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1/144 AN-225 with Buran Shuttle


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Wow, that is a gorgeous set of models! Normally, when I get the bug to build something, I just jump right in and buy a kit, which almost always ends up on a stack of things I'll get to "someday". And a Buran on the Antonov has been a dream build of mine since way before the Revell kit was released. But this has been one of those very rare occasions where I haven't followed through on my compulsion. I just know I have no room for such a beastie. That's never stopped me before, which is why I Really have no room for such a beastie. So I'll just have to admire yours. Nice work!! And thanks for posting! And where have you put it??

 

Edit: also fills me with some sadness now, thinking of the fate of first the Burans and now of the Antonov. Dream, indeed...

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Hello everybody,

 

meanwhile Revell has also released a Kit (1:144) with the decals from the early years, when the An-225 was planned as Carrier Aircraft for the Russian Space Shuttle Buran. huh.gif

 

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Source: amazon.de

 

The kit is matching for the Buran Kit (1:144) from ARK Modelsup040577.gif

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Source: modellbau-koenig.de

 

Here the original on the 38. Paris International Aerospace Exhibition at Le Bourget Airport (1989). 

 

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Source: wikimedia.org

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Hi Ron,

 

a walk through the An-225, what a dream ... unfortunately the dream is over now ... :hmmm:

 

That's why at some point I'll build the Mrija in the Ukrainian national colors as a tribute to this unique queen of the skies. b033.gif

 

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She was indeed a dream ... up045518.gif

 

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I once saw her landing at Leipzig/Halle Airport and drove for it 470 km from Stuttgart by car, what the rendezvous with the great Lady was worth to me! up040577.gif

 

A spectacular photo from a spotter forum, that illustrates the dimensions of this giant plane, taxiing over the highway (11/16/2016) ... :thumbsup:

 

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Source: de.flightaware.com

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