Il-2m3 Sturmovik for European Air War

This is a major re-working of a 3D shape for EAW, to create the Il-2m3 Sturmovik. The Il-2m3 Sturmovik takes the place of the P47D, using ECA Control Panel v3.3 or later.

The Il-2 shape was originally the Kate from PAW, adapted by me as the Il-2, and revised by Woolfman. I used this as a base, revised it significantly, and used Moggy's newly discovered method of "pasting" one 3D shape file onto another, to add the wheel fairings, cannon barrels and air-scoops, plus the aerials and other fittings. There are also non-mirrored panels for the fuselage and rudder, new cockpit wing-views, and details like a wing-spar texture to the torn-off wing stub (Geo's idea from his recently revised Hellcat).

There are two completely new and superb skins, from the artistry of Steve Day. The default skin is a two-tone camo one, and there is also a winter-white one. The files to change from one to the other are in the zip files IL2CAMOSKIN.ZIP, IL2WHITESKIN.ZIP and IL2GLIDE.ZIP. The enclosed JPG pictures show you the look of the two different skins.

All of the PCX files are included, together with a set of Glide PCX files as well, for those who want them.

There are some small rendering problems with this shape from some angles (if only I could work out the rendering sequence properly), but nothing too dramatic for such a major re-working of the 3D shape. Also, the ordnance loads and gun flash positions are not quite right - these will be fixed in ECA Control Panel v3.8. 

To use , simply unzip all files and copy the *.TPC and *.3DZ files into your EAW directory. 
I hope you enjoy the Il2m3 Sturmovik for EAW.

Charles Gunst
GunstQC@aol.com
October 2001