It's finished !!
My build report on the Amodel 1:72 scale model of the Antonov An-22 'Antei' is at :-
Congratulations Ken
A really nice and impressive effort - and really inspiring for me to start mine
I guess I can tell you now there are some great an-22 pictures on :
truth is I discovered this website only a few days ago - before you lynch me :-)
thanks again for sharing your building experience with us, one of the most interesting ones I have seen lately - and I have bookmarked your page
kind regards
William
Molodyets!
Big respect for finishing that monster, Ken. Mine is still in the unbuilt pile; I keep approaching it with trembling hands then my nerve fails and I pull another 1/48 Hasgawa or Tamiya out the pile!
Ken, Great Job.... No Kidding. I salute you...
William
Ken Duffey wrote:
Great build Ken! Makes all of my models look so laughable - now I feel inadequate!! Jim Doyle
You mean it is worse than a C-130???
Bill Shuey
*Insert generic "Well, you need to get a big C*ck too!" joke here* :-P
An-12 sets the discomfort standard in my experience.
It's the only aircraft I've ever seen with bilge in the bottom like a ship.
Something like the situation with the Lancaster then. People praise it and get all mushy and romantic about it when in reality it's an awful aircraft, Dangerous as hell too. Killed a lot of friends and acquaintances of mine.
25.3 hours in a C-124 with a clogged cockpit urinal! 2.6 hours in an RB-57 with a flatulent pilot!
Flying with my wife after she got her license, anytime, anywhere. She thought she was a damned fighter pilot on speed!
Oxmoron1 MFE
Fibreglas, Nature's supplement.
Bill Banaszak, MFE
What colour was the clogged urinal? Was it within govt. specs?
Bill Banaszak, MFE
ROFL!
Bill asked:
The door was that gray-green fiberglass that Douglas used. I did not open the door to verify urinal color, anyhow my FS595 chip book was back at Travis AFB.
We kept the top hatch open for 15 hours to kill the smell. My habit of building models at the radio operator's desk (behind the nav seat) went "On Hold" for that leg.
Rick MFE
The loudest APU I have ever heard, to the point it is very very painful. Very little sound proofing, multiple oil leaks, a collapsed undercarraige and 12 hours sitting in a seat that had a sharp metal edge at a height that was just in the middle of my back. Trust me a C130 has nothing on this and thats without talking about the toilet. The crew welded the collapsed leg in the down position and flew it from Sudan to Kiev like that. I on the other hand flew KLM back to Europe.
The only cool thing about this aircraft is the bubble window on to of the fuselage. You can stick your head in the bubble and get a great view.
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