1/144 Revell An-124 Ruslan

Gallery Article by Mario Krijan on Oct 21 2011

 

This is my first submission to ARC gallery! This model represents Ruslan RA-82021 in Aeroflot livery and blue stripes on tail. Instructions show blue stripes on wings, but on real aircraft there are no stripes on wings!

 

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I assembled it OOB and assembling went excellent. The only sanding needed was on the intake rings on the engines and on the joint between the wings and fuselage. Other joints went smoothly with minor sanding. I put  lots of weight in the nose. I painted it with mix of different colors, and put over 400 stencils, which goes very well. I must say this kit is huge and it is so hard to work with such a huge kit. Washing went with pastel chalks, trying to be minimal to medium. In the end I put Gunze matt cote on it.

I enjoy all stages of assembling this fantastic Revell kit, even with aligning such a huge number of wheels!  Now I must find a proper place in my house for such huge aircraft :-)

Cheers!!

Mario Krijan

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