1/48 An-2 Colt in Czech Markings

[Old Wombat]

This is only oh-so-slightly a whif.

I am building the Hobby Boss 1/48 Antonov An-2M Colt (81707);



But in the markings of a Czech registered Antonov An-2P Colt OK-VHC;



I chose this aircraft because it's in a simple but pleasant scheme, which I should be able to replicate fairly closely, & because it's;

a) Not yellow,
b) Not military, &
c) Not bloody RUSSIAN!






The only significant visible difference between the An-2P & the An-2M is that the "M" has a flat-top tail, as below;

[Kerick]

Looks like fun!

[Dr. YoKai]

A favorite, though I will probably never build one. I used to daydream about owning an air service in Alaska and using these for tooling around.

[Old Wombat]

Thanks for the encouragement, gentlemen!

Doc, at least the ol' flying tractor was reliable, although, reportedly, not the smoothest, most comfortable or quietest ride.

[Kerick]

I thought I saw pics of one of these converted to a turbo prop. It’s been quite a while ago. Of course I say that about a lot of things these days!

Seek and ye shall find!


Garrett / Honeywell TFE-331-12 Engine on a 1991 airframe.

[Old Wombat]

There are quite a few, if you look for them (sometimes if you don't);

[apophenia]

There are quite a few, if you look for them (sometimes if you don't)...

Might as well add the PT6A to that list of turboprop conversions ...

[robunos]

Don't forget the 'official' turboprop version, the Antonov An-3T . . .
powered by the Glushenkov TVD-20-03 Turboprop of 1,010 kW (1,350 hp)

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cheers,
Robin.

[Old Wombat]

Found a WEIRD! low-wing monoplane version for your entertainment,



NO! I'm not going to build it!

[Jeffry Fontaine]

@ Guy/Old Wombat. 

That modified An-2 above is one of the development vehicles used for the Soviet Ekranoplan (Wing In Ground Effect) research program.   

[The Rat]

This is only oh-so-slightly a whif.

A whiff is a whiff, no matter how subtle.

c) Not bloody RUSSIAN!

I like the way you think!

[Robomog]

I think that's what is known as a mild whiff.

But as our esteemed colleague says " a whiff us a whiff is a whiff"  regardless of complexity 

Interested to see how this turns out, quite like the Colt.

Mog
>^-.-^<

[Buzzbomb]

Good project.

Hobby Boss, so expecting a reasonably seamless build experience for you.

[Old Wombat]

Yes, I'm quite happy to call this a whif, no matter how minor the whif.

Build is going slowly but smoothly. I have the wings together but they have revealed errors in the Hobby Boss kit.

The leading edge of the upper wing is lined with quite tall ridges, these are supposed to be a fairly shallow corrugations - I've sanded them down a bit but, otherwise, I don't really care that much.

The top wing control surfaces are made up into a single surface per wing, there should be two. The An-2 has a huge amount of control surfaces but the lower & the inner half of the upper surfaces are flaps, with only the outer upper wing control surfaces being ailerons. Simple solution - cut he upper control surfaces in half & fill the ends where they butt up to each other. This will allow me to display it with the flaps down & the other control surfaces in different positions.

[Old Wombat]

Man! Talk about fiddly! 

Just started putting the cockpit together;

3 parts for the control yokes (x2)
4 parts for the rudder bars (x2)
6 parts for the seats (x2)

And this is a 2012 issue kit! 

Photo's later, it's priming day, today, & I want to get as many sub-assemblies done as I can first. 

[Old Wombat]

26 Parts in this photo alone - I 'm pretty certain that the interior has a higher parts-count than the rest of the kit combined.

[Jeffry Fontaine]

I have the floatplane version of the An-2 in my stash and never really looked at the kit contents in depth.  Amazing how detailed those seats and control columns look.  Hope the path of construction continues smoothly for you on this project. 

[Old Wombat]

I have the floatplane version of the An-2 in my stash and never really looked at the kit contents in depth.  Amazing how detailed those seats and control columns look.  Hope the path of construction continues smoothly for you on this project.

If it's the Hobby Boss kit, Jeff, then it's exactly the same kit with a different tail unit plus floats (all 3 versions they manufacture were brought out in the same year).

Build id going smoothly, just a little slower than anticipated, because I decided to put more of the little bits onto the various sub-assemblies before priming & painting.

[GTX_Admin]

I have the floatplane version of the An-2 in my stash and never really looked at the kit contents in depth.  Amazing how detailed those seats and control columns look.  Hope the path of construction continues smoothly for you on this project.

I have one in my stash too.  Plan to do someday in Sth American scheme of some sort

[Old Wombat]

Primer primed & painting started.

The destructions say to use "Intermediate Blue" (mostly) where I've painted, but that is usually a shorthand term for "We don't have, or know of, any equivalent to "Russian Cockpit Turquoise"".

Unsurprisingly, nor do I, so I had a couple of goes;

1st effort using Vallejo Emerald (70.838)


2nd effort, using Vallejo Blue Green (70.808)


I think I'll leave it there. It looks pretty close.





More later!

 

[Jeffry Fontaine]

The Vallejo Blue Green (70.808) looks better to my eyes. 

[Frank3k]

The blue green works - I think, like most Russian colors, the actual shade depends on who was mixing the paint that day and how much they had to drink the night before (or that morning)

[apophenia]

The Vallejo Blue Green (70.808) looks better to my eyes.

I concur. But, as Frank suggested, probably the only truly accurate colour is whatever Boris and his mates applied on painting day.

[Old Wombat]

My research has indicated that the colour varies according to manufacturer, factory, time-frame & how drunk/hung-over the paint mixer was on the day (Thank you, Frank! )

Have started some detail painting. More photo's when ther's enough to make it worth the effort.

 

[Frank3k]

"Борис! А ты знал, что растворитель можно пить?" (Boris! Did you know that you can drink solvent?)