Merlin MLN-1A

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I was really after a Merlin MLN-1A miniature, but I just couldn't find any to print. Luckily, what I did manage to track down was the Clanner Night Gyr model, which bears more than a passing resemblance to my ideal design in several key ways. Even better still, jehunter80 generously shared a blender file for his "MWO Night Gyr Prime, A, B, C, D, E, H" project, so I took that and used Blender along with Meshmixer to heavily modify it. What ultimately emerged is at least somewhat recognizable as the Merlin I had in mind, although I'm aware that my version's arms don't match the Technical Readouts illustrations exactly - and personally, I never liked how those Medium lasers were depicted taking up the entire arm. It's not perfect by any means, and I have no doubt there are many people out there who could do a far better job (if you're one of them, please let me know!).