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Aircraft in IL-2 need to be in very particular formats with very particular names. They're just just straight forward 3D models. They're made of dozens of separate models joined together in particular ways etc.

Can you be more specific, or give a pointer to a thread which discusses how to model aircraft for IL2?

Obviously, you have to be a real 3D-modeling guru to build a whole airplane, but it seems like remodeling part of an existing airplane (e.g., new engine nacelles or nose) might be possible for a beginner.