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Here's a brief description of IL-18 system panels. The pics are in zip files. Sorry, couldn't attach them directly in reasonable quality. Standby for engine start procedure.

All panel and switch covers open with right mouse click (you knew it!)

1 - battery switch
2 - battery ammeter
3 - voltmeter source selector, clockwise: battery, APU generator, ground power, engine generators 1 & 2, off, engine generators 3 & 4, start bus
4 - voltmeter
5 - master power switch, up - onboard, center - off, down - ground power (non-functional)
6 - APU door switch and lights, right - close, left - open (press and hold)
7 - APU start mode switch, down - dummy start, up - normal start
8 - APU start button and light
9 - APU stop switch and oil pressure light
10 - APU generator manual switch and light (generator connects automatically when APU started)
11 - APU RPM
12 - APU EGT
13 - APU fuel
14 - APU generator ammeter
15 - master start switch
16 - engine start mode switch, up - dummy start, down - normal start; also pops up minipanel with engine RPM and EGT gauges
17 - fuel gauges switch (in simulator fills the fuel tanks to 100%)
18 - engine selector
19 - engine start button
20 - lamp check button
21 - engine generators switches and "generator off" lights
22 - engine generators ammeters
23 - partial feathering buttons
24 - feather test switches
25 - engine fuel flow meters
26 - PO-1500 inverter switch
27 - PT-500 inverter switch (attitude gyro) and lights, green - normal power, red - backup power
28 - PT-1000 inverter switch (avionics), left - backup, center - off, right - normal
29 - PT-125 inverter switch (backup ADI)
30 - backup ADI power lights, left - normal, right - backup
31 - RSBN power switch
32 - NAV power switch
33 - landing gear warning switch
34 - avionics sound switch
35 - anti-ice switch, left - wing and empennage, right - engine intake and props
36 - automatic fuel transfer switch
37 - automatic fuel transfer from tanks no.12
38 - engine stop switches, up - normal ops, down - stop (return to up when engine have stopped)
39 - flight fine pitch stop switches (outboard - inboard), up - engaged, down - disengaged
40 - engine fuel shutoff valve switch
41 - tank no.2 fuel transfer pump switches
42 - boost fuel pumps switches
43 - feather buttons and "feathering pump operating" lights (left mouse button to feather, right to unfeather)
44 - "autofeather armed" lights
45 - airborne engine start buttons and throttle levers ( drag with left mouse button for individual engine control, drag with right button for coupled inboard/outboard engine control)
46 - throttle lever position indicators (UPRT)
47 - engine RPM
48 - elevator trim indicator and neutral trim light
49 - aileron trim switch and neutral trim light

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Here's the engine start and checks procedures. The numbers in brackets refer to the controls as seen in the pics from my first post.

1. Open the side panel and turn on the battery [1]. Check battery voltage [3],[4]. Connect power to the aircraft bus [5].
2. Open APU and engine start panels with right mouse click on the covers. Lift the switch [15]. Open APU door with [6], press and hold till the green light is on. Lift the switch [7]. Press start button [8], observe RPM and EGT rise. After APU is started it's genereator automatically comes online (white light turns on).
3. Lift the switch [17].
4. Open electic subpanel. If there is fuel in the 2nd group of tanks, turn on automatic fuel transfer [36]. If there is fuel in tank no.12, turn on the switch [37].
5. Go back to captain's panel and open fuel subpanel ("T" icon). Open the fuel cutoff valves [40] and turn on the boost pumps [42]. Turn on switches [41] (under green lights, not as marked on the pic).
6. If there is fuel in tanks no.12, call up it's subpanel by right-clicking on the fuel tank selector and turn on all switches there (pics 1 & 2, ref.6 & 7 in the pdf manual addendum that comes with the model). The green light should turn on.
7. If there is fuel in 2nd group of tanks and/or tank no.12, two green lights "transfer from aux tanks" will illuminate on the warning panel.
8. Set engine stop switches [38] to "Normal" (up).
9. Disengage flight fine pitch stops [39].
10. Go back to the side panel. Select engine with [18] and press start button [19]. Observe RPM and EGT rise on minipanel in righthand upper corner.
11. Repeat for all engines.
12. Turn on all switches on electic subpanel and close caps.
13. Stop the APU with [9] and close it's door with [6]. Press and hold until amber light turns on. Close APU panel cover with right click.
14. Check feathering system. Press the partial feather buttons 23 and observe engine RPM drop. Lift left paired feather test switches [24] (outboard). Move throttles to takeoff setting by dragging either of the outboard levers with right mouse button. The green "autofeather armed" lights [44] should illuminate. Move throttles to idle, two outboard feathering buttons [43] should illuminate. "Pull" the feather buttons with right mouse click to reset the lights. Reset the left test switches [24] to down position. Repeat the test procedure for inboard engines.
15. Close engine start panel cover. Taxi with flight fine pitch stops [39] disengaged. Engage when lined-up for takeoff.