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Model Forum / General / Models / March 2004Amodel Antonov An-22
It's finished !! My build report on the Amodel 1:72 scale model of the Antonov An-22 'Antei' is at :- http://www.flankerman.fsnet.co.uk/modl_an-22.html Complete with photos of the finished model !! ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Ken Duffey - Flanker Freak & Russian Aviation Enthusiast Flankers Website - http://www.flankers.co.uk/ ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 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 : http://www.airliners.net/search/ type "an 22" in the keywords field and replace the "in all fields" drop down box with "aircraft" and hit enter, you get some 200 matchings - there are even some pictures of the camouflaged version 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 >It's finished !! > [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] >Flankers Website - http://www.flankers.co.uk/ >++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > It's finished !! > [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > Flankers Website - http://www.flankers.co.uk/ > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 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!  SignatureVsadnik Ken, Great Job.... No Kidding. I salute you... William > It's finished !! > [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > Flankers Website - http://www.flankers.co.uk/ > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Signature"It is the people, and not the judges, who are entitled to say what their constitution means, for the constitution is theirs, it belongs to them and not to their servants in office -- any other theory is incompatible with the foundation principles of our government." Theodore Roosevelt > It's finished !! > [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > Flankers Website - http://www.flankers.co.uk/ > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Great build Ken! Makes all of my models look so laughable - now I feel inadequate!! Jim Doyle >>It's finished !! >> [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > Great build Ken! > Makes all of my models look so laughable - now I feel inadequate!! *Insert generic "Well, you need to get a big Cock too!" joke here* :-P SignatureEdwin (Remove "DIESPAMDIE!") "Me? I'm dishonest, and a dishonest man you can trust to be dishonest... Honestly. It's the honest ones you want to watch out for, because you can never predict when they're going to do something incredibly stupid." - Captain Jack Sparrow (Disney's Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl) > >>It's finished !! > >> [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > -- > Edwin Fibreglas, Nature's supplement. Bill Banaszak, MFE >>>>It's finished !! >>>> [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > > Fibreglas, Nature's supplement. ROFL! SignatureEdwin (Remove "DIESPAMDIE!") "Me? I'm dishonest, and a dishonest man you can trust to be dishonest... Honestly. It's the honest ones you want to watch out for, because you can never predict when they're going to do something incredibly stupid." - Captain Jack Sparrow (Disney's Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl) I've flown on this aircraft a few times and I think it is fair to say it is one of the most uncomfortable and noisiest aircraft I have ever flown on. My last flight on an AN22 was in 1996 and I swore never to get on it again. Nice model, horrible aircraft in reality. > It's finished !! > [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > Flankers Website - http://www.flankers.co.uk/ > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > I've flown on this aircraft a few times and I think it is fair to say it is > one of the most uncomfortable and noisiest aircraft I have ever flown on. My > last flight on an AN22 was in 1996 and I swore never to get on it again. > Nice model, horrible aircraft in reality. You mean it is worse than a C-130??? Bill Shuey Other than open cockpit oil blowers *IS* anything worse than a C-130? > You mean it is worse than a C-130??? > > Bill Shuey > Other than open cockpit oil blowers *IS* anything worse than a C-130? 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. SignatureVsadnik 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. > > Other than open cockpit oil blowers *IS* anything worse than a C-130? > > 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. >Other than open cockpit oil blowers *IS* anything worse than a C-130? 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 What colour was the clogged urinal? Was it within govt. specs? Bill Banaszak, MFE Bill asked: >What colour was the clogged urinal? Was it within govt. specs? 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 >I've flown on this aircraft a few times and I think it is fair to say it is >one of the most uncomfortable and noisiest aircraft I have ever flown on. My >last flight on an AN22 was in 1996 and I swore never to get on it again. >Nice model, horrible aircraft in reality. 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. -- -Gord. |
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