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Current and Finished Projects => Physical Models => Aero-space => Topic started by: andonio64 on July 08, 2014, 08:58:21 PM

Title: Antonov An-2 "Colt" - FLMB
Post by: andonio64 on July 08, 2014, 08:58:21 PM: As I anticipated in another topic (http://beyondthesprues.com/Forum/index.php?topic=4568.msg74417) here is my next work:

A Kit Trumpeter in 1/72 scale of the Antonov An-2 "Colt" generously donated by the Polish people to the free comrades of the FLMB - Front de Liberation Marxiste Bobcalangaise

(http://www.andonio.it/model/an2/an2_000.jpg)
This is the box
...these are the sprues
(http://www.andonio.it/model/an2/an2_002.jpg)
(http://www.andonio.it/model/an2/an2_003.jpg)
(http://www.andonio.it/model/an2/an2_004.jpg)
(http://www.andonio.it/model/an2/an2_005.jpg)
(http://www.andonio.it/model/an2/an2_006.jpg)
Very good and crisp details but it is full of extractor marks...
I want to leave the big side hatch open so I need to work on the interiors...

And this is the profile I invented for our comrades of the FLMB:
(http://www.andonio.it/model/an2/an2_schema.jpg)

These are the decals I printed myself:
(http://www.andonio.it/model/an2/an2_decals.jpg)
The leopard face and the red star are kept separated because the star is a vector drawing while the leopard is a normal raster graphic.
They will go one over the other in the end.

OK that's all for now, stay tuned and what's more important....

DEATH TO GOLOSO!
;D
Title: Re: Antonov An-2 "Colt" - FLMB
Post by: Mark Aldrich on July 08, 2014, 09:36:07 PM: Beautiful work! Are you able to print white decals?
Title: Re: Antonov An-2 "Colt" - FLMB
Post by: andonio64 on July 08, 2014, 09:40:50 PM: Thank you Mark,
as per the white decals... no, I wish I was! I have a simple EPSON Inkjet so I can print on normal sheets that are either transparent or white.
Title: Re: Antonov An-2 "Colt" - FLMB
Post by: apophenia on July 10, 2014, 08:49:31 AM: Love the 'leopard spot' cowling idea! :-*
Title: Re: Antonov An-2 "Colt" - FLMB
Post by: ericr on July 10, 2014, 03:23:03 PM: interesting africanization indeed : the leopard (or is it panther?) spots are beautiful.

I once painted a Grumman Goose with a giraffe pattern ;-)
Title: Re: Antonov An-2 "Colt" - FLMB
Post by: Old Wombat on July 11, 2014, 03:25:39 AM: Quote from: ericr on July 10, 2014, 03:23:03 PM
interesting africanization indeed : the leopard (or is it panther?) spots are beautiful.

I once painted a Grumman Goose with a giraffe pattern ;-)

Panthers are either black leopards in Africa & Asia or black jaguars in the Americas, therefore they're leopard spots. :))
Title: Re: Antonov An-2 "Colt" - FLMB
Post by: Brian da Basher on July 11, 2014, 03:35:45 AM: That's one killer scheme, especially the markings! I bet your Colt finishes up a real show-stopper!

I can't help imagining that treatment you've got planned for the cowling covering the entire airplane...

Watching with interest,
Brian da Basher
Title: Re: Antonov An-2 "Colt" - FLMB
Post by: Old Wombat on July 11, 2014, 03:42:23 PM: Quote from: Brian da Basher on July 11, 2014, 03:35:45 AM
I can't help imagining that treatment you've got planned for the cowling covering the entire airplane...

Same here. Would look awesomely awesome! 8)
Title: Re: Antonov An-2 "Colt" - FLMB
Post by: andonio64 on August 08, 2014, 05:03:30 AM: Hallo friends, here are some steps ahead in this work...

I completed the engine group with its leopard cowling and zebra-ed propeller
(http://www.andonio.it/model/an2/an2_019.jpg)
(http://www.andonio.it/model/an2/an2_020.jpg)
(http://www.andonio.it/model/an2/an2_021.jpg)

This is the instrument panel
(http://www.andonio.it/model/an2/an2_017.jpg)
all the part coming towards the pilots is scratch built

(http://www.andonio.it/model/an2/an2_015.jpg)
These are some bones inside the plane belly
I cut away the big door and made from scratch a door panel (left) to seal the back of the fuselage, otherwise an empty space would have been seen looking fro the open big door towards the tail...

(http://www.andonio.it/model/an2/an2_016.jpg)
this is the cabin floor covered with blister pirces took from some medicines.

(http://www.andonio.it/model/an2/an2_022.jpg)
Some chairs to be put inside the cabin for the FLMB VIPs (built from some pilot seats coming from the Dabohaze work

(http://www.andonio.it/model/an2/an2_023.jpg)
(http://www.andonio.it/model/an2/an2_024.jpg)
Interiors of the cabin painted, I hanged a FLMB flag

All the other parts of the interiors are ready and will be put in place after I glue the round glasses in the holes.

Ciao and thanks for looking

Antonio
Title: Re: Antonov An-2 "Colt" - FLMB
Post by: Old Wombat on August 08, 2014, 01:33:58 PM: Not sure about the zebra-striped prop :-\ but this is coming along nicely, Antonio! :)
Title: Re: Antonov An-2 "Colt" - FLMB
Post by: andonio64 on August 08, 2014, 03:02:41 PM: Thanks OW, the zebra-esque propeller is just a non serious idea to make the whole thing funnier... as well as the leopard cushions on the chairs...
:icon_beer:
Title: Re: Antonov An-2 "Colt" - FLMB
Post by: Tophe on August 08, 2014, 10:29:36 PM: Interesting, thanks... :)
Title: Re: Antonov An-2 "Colt" - FLMB
Post by: ericr on August 11, 2014, 04:39:50 PM: I do like the zebra propeller! This surface is indeed too rarely used.
Title: Re: Antonov An-2 "Colt" - FLMB
Post by: Brian da Basher on August 14, 2014, 03:07:07 AM: Quote from: ericr on August 11, 2014, 04:39:50 PM
I do like the zebra propeller! This surface is indeed too rarely used.

Here's another vote for that cool prop! Nice to see prop blades jazzed up like this!

Brian da Basher
Title: Re: Antonov An-2 "Colt" - FLMB
Post by: Old Wombat on August 14, 2014, 09:08:26 AM: I understand that it is a fun prop & I actually like the idea but, if you'll excuse the small critique, I think a better result could have been achieved if Antonio had used the decal method used for the cowlings.

:)
Title: Re: Antonov An-2 "Colt" - FLMB
Post by: andonio64 on August 20, 2014, 08:38:33 PM: OW is right, I did not think of a different method for the zebra stripes, a decal would have lead to a much better "definition"...
I am just back from a short holiday and will continue working on the plane tonight.

Ciao

And thanks for all the comments, very useful!

AnDonio
Title: Re: Antonov An-2 "Colt" - FLMB
Post by: andonio64 on October 05, 2014, 12:22:03 AM: Pour le Bobocalande libre!
A mort le dictateur Goloso et toute sa famille!

(http://www.andonio.it/model/an2/an2_037.jpg)

(http://www.andonio.it/model/an2/an2_038.jpg)

(http://www.andonio.it/model/an2/an2_039.jpg)

(http://www.andonio.it/model/an2/an2_040.jpg)
Detail of the living room with big FLMB flag...

(http://www.andonio.it/model/an2/an2_041.jpg)

(http://www.andonio.it/model/an2/an2_042.jpg)

(http://www.andonio.it/model/an2/an2_043.jpg)

(http://www.andonio.it/model/an2/an2_046.jpg)

(http://www.andonio.it/model/an2/an2_047.jpg)

(http://www.andonio.it/model/an2/an2_044.jpg)

(http://www.andonio.it/model/an2/an2_045.jpg)

That's all folks!!!

;D
Title: Re: Antonov An-2 "Colt" - FLMB
Post by: GTX_Admin on October 05, 2014, 03:32:36 AM: Beautiful! :)
Title: Re: Antonov An-2 "Colt" - FLMB
Post by: andonio64 on October 05, 2014, 03:56:51 AM: Quote from: GTX_Admin on October 05, 2014, 03:32:36 AM
Beautiful! :)

Thanks!
:-)
Title: Re: Antonov An-2 "Colt" - FLMB
Post by: ericr on October 05, 2014, 04:42:19 AM: lovely floatplane !
Title: Re: Antonov An-2 "Colt" - FLMB
Post by: Story on December 07, 2016, 02:17:59 AM: The AN-2 Cub is such an under-appreciated aircraft. We need to see more interpretations like this and more kit releases - AIRFIX missed the boat by not offer this 'what if'.

(http://i.imgur.com/scuIHpj.jpg)
Title: Re: Antonov An-2 "Colt" - FLMB
Post by: GTX_Admin on December 07, 2016, 02:33:04 AM: Quote from: Story on December 07, 2016, 02:17:59 AM
AIRFIX missed the boat by not offer this 'what if'.

([url]http://i.imgur.com/scuIHpj.jpg[/url])

Are you referring to the kit as a whatif or the scenario it illustrates as one? I ask since the battle between the Colt and the Huey was a real one: see here (https://www.cia.gov/library/center-for-the-study-of-intelligence/csi-publications/csi-studies/studies/vol52no2/iac/an-air-combat-first.html).
Title: Re: Antonov An-2 "Colt" - FLMB
Post by: Story on December 07, 2016, 02:34:31 AM: The 'Dogfight Double' is what I'm referring to, as I used the famous painting of the exact same dogfight you've linked to.
Title: Re: Antonov An-2 "Colt" - FLMB
Post by: GTX_Admin on December 07, 2016, 02:39:43 AM: Fair enough - I agree, it would make a classic Dogfight Double.
Title: Re: Antonov An-2 "Colt" - FLMB
Post by: pigflyer on December 10, 2016, 10:17:52 PM: Love it, I think the whole finish is great and you seem to be really enjoying yourself. And that is the most important thing of all, it just so happens,
we enjoy your work too.
Brilliant.

Ian :)

P.S. How is Goloso?
Title: Re: Antonov An-2 "Colt" - FLMB
Post by: andonio64 on January 09, 2017, 08:17:26 PM: Quote from: pigflyer on December 10, 2016, 10:17:52 PM
Love it, I think the whole finish is great and you seem to be really enjoying yourself. And that is the most important thing of all, it just so happens,
we enjoy your work too.
Brilliant.

Ian :)

P.S. How is Goloso?

Thank you Ian, I really enjoyed making this plane!
As far as Goloso is concerned, he is still there and all the rebel groups are still there getting a continuous flow of 2nd hand weapons and military equipment from our western traffickers, strange as it seems every time one of the rebel groups gets near to the capital, Goloso gets a new load of weapons from somewhere and gets the situation in his hands again...
:o