Revell Antonov An-225 Mriya - Big in 1/144th!

[Radders 1,564]

When I heard about this kit it was a must buy for me, (being the big Soviet/Russian/Eastern European fan that I am...) I was going to wait until the new year, but the itch kept getting worse so I went and got it. Just had to be done. Great looking kit, although a shame only one choice of livery, I would of much preferred one of the older schemes.. If anyone does a decal sheet for this, I shall get a second kit for definate, but this will be built OOB! 

 

Photos of what you get here - https://scalesoviet.wordpress.com/revell-an-225/

 

and a great boxart (with dimensions on the box)

 

[Out2gtcha 27,023]

So what, nearly 25" or so? It looks like a really nice kit. I'm definitely interested in acquiring one.

[Radders 1,564]

24" wide & 23" long... decent size! Here's some photos of the one on the Revell stand at Telford. 

 

 

 

[Gazzas 5,057]

Wow!

[Gerhard 2,549]

Imagine that in 1/48!!!  

[seiran01 3,515]

Brett Green posted good photos of a test shot a few weeks back on Hyperscale. It looks great and is awfully tempting!

[The Madhatter 347]

As soon as it arrives here im getting one for sure.  Been waiting years for an AN225

[PhilB 1,119]

I was lucky enough to be out near the runway at JFK back in 2002 and saw this thing take off.

Impressive!

[LSP_Kevin 24,969]

1 hour ago, The Madhatter said:

As soon as it arrives here im getting one for sure.  Been waiting years for an AN225

 

Let me know where you find one!

 

Kev

[ScottsGT 3,023]

I’m going to have to go there.  Will look good next to my old C-5 kits. 

[ScoobyDoo 532]

21 hours ago, PhilB said:

I was lucky enough to be out near the runway at JFK back in 2002 and saw this thing take off.

Impressive!

 

We had it at an airshow on our base in the mid-nineties. We had to re-position it and I wound up driving the tow vehicle. So I can say I towed the largest plane in the world. I still remember the flooring on the flight deck, you could feel it flex. The flooring was made out of titanium and therefore very thin. It was a good climb to the cockpit.

 

During the actual airshow I was working the flightline. I was called to the 225 because people were climbing the main gear. No duff, I counted 11 people as I kicked them out of the gear, they were climbing the gear like it was a tree.

 

It still visits my city yearly as it does a lot of work moving oil field equipment in and out of Canada.

Edited January 1 by ScoobyDoo

[The Madhatter 347]

I'd love to see you enter this into the Multi Engine GB... hint hint wink wink

[Out2gtcha 27,023]

23 minutes ago, The Madhatter said:

I'd love to see you enter this into the Multi Engine GB... hint hint wink wink

 

 

 

The 1:1 and model both are indeed very impressive!  Unfortunately at 1/144th the scale does not qualify for the GB. All LSP GB entries would need to be 1/35th or larger.

[mustang1989 1,040]

Can't get over the size of that plane!!! Wowzers!!!