Revell 1/72 Scale Airbus a-400 Atlas...anyone built it?

[Salineated Michigander]

Does anyone have an experience building this thing?

 

It's damn big, although not quite as big as Trumpeter's same scale TU-160 Blackjack.

 

If you've built it, what was your opinion of the kit?  Well engineered or not?

[Hajo L.]

I found a Gallery-entry here:

 

http://www.arcair.com/Gal15/14601-14700/gal14660-A-400-Hakim/00.shtm

 

And a WIP of a german modeller who built the kit-prototype. Apparently the gear is a bit sensitive, and he recommends to build the gear as last item.

 

http://www.ipmsdeutschland.de/Flugzeuge/Wiegmann/Rev_A400M_Prototyp/Rev_A400M_72.html

 

 

HAJO

[Stephen]

https://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/235026549-airbus-a400m-revell-172/&tab=comments#comment-2817080

[Trojan Thunder]

I built one back in 2018 and I enhanced it with a few little bits and pieces.

 

Build thread is over on BritModeller and display thread here

 

Construction went pretty well, the only big issue I had was getting the fuselage together, it needed a lot of tape to hold it all together when gluing the fuselage around the cockpit/cargo bay cylinder. I did add some lighting (which may have affected the fit) to it and modified position of flight controls.

 

The other thing I will add after transporting to and from model shows is the the axles are flimsy and should be replaced with brass rod. I will do that on my next wheels down build (I have another two kits).

 

 

 

Edited November 19, 2020 by Trojan Thunder

[Dutch]

Another beautiful build, Ray!