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05-21-2013, 11:48 AM
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Il-40 Brawny (OBP beta build)
Hello
Probably one of the ugliest planes ever designed. However it's a beast in paper and actually looks pretty cool.    Niki 
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05-21-2013, 11:53 AM
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Man I need to learn how to do bare metal shading.
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05-21-2013, 11:55 AM
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05-21-2013, 12:40 PM
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John's da Man for metal shading. AirDave's stuff is pretty awesome too.
I have been trying to do the same thing myself. So far results are mixed. But then thats probably because I prefer to take short-cuts. It worked when I added it in onto Fiddlers Greens F-104, and Ok on a repainting of the He 178, but I've also sent a bunch of horrible looking metal shaded planes into Photoshops trash bin.
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05-21-2013, 01:08 PM
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Niki,
Another beautiful build, and you are correct, an ugly design, but the model is pretty cool. I'll definitely be getting this one (look good with the MiG-9). Thanks, Gary
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05-21-2013, 01:48 PM
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Nice design of a very very rare bird!
Just by the way Il-102 (competitor of Su-25) was the further development. Ilyushin Il-102 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Cybermac
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05-21-2013, 07:01 PM
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Speeds increased so much during WWII that rearward-facing gunners, as in Sturmoviks and Dauntlesses, stopped making sense. The only way gunners could hit enemy jets would be with some sort of radar assistence, so the gunner no longer would have to face aft. But pushing the Il-40's engines so far forward just about ruled out any radar for this plane. So this 1953 design seems to have been doubly obsolete, and I'm surprised that even any prototypes were built.
Still, what a great bit of aviation history -- and what a great example of how a real-life failure can be a first-rate model. I'll keep an eye peeled for the kit.
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05-21-2013, 08:43 PM
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This was actually a ground attack plane. What Niki's pics don't show is the bellypack of 23mm cannon
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05-22-2013, 06:09 PM
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Actually a very clever design for the time. Remember the late 40's and early 50's were exploratory times in jet aviation. Many "failed" aircraft had good features that were incorporated later on in other designs.
Isaac
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05-22-2013, 08:48 PM
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Hmmn .... It's true that the post-WWII era was a time of exploration and experimentation, nor can any of us today know exactly what went through the minds of Ilyushin designers and Soviet officials 60 years ago. But nose-mounted jet engines in a ground attack plane makes no sense to me at all. Wouldn't that expose the engines to the greatest possible danger from ground fire? So I'll respectfully disagree about the cleverness. But it's still a great model, and I'll be interested when it becomes available to us.
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