Antonov An-2M 1. Prototype
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47 19 March 2023, 10:09

Lovely - clean build & beautiful and realistic & correct weatheing - with my company we did a 3D digitization of one of these (laid still in an outside museum) - these things can age so well 🙂
Great capture of a mild state of decay/wear on the model 👍🏻
19 March 2023, 21:22

Greatest compliment I can give... this looks real. I'm with Rui... Amazing!
20 March 2023, 00:01

Thank you again for the positive feedback.
The road to the finished plane was long and rocky - unfortunately the kit contains a lot of errors and deviations. The correction took time. All the better if you like the result, then all the effort has been worth it.
20 March 2023, 09:52

What is the purpose of that little 3rd "wing" under the belly? Never seen/noticed something like this before. Was it included in the kit?
20 March 2023, 13:57

This is the device for spreading solid fertilizer. Supplied in the kit, unlike the liquid fertilizer system - it lacks the spray bars mounted under the wings.
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20 March 2023, 14:10

Since "typical" Antonovs have been ubiquitous here in Poland (for obvious reasons 😉 ) this open canopy section looks so strange. to me...
20 March 2023, 15:07

For the rigging I used elastic thread and turnbuckles from the Armory etched set.
20 March 2023, 15:55

The open canopy is one of the distinctive features of the An-2M - of course overlooked by Hobby Boss, like many other features of the An-2M.
20 March 2023, 15:56