1/72 Roden Antonov AN-12BK Camov Air UR-KDM

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June 10, 2021
Box contents.
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June 10, 2021
Although you could half the box!
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June 10, 2021
An overview of the sprues.
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June 10, 2021
All the main bits separated from the sprues.
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June 10, 2021
Upon further inspection I found this enormous piece of flash, it was so thick it required drilling and cutting.
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June 10, 2021
Flash removed.
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June 10, 2021
Some of the window holes have flash.
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June 10, 2021
Shes just a little longer than her Western sister.
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June 10, 2021
All Large internal components glued in and painted.
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June 10, 2021
I've used some turkish coins were never going to use as nose weight.
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June 10, 2021
Were never going back to Turkey so they may aswell be used for something!
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June 10, 2021
Fuselage together and Cargo door fixed into the closed position, elastic bands are very much an AN-12's field!
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June 10, 2021
Now into building the wings.
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Wow that's alot of parts for 4 engines!
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June 10, 2021
The exhaust sections are built with filler added.
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June 10, 2021
Now the front engine cowlings are too.
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June 10, 2021
The engines are now ready to rock and roll!
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June 10, 2021
Shes starting to look like an AN-12 now!
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June 10, 2021
A drivable weapons loader sits onto of the AN-12 for a size comparison photo.
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June 10, 2021
Fuselage intake/pitot tubes all built and added.
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Filler, lots of filler!
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Now onto the masking......
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June 10, 2021
This part was so tough I decided to use Humbrol Liquid Maskol instead of the usual cut down Tamiya masking tape.
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June 10, 2021
ITS TIME TO PRIME!!!!!
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June 10, 2021
Shes all primed and painted!
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June 10, 2021
close up of the nose, looks like Landing Gear legs have been built and installed.
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June 10, 2021
Now onto building the props.
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June 10, 2021
I thought they could spend the night loose fitted as I have something planned to bring the model some extra fine detail.
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June 10, 2021
Other side.
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June 10, 2021
Now those props look the part!
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June 11, 2021
Not all the landing gear had attachment pins so I've had to put on the ones with and I'll attempt to recreate some.
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June 11, 2021
I hand painted the anti glare black on the nose and cockpit.
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June 11, 2021
Shes getting towards the end now!
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June 11, 2021
And 1 last show
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June 12, 2021
The last 3 main wheels are now glued on.
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June 12, 2021
And the undercarriage doors and supports are now installed.
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June 13, 2021
Now shes on her own landing gear I couldnt resist a photo of her with her Western Sister.
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June 13, 2021
Maybe another.
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June 10, 2021
Now these are the Air-to-air refueling basket pods which will sit under the outer part of the wing like the KC-130.
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June 14, 2021
I finished the Air-To-Air refueling pods.
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June 17, 2021
Silver leading edges of the wings are now silver.
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June 18, 2021
The leading edges of the engines are silver too.
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June 18, 2021
Wing tips are red.
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June 18, 2021
The exhaust nozzles to the rear of the engines are now silver.
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June 19, 2021
Klear coat on the props.
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June 19, 2021
I used a template tool to replicate the curvature of the wing and I cut the pylons to shape.
Pin holes were then drilled out and installed on the Refueling pods.
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June 20, 2021
After alot of measuring and 12 holes drilled, the Refueling pods have been pinned and magnetized to make them removable.
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July 4, 2021
I've painted the under wing stripes Vallejo Model Air Blue, measured and sliced up the inner Tank pylons to fit the centre of the wings and blued them to the Fuel Tank.
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July 5, 2021
Wings are unmasked and external fuel tanks are finished.
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January 17, 2022
And she's finished!
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January 17, 2022
I'm happy with how she turned out.
If I could change anything it would be the fuel tank between the engines.
Maybe I could find a bigger Russian built one some day?

Comments

50 3 January 2021, 11:11

Cuajete
Awesome model. Well done so far!

10 June 2021, 18:08

Tony Stark
Thanks!

11 June 2021, 01:15

Cuajete
Looking so good.

14 June 2021, 18:06

Andy Ball
terrific!, was this a challenge to build?

18 June 2021, 14:10

Tony Stark
Thank you, when compared to the 1/144th Revell Space Shuttle it's a doddle but there are w few flaws.
All in all it's not a bad kit.

18 June 2021, 19:54

Marius
Looka great Adam! That's a big model!

17 January 2022, 16:01

Robert Podkoński
Fantastic work!

17 January 2022, 16:46

Cuajete
Very nice... Well done!
Congrats!

17 January 2022, 19:56

Kalle Kindel
This here is a very nice build and a very thorough review! But I couldn't find what info you used on the paint scheme and what decals you used?

12 October, 07:13

CaptGPF
Great work!

13 October, 08:24

Tony Stark
Hiya Kalle.
The Ukrainian Air Force paint scheme is a What if, the inspiration was the IL-76 Candid that bought over the 2 Flankers to RIAT before the Pandemic.
More updates on her are coming soon as I have decided to rework her.
The decals were used from the kit.

13 October, 10:26

Kalle Kindel
It's interesting that my kit only comes with decals with red stars. It looks to me like it's this decal. An-12 Cub (Authentic Decals 72-09, 1:72)
Anyway, it's an interesting idea and I should make something similar out of my kit🙂

14 October, 16:31

Tony Stark
I do have one of the other boxing of this kit so they probably came from that.
Hope your build goes well, she can be abit of a filler queen!

15 October, 00:35

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