6th GShAP Il-2

[Greebo]

This is my first Il-2M3 skin. It is the aircraft of Ivan F Pavlov of the 6th Guards Assault Aviation Regiment. Pavlov flew a total of 248 attack sorties and shot down 4 enemy aircraft eventually rising to the rank of Guards Major. A much decorated pilot, he was twice made a Hero of the Soviet Union.

[1pLUs44]

It's a beaut, nice job.

[StokesAk]

Nice

[B4Buster]

nice work Greebo

[Fencer51]

Outstanding.

Are you intending to do more, if so we should chat to avoid duplication. 

(checks list of things to do.. ah no hurry on that though)

[Lord ReDhAwK]

Looks great Lord Greebo!  Have been thinking about doing an IL2 myself.  I will definitely post a pic of the one I would like to do, to avoid duplication.

ReDhAwK

[USRanger]

That's sweet bro!

[Wmaker]

Awesome work as always Greebo!

I remeber this as the default skin of the AH1 IL-2 rendition.

[Greebo]

Thanks guys, I'm glad you like it. 

I'm going to do a few more Il-2s. I was looking at the aircraft of Capt Emelyanenko of the 7th GShAP. This is a similar scheme to the one above but has a musical score on the side as a slogan and the tactical number "100". If someone else wants to do this, I can switch to something else though.

Also I plan on doing a Il-2 with the early green and black camo scheme as well as an aircraft with a green/brown/grey top camo scheme. I haven't decided which specific aircraft yet.

Finally I have been looking for a winter camo scheme to do. There is some good info on single seat Il-2s with whitewashed winter schemes but not much on two seaters. I don't think HTC will allow single seat schemes although I reckon they will probably let the intermediate two seat IL2M without the swept wing go. So far I have found a few profiles and photos of white two seaters. However I'm still looking for a photo that shows a really beat up and worn out winter scheme with all the tactical numbers etc visible.

[lyric1]

That has turned out very well based off the photo's. Nice job.
http://airaces.narod.ru/all7/pavlov_i.htm

[Larry]

Great as always greebo.

[Xasthur]

This may be just screenshot distortion through web-hosting, but the scuffing on the upper wing surfaces looks a little.... pixelated? Like it's just sitting on top of the paint work rather than actually being bits of chipped paint work.

Also, the forward cowling/prop spinner area.... There seems to be some black distortion going on there, is that just a screenshot issue too?

[oboe]

Beautiful job, Greebo!

[Greebo]

I'll have another look at the paint chipping on the wing root Xasthur. The photos of Il-2s I have seen always seem to show a fairly solid looking worn area. However it often looks more realistic to break up the edge of the area a bit.

I'm not quite sure what you mean on the nose area. One possibility is that there are three air scoops around the edge of the spinner, one underneath and one on each side. The left hand one of these is visible in the screenshot and at this viewing angle makes the black line behind the spinner look slightly thicker at that point.

[Krusty]

Looks pretty good, Greebo!

Only one issue. You've got nice panel lines and rivets almost everwhere, except from behind the wings all the way back to the rudder. Nothing, nada, totally devoid of details. Surely there ought to be some?

Just thought I'd mention it.