Repaint for the Nemeth Designs Yakovlev Yak-18T : fictional "Shigir" UP-LA-168 in weathered aspect made from the "smuggler" livery : on the fuselage are old artefacts from Russia - including on the tail the head of the Shigir Idol (Russian: Шигирский идол) which is the oldest known wooden sculpture in the world (approximately 12,000 years old !!)
To allow the visual aspect without registration number superposition on the fuselage with YK-SMLR (by default reg nb), you have to specify "-" or "." by the CUSTOMIZATION when you define your flight (see enclosed pictures)
Also included is a textures set with no reg number to allow other reg number choice by customization : just to replace into texture file.
The choosen "UP-LA-168" reg number on the fuselage is from an existing YAK-18T "UP-LA-128" Kazakhstan airplane (and the flag of this country is on the fuselage...great flights bythere with the various landscapes ... as well as in Siberia !
NB : Better to have the great "Nemeth Designs' Yakovlev Yak-18T improvement mod" by jackzyg installed in your COMMUNITY folder
INSTALLATION
1. Unzip to a temporary location.
2. Copy the "Yak-18T Shigir UP-LA-168" folder in this download to your "Community" folder in MSFS2020.
Have great flights !
This repaint is released as FREEWARE. You may use and modify it in any way you wish, but you may not use it in any kind of money-making endeavor, and you may not publicly distribute any copies of it
Jean Marc (jim007)
July 2nd, 2023
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NB : see enclosed splendid landscapes pictures (got from "https://russiatrek.org/blog/nature/putorana-plateau-the-mountains-with-flat-tops")
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ABOUT SHIGIR :
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The Shigir Sculpture, or Shigir Idol (Russian: Шигирский идол), is the oldest known wooden sculpture in the world, made during the Mesolithic period, shortly after the end of the last Ice Age. The wood it was carved from is approximately 12,000 years old.
It is displayed in the Sverdlovsk Regional Museum of Local Lore in Yekaterinburg, Russia.
The sculpture was discovered on January 24, 1890 at a depth of 4 m (13 ft) in the peat bog of Shigir, on the eastern slope of the Middle Urals, near the village of Kalata (modern Kirovgrad) and approximately 100 km (62 mi) from Yekaterinburg.
Investigations in this area had begun 40 years earlier, after the discovery of a variety of prehistoric objects in an open-cast gold mine.
The sculpture is carved from larch. As identified from the annual rings, the tree was at least 159 years old when felled. Stone tools were used for carving the markings. The top portion is a head with a face with eyes, nose, and mouth. The body is flat and rectangular. Geometrical motifs decorate its surface, including zigzag lines and depictions of human faces and hands.
See also :
https://forum.orbxdirect.com/topic/218786-over-central-asia-kazakhstan-desert-orbx-mesh-yak-18-t/