here, because it's a specifically Acceleration related request.

I've been asked, as some people may have read, to have a go at "improving" RNAS Culdrose in FSX. I also have a long-term intent to do something with the MCA base at Portland.

As usual when I "do an airfield up" a bit, it would be nice to have something to live there. As we're a bit short of FSX Sea Kings, is it possible that someone with rather more skill than me could do a fictional rendition of the Accel Merlin in the colours of 771 Squadron's Air Sea Rescue aircraft?

There are a number of pics of the type on airliners.net, notably

http://www.airliners.net/photo/UK---Navy/Westland-Sea-King/1392624/M/
http://www.airliners.net/photo/UK---Navy/Westland-Sea-King/1390259/M/
http://www.airliners.net/photo/UK---Navy/Westland-Sea-King/0622500/M/

For Portland, again the repaint would have to be fictional, but the real aircraft there is/will soon be a CHC Scotia Sikorsky S-92 as seen here:

http://www.airliners.net/search/photo.search?airlinesearch=UK%20-%20Coast%20Guard%20(CHC%20Scotia)&distinct_entry=true

Anyone interested, or should I shove off and annoy someone anywhere else? :d

Cheers,

Ian P.

 

[cheezyflier]

if you don't have any luck check in at hovercontrol. great guys there, often very helpful, even to us "plankers" :costumes:

 

[Tako_Kichi]

I did search to see if there was a paint kit available somewhere for it but found nothing. There is not even a plain white variant so that you can use the 'remove white' trick to just leave the panel lines and rivets etc. on a single layer.

Without either of the above it gets very time consuming as you have to paint 'around' everything instead of just selecting an area and filling.

 

[CG_1976]

This MCA HC might be possible. Let me have a look at a couple models i have and check with my couter parts at other SAR VA's.
http://www.airliners.net/photo/UK%20-%20Coast%20Guard%20(CHC%20Scotia)/Agusta%20AB-139%20(AW-139)/1337886/L/&width=1200&height=812&sok=WHERE__(airline_%3D_%27UK_-_Coast_Guard_(CHC_Scotia)%27)_&sort=_order_by_photo_id_DESC_&photo_nr=2&prev_id=1361259&next_id=1277075

 

[IanP]

Actually there is a plain white Merlin... or at least I have one!

I think I may have found someone prepared to take on the 771Sq RN scheme (or at least the reply of "Oooh, pretty!" sounded fairly promising ) so we'll see.

Apparently the Portland helo is a 139, not a S-92, incidentally. We need more FSX native helos!!!

Ian P.