One of the problems with taking a long time to do a single airliner template is that more often than not (especially if it takes long enough), the aircraft in question is no longer popular and highly sought-after by the time the illustrations are complete. Of course I knew that the Airbus A340 was a dying breed when I first thought to make side view templates of it way back in 2012, but here in 2016, the airlines can’t seem to retire these things fast enough.
Sure they were a perfectly fine aircraft for their day (ok, perhaps a bit underpowered), but there are now far better performing and more fuel-efficient options available from both Airbus and Boeing which makes this bird an economically poor performer in comparison.
Luckily for me, this was a relatively easy set of drawings to make. Since the A340 is basically an A330 with four engines (and a few other really minor changes), I was able to leverage my existing A330 templates quite nicely. Essentially all I had to do was to create a new wing and engines, make a few minor adjustments, and I then I was good to go.
It wasn’t easy by any means, but it was much better than having to create a complete aircraft from scratch! The landing gear is always the most time-consuming part of creating these illustrations, with the wing and engines being the second biggest time-suck. Having half of the work done already was a huge time saver.
Speaking of wings and engines, I guess I never realized how small the A340-300’s engines really are. Sure there are four of them, but still…they are relatively tiny when compared to the fuselage of this airplane. I noticed the same thing with my Embraer 175 templates – that airplane has the tiniest engines of all!
Note that I am also going to be doing all of the other variants of the A340. I’m going to start with the -500 and -600, and will then wrap this set up with the least-popular -200.
Hi Scott
Like how you have done the jet. Something which would look nice on the A340-300 is the Mahan air livery. This Private-owned Iranian airline offers the best services in IR. And also has a very beautiful livery. Here’s some links to Mahan Air A340-300 images:
http://www.juergenbaumbusch.de/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/Mahan-Air-A340-300.jpg
http://www.samchuiphotos.com/W5062/30.JPG
http://atwonline.com/site-files/atwonline.com/files/imagecache/medium_img/uploads/2015/05/mahan-air-a340-300-icn-rf.jpg
Thanks for the links Parsa – I’ve never heard of Mahan Air before. I agree, their livery is very nice! Simple and clean, though it might look even better with green engines as well.
Hi again Scott.
I started doing liveries on your jets some time ago and I completed an Iran Air livery on your MD-80. Then I understood why you didn’t do any liveries on the MD-80. The shadings are SO HARD to make. Anyway I completed it. If you want you can edit it and use it on your website.
Here’s the link: http://www.mediafire.com/view/680fzyt24f88d53/MD-80_IranAir.jpg
Yeah, it’s not easy is it? 😉 You did a great job on that though – blue and white is always a great combination! I think it would look pretty good if you reverse it too (make the white part blue and the blue parts white).
It’s me, Parsa farjam
Now I done a KLM 737-900 with Air France titles. You must know that Air france and KLM had a merger a few years ago, so I said that why Don’t I do an KLM jet with Air France titles.
https://www.mediafire.com/?6la1019f195be54
Sorry that the job was a bit rushed.
Hi,
I have a doubt: which are the differencies of the version called A340-300X with the basic A340-300
The “X” version has a full size door in place of the smaller exit door on the base model (A340-300). That’s the only visual difference that I know of between the two, but if anyone knows of any other differences, please let me know and I’ll update the template.
Thanks Scott.
Kind regards.
Hi scott
I put hours time on doing an livery on the A340-300 of yours. The Iran Aseman Airlines livery is the one I done. Here is the link:)
http://www.mediafire.com/view/co1dm9632c1kwt1/Final+Image.jpg
A real Iran Aseman A343: http://cdn.airplane-pictures.net/images/uploaded-images/2013/7/18/304904.jpg
That looks great Parsa! You should do some custom liveries too – I’d love to see those!
Hey scott. Some time ago I saw that I can’t comment you. Solve this problem.
Interesting – I haven’t heard of anyone else having an issue, so please do let me know if it happens again and I will try to sort out the problem.
Hey scott. I made a website with my illustrations. Go to the important page. That is were I gave credit to you.
So the address: http://farjamdesign.biennale.info/
Wow, that’s great! Building and maintaining a website isn’t easy, but it’s worth it if you stick to it. Looking forward to seeing more of your renderings!
Hi scott.
You probably know that the UEFA EURO 2016 is starting soon. so I made this kinda awkward looking A340-300 Air france in an special livery. I wanted to also make an Disney Miraculous-styled plane but, that did not go as planned. The thing which made this one hard was that I needed to inspire the livery myself. There is no real world plane like it so, kinda hard. I’m now busy on a Pan Am A350-800 but this one was done tonight. Hope you like it.
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http://www.mediafire.com/view/nhth3309b8mnq9i/A340-300_AFUEFAEURO16.jpg
Hi again scott.
As I told you in my last post, I am busy on an Miraculous Ladybug-Themed plane and an PAN AM A350-800. Even though I’m quite busy, I managed to pull off my Lesser-Known United Express Ninjago-Themed Q400. The reason of this being done so fast is that the Q400 is very simple and has way less detailing to do. Anyway, Hope you like it
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http://www.mediafire.com/view/2d746b941j2rmy6/Q400_Finished%282%29.jpg
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Looks fantastic! Yeah, the Q400 was actually one of the easiest templates I’ve ever created due to how simple it is. But you did an awesome job on that livery!
Thanks Scott.
So just a thing. As I had a little trouble on the last site, I made a new one:
http://farjamdesign.simplesite.com/
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Oh. Forgot to mention. That Miraculous Ladybug-Themed plane is cancelled.
Your site is looking really good Parsa. And too bad about the Ladybug theme – the airline industry needs more creative liveries like that!
Hi again
When I saw in the reply you said “And too bad about the Ladybug theme – the airline industry needs more creative liveries like that!” I told myself let’s start this project. And after a few hours on photoshop, it was finished. I chose the Boeing 777-300ER because it’s length. But I kinda got to admit that it was a wrong decision. There is a window like every two pixels. but anyway, when put the first pixel on an image, for me it’s too late to abort it. So here it is:
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http://www.mediafire.com/view/6hkh8o2hal6xgg9/Custom+Livery-777-300ER.jpg
Hi Scott!
Here is a list of aircraft I think you should do:
ATR 72/42
A318-100
MD-11
BAe146
B717-200
B727-100
Hi scott!
I think a good youtube video idea would be a series where you would continue the lufthansas new fanmade livery made by you. Also can you make a how to draw the ita airways livery? Anyways thats all i wanted to say. Thanks and bye!
Good ideas! As a matter of fact, I’m actually in the process of making an ITA livery video right now. It’s quite complex (because of all the detail in the vertical stabilizer), but I hope to have it published within the next few weeks.