Alternative tanks for Rockomax X200-16 and 200-32

[mordin86]

Hi kerbonauts,

I've made two liquid fuel tanks that can be used as a alternative for "oli barrel" Rockomax X200-32 and smaller Rockomax X200-16.

New tanks can accommodate the same amount of liquid fuel and oxidizer as X200-32 and X200-16, but they are little longer for aesthetic purposes. I think they fit better with new ARM Nasa tanks than Rockomax ones.

Textures are updated and looks better now:

you can get the tanks here:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/rdq50hb1wt3oi1x/mtanksv1.rar

comments and suggestions are welcome, this is my very first part for KSP

04.18.2014: added small tank to replace Rockomax X200-8:

Edited April 18, 2014 by mordin86

[BudgetHedgehog]

Ooh, they look nice! They'll certainly be good-looking replacements for those oil barrels. Good stuff, thanks!

EDIT: so I noticed that they weigh twice as much as the stock tanks... may I ask why?

Edited April 15, 2014 by ObsessedWithKSP

[mordin86]

Thanks a lot! They are longer than the stock Rockomax ones but I can reduce the weight a little

[mordin86]

empty tanks mass reduced now. Its only 0.5 more than Rockomax.

[BudgetHedgehog]

Lovely jubbly, just the job. Thanks Deleted stock tanks now, these will do nicely for when KW ones aren't quite the right capacity.

[mordin86]

cool, I`m glad you like em I will try to make more tanks and other parts in the future. Still have to work on the textures on those ones a bit more.

[mordin86]

Uploaded new version with much better textures.

[BudgetHedgehog]

Nice stuff! One little suggestion: could you make them tech-tree integrated? I can do it myself, but it might be nice for other people to have when they download them later

[mordin86]

Nice stuff! One little suggestion: could you make them tech-tree integrated? I can do it myself, but it might be nice for other people to have when they download them later

Thanks, the tanks should work in the tech tree and be next to Rockomax ones in Heavy Rocketry section:

[mordin86]

added small tank to replace Rockomax X200-8:

[Thesonicgalaxy]

Any stock-a-like parts/textures become an instant "Best mod this side of the universe".

Really like the look of these, will try them out tomorrow. Kinda weird using the LFB KR-1x2 and having unfitting Rockomax tanks, thanks for this <3

Edited April 18, 2014 by Thesonicgalaxy

[papics]

Such a shame these parts are is not getting more recognition! With the new NASA parts, I was completely shocked how badly they work together with the original Rockomax barrels. With these parts, my aesthetics are back to where they should be. Thanks a lot, they look great. Maybe two small suggestions:

1) move this to the release thread, and update the name with [Part] [0.23.x] ... maybe it gets more recognition there.

2) Since your tanks are a tiny bit bigger and heavier, maybe they should contain a tiny bit more fuel too. (More or less half of the extra weight should be fuel as a rough first estimate...)

[Justin Kerbice]

great, those new tanks looks definitely better than the stock one (which looks more cheap/hand made than anything else).

[Space_Kraken]

I've been thinking about doing this myself, but my plan was to use the firespitter plugin to switch out the textures.

[Helix935]

looks really nice and i hope this mod goes far

[Mr Kerbalmeister]

I really hate to necro a thread like this, but does anyone still have this mod to reupload? The link in the OP is dead and I would really like to use it.