Note: This repaint has NO POLITICAL MOTIVATION behind it. It is a HISTORIC livery recreated, nothing more.

Known issues:

• No registration marks on the wings - wing textures are mirrored, there is no easy fix
• Missing anchor marks on vert stab
• Red hatch outline on the nose not accurate - should be grey rectangle instead

Description:

For iniBuilds Antonov An-225

Main file is 8K upscaled

The Antonov An-225 as seen in 1988 and 1989. I fully respect and support Asobo and iniBuilds' decision to not include this livery in their product. I found it unfortunate however, all of the Mriya's paint schemes worn during her life time were recreated except for one - her factory livery. 'Birthday suit' if you will. Small differences between the two versions with the name signature text, as well as nose bort numbers.

Born out of the Ukrainian SSR, originally envisionsed to carry parts of the Energia-Buran space programme from the industrial, engineering and scientific centres in the west of the Soviet Union to the steppes of the Kazakh SSR, the An-225 was a very suitable replacement for the VM-T Atlant, which could not carry the Buran shuttle. The Buran programme was cancelled however, and the Mriya was left without a job, and was sent to parade around airshows as the largest aircraft in the world at the time. This livery recreates her as seen in her 1988 unveilling, and 1989 in Paris and Farnborough airshows.

Installation:

Drag the folders 'An-225-livery-CCCP-1988' and 'An-225-livery-CCCP-1989' within the .zip and drop into your 'Community' folder