Coot Dreams: An Updated IL-18 Wishlist

The IL-18 was a contemporary of the Britannia, Vanguard and Electra as one of the few big turboprops to see the light in the period when pure jets were beginning to take hold. In 400 scale the type has received more attention in recent years so I have updated this wishlist to reflect recent production. Even so, there remains a decent number of possibilities for the type. Read on for a look at what is left to be made.

Aeroclassics and Yu ModeL have to date made 27 IL-18s using its fine mould for the type but there remains significant material for future Coot production:

The type saw wide service among the Warsaw Pact nations and other Soviet allies in Cuba and a surprisingly wide number of African nations. Here are 24 further options for the type.

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GERMANY EAST & WEST

Deutsche Lufthansa was the controversial East German forerunner of Interflug:

Ad Meskens, CC BY-SA 3.0 , via Wikimedia Commons

Ralf Manteufel (GFDL 1.2 or GFDL 1.2 ), via Wikimedia Commons

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EASTERN EUROPE

RuthAS, CC BY 3.0 , via Wikimedia Commons

Ken Fielding/https://www.flickr.com/photos/kenfielding, CC BY-SA 3.0 , via Wikimedia Commons

Lars Söderström, CC BY-SA 3.0 , via Wikimedia Commons

Michel Gilliand (GFDL 1.2 or GFDL 1.2 ), via Wikimedia Commons

Peter Bakema (GFDL 1.2 or GFDL 1.2 ), via Wikimedia Commons

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RUSSIA

Sergey Riabsev (GFDL 1.2 or GFDL 1.2 ), via Wikimedia Commons

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UKRAINE

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CUBA

Christian Volpati (GFDL 1.2 or GFDL 1.2 ), via Wikimedia Commons

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AFRICA

Michel Gilliand (GFDL 1.2 or GFDL 1.2 ), via Wikimedia Commons

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VIETNAM

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YEMEN

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MILITARY

With suitable modification to the base mould it would be possible to produce the Il-20M ELINT, IL-22 Airborne Command Post and even the Il-38 May Sub-hunter.

IL-20M:

Kirill Naumenko, CC BY-SA 3.0 GFDL 1.2, via Wikimedia Commons

IL-22:

IL-38:

US Navy Employee, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Indian Air Force:

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