Actually, the whole IK-3 project (external and cockpit) was sponsored by a group of IL-2 fans, who wanted to see this plane in the game. They collected all possible historical reference, they could find and hired a 3rd party modelers (paid by donations from this group), who built the 3D models according to the DT standards.
DT is responsible only for the game integration (programming, animation, FM), which was done for free, as usual.
The story behind He-177 and Pe-8 are exactly the same. So if you want a specific plane in the game you have 3 ways: wait until DT may be, some day will include it; build the model yourself (according to the provided by DT technical specs) and supply it to the DT; hire someone, who will build this model for you.
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