Texture Problem with 'FL & LS' B206III

[Biffer]

Hi Folks,

My first post, so please be gentle with me

First of all, many thanks for providing the Floats & Low Skid versions of Owen's Jet Ranger (the JR always looks better to me on low skids - but that's just personal preference). I downloaded these versions from Hovercontrol last year, but encountered a problem that I could never get an answer to (or even a reply!) on other forums.

I installed the new versions as per instructions, and indeed they showed up and loaded just fine. The 'problem' I have, however, is in adding new textures to the default 'N206EC' FL and LS ones. I need to make myself clear about this: I know HOW to add new textures - it's slightly more complicated than that.

For example; whereas the No Doors and TV sub-types show up as different models in FS9, and are therefore fairly straightforward to add new textures to (i.e., these show up as new variations of the models), the FL and LS models are showing up in the Variations list itself. Adding new texture folders to these models doesn't work; they just show up blank or blacked-out, even after careful tweaking of the .cfg details. I noticed that the mdl file provided with the FL and LS versions states the model as 'Bell206B.mdl', whereas the ND and TV versions will state 'Bell206B_ND.mdl' or 'Bell206B_TV.mdl'. Could this have something to do with it?

Can anyone see where I'm going wrong, and maybe offer a clear explanation as to how to add new textures to models that are themselves showing up as new Variations?

As a side issue (assuming I can fix the 'problem'), I noticed some great new textures on here for the FL/ND models. I haven't noticed these on Hovercontrol or any other site, so I'm wondering where they live?

I hope I've explained this clearly enough If not, my only excuse is that my last brain cell died off this morning and I find myself somewhat intellectually challenged at the moment.

Thanks for your help on this one!