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Re: Some CeraSim models on offer at SimMarket

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Hiya Ro :hello:

The rotor animation on the 222 is difficult to describe. It's not the 'blur' you'd expect that is present on say, the Nemeth UH-1.. it's more like a strobe effect.. like a dogs tail wagging against a backlight if that makes sense. I don't fully understand how these things are done but I doubt it could be changed. What you see is probably the rotor going incredibly fast rather than a slow prop animation changing to a fast prop animation at a certain speed. DG is the man to speak to about this sort of technicality :lol: Anyhoo.. the rotor on the 412 is also listed as being animated (by this I presume the blades cone up under power) but it doesn't look odd.. I'm sure because it has 4 blades instead of the 222's 2. I mentioned elsewhere that Area51 have done the same with their Apache 'D' but with much less success. At the end of the day.. the whole 'bendy rotor' thing may look decidedly better on a faster rig but I'm happier with the old fashioned prop blur ;)

BTW.. I found a much better DHFS paint lurking at OzX. It's photo-real and very much looks the part :thumbsup: Off the top of my head, the other UK paint for the 412 is RAF Rescue. However, this is done by the same chap who did the other DHFS paint and you can tell. I've just this second looked at one of the maps in the 412 PK and I get the feeling the DHFS 412 painter may have left the wireframe visible :worried: He's certainly made no effort to change the rivet layer so these show up as silver/grey which doesn't look good against a black background. Sh1t like this is easy to change.. you make a copy of the map layer and either lighten, darken or burn the rivets to take the 'sting' out. I've only looked at one map so far and not tried to paint with it but it doesn't look bad so if there are any other UK paints out there.. I may attempt a couple.. if they're not terribly complicated and involve bendy lines :lol:

Back to the 222.. see if you can find any vids on YouTube. Someone, somewhere MUST have made one. Don't let my hang-up with the rotor animation sway you any.. it's probably just personal to me ;) I can't say it's bad.. more that I'd have preferred a solid prop blur which in my view, looks more realistic ;)

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Re: Some CeraSim models on offer at SimMarket

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Hei Dave,
just finished my trawl through Cera repaints et al at the various websites. Will be refining those and whittling them down later today or tomorrow. One file I did find was an alternate rotor texture for the 212, and I wondered if it would improve the situation with the 222. Perhaps by a simple substitution (and possibly a rename as well). It might be worth a few minutes just to see if how it looks.

I too found a couple of DHFS repaints for the 412, though there may be some duplication from the different websites (which I'll be checking later). Was the one you found at Ozx called ZJ708 ?

I hadn't realised until I started looking at the 222 that the UK forces had any 412s or 212s (or by any other name). And it was only yesterday that I realised the 412 is one of the earliest Cera models ...

Will follow your advice about 222 videos on youtube when I have more time later - perhaps tonight when I head for bed.

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Hi Ro :hello:

Yes.. ZJ708 at OzX is the good one and much much better than the file Cere_412_DHFS found elsewhere (SOH). The other one Mr 'Cere' did was Cera_412_RAF_Rescue and that shows a similar lack of attention to detail. Unfortunately, the others done by the ZJ708 author are foreign registrations.

Will have a look at the replacement 212 rotor texture :)

Right.. off to work 8)
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