IL-14 Repaints Discussion

[spraycan]

Here are three repaints of the classic Russian prop-liner Ilyushin IL-14 - "Crate"
This is a very nice FS plane (FS2004) modeled by W. Beckert, available over on flightsim.ru"

This "Russian Convair" was also manufactured in East Germany by VEB Flugzeugbau, in Czechoslovakia as the Avia 14, and in China under the Chinese designation Y-6. (thank you Wikipedia)

I'll upload it in a couple of days to Flightsim and Simviation.

Cheers,
Jaap

[Tom/CalClassic]

Hi Jaap,

Mike Stevens will be very happy to see those, thanks!

As long as he can figure out how to fly the thing...

[connie1049]

Hi Jaap,

Is this freeware or payware aircraft. I checked the site you mentioned, translated the page, but did not find a listing for this bird.

Frank

[spraycan]

Hello friends.

This IL-14 is indeed a very good modeled aircraft.
As Frank says, the detail in the base texture is fantastic.
It is kept simple however - no VC and no opening cabin door, but I think it looks really great.
The Cyrillic dials can make it a bit tricky to fly but it's worth a try

I already saw nice repaints for this plane of TAROM (Romania) and CSA (Czechoslovakia)
The readme file indicated to get the package from Flightsim.ru but I got it from AVSIM.ru
Here is a link to the download spot: www.avsimrus.com/f/fs2004-aircrafts-40/il-14-aircraft-10639.html?action=download&hl=IL-14

"Dasvedanya"

Jaap

[Maarten]

Hi Jaap,

I'm afraid Wikipedia is wrong stating that the IL-14 has been built in China as Y-6. Actually the Y-6 has not been built at all.

see:
www.designation-systems.net/non-us/china.html
www.worldairforces.com/Countries/china/rchdesign.html

According to the monograph 'Ilyushin IL-12 and IL-14 - Successors to the Li-2' by Yefim Gordon and Dmitriy Komissarov the Chinese operated IL-14's were built in the Soviet Union, in East-Germany by Flugzeugwerke Dresden, and in Czechoslovakia by Avia.

HA-MAD was a Dresden-built IL-14P, according to John Stroud's 'Soviet Transport Aircraft since 1945'.

Groeten,
Maarten

[spraycan]

Hi Maarten,

I see what you mean.
Guess the plans were there to license build it, with the Y-6 indication already reserved and all, but they never came to it.

But still, it's a nice airplane. Always had a bit of a soft spot for it

Groeten,
Jaap

[circleman]

love the chinese paint. a pretty plane to watch.
is there a LOT paint for this model on the web?

[Maarten]

Hi Jaap,

Thank you very much for those wonderful repaints. They are great and fulfill a longtime wish of mine.

Groeten,
Maarten

[circleman]

the texture mapping on this bird is new to me.
there is a metal texture and a color overlay.
pretty interesting. is it in the model?

[spraycan]

Hi Cman

It is a bit of an odd way texture-wise. One bitmap is used to get the metalic reflection (that one has the alpha) and the other bitmap is used for the repaint (and has no alpha)
Both are needed to get the result.
It is a pity there are no pilots in the cockpit ( ) but luckily the cockpit windows are so dark that it is hardly noticed.
I still think it is one of the nicest IL-14's around.

Cheers,
Jaap

[jensbk]

I didn't know about this IL-14 until now - I've been working on an IL-14 (and an IL-12) model for some time now, and it is nearly finished. I will upload my model in any case, but >I will of corse have a look at this other model.

Best regards

Jens