It so happened that in today's news release, the Russian Il-96 aircraft predominates. As they say, all the stars aligned–I completed the model update and poster creation almost simultaneously. Usually, several weeks pass between these events. But this time, everything was different.
The Il-96-300 aircraft model could have gone without an update for another year or two. But while working on a new poster, I couldn't resist and started redrawing the landing gear, applying a new drawing technique that enhances the clarity of fine details. Such tendencies are not uncommon among artists–we constantly need to redo something already finished. But I won't burden you with excessive details about my "kitchen." I'll write about it some other time in my author's column.
Meanwhile, in the life of the real "ninety-sixth" family, a revival is emerging. I don't think it will be any mass production, but a couple of cargo Il-96-400T aircraft have already gone to work in the sky, and the passenger Il-96-400M is unhurriedly undergoing flight tests. What this will lead to–time will tell, but for me it won't hurt to prepare a foundation for future work.