PZL-Mielec An-2T "Colt" Polish Air Force 7447
![](/albums/img/9/0/6/1623906-12803-99-p.jpg "Inside of the fuselage painted, with H67 and H71 (hardly anything is going to be seen from the outside, so I didn't "overdo" it). | View full picture")
![](/albums/img/0/0/2/1629002-12803-50-p.jpg "Three-colour camouflage pattern applied; I had trouble finding the matching paint for the blue colour, and I still feel that I should have added a bit more white into the mix. In addition, border lines of the colours need to be "tidied" in some places. | View full picture")
![](/albums/img/1/5/2/1630152-12803-73-p.jpg "Some modifications had to be made regarding both the upper and lower side of the engine cowling. The air intake of the engine is too large in size, so I cut it down a bit (approximately half of its height); the attachment hole is also in the wrong place, as it would put the part somewhere in the middle of the cowling, but it's at the front on the real aircraft. The same goes for the oil radiator, but it has to be "pushed" a few millimetres rearwards (it's also to be noted that it's incorrect in its shape for an An-2, seems to be modeled after that of a Chinese Y-5, which should be no surprise). Strange that all boxarts of Trumpeter An-2 kits (at least the ones in this scale) show both parts in their correct places and with correct shapes. | View full picture")
![](/albums/img/9/1/5/1635915-12803-44-p.jpg "Horizontal stabilizers put in their place; it was the same struggle as with the Hungarian "Colt", but when it came to the struts, I accidentally cut off the upper attachment pins instead of the remaining plastic from the sprue, just to make matters worse. | View full picture")
![](/albums/img/5/1/2/1650512-12803-55-p.jpg "That nice big gap repeats itself where the upper wing's lower part joins the fuselage from the side. Doesn't look promising, but I think it may be solved by cutting off the wing/fuselage attachment pins, and just "push" the whole upper wing forward as much as possible. The resulting gap at the rear will be easier to fill, I guess... | View full picture")
![](/albums/img/3/8/6/1756386-12803-16-p.jpg "Yellow-green and green colours have been applied to the upper part of the upper wing (note that green paint was still wet at the time I took the photo); blue will be added later, maybe together with the painting of the underside (with some minor corrections afterwards). The gap behind the clear part was filled (more or less) with glue, and a piece of plastic (about a millimeter thick) was inserted to fill the huge "trench" at the rear of the wing/fuselage joint. | View full picture")
![](/albums/img/0/1/4/1759014-12803-46-p.jpg ""Almost" done with the upper side; the black stripe on the top was made by photocopying the HAD decal sheet, and using the stripe decal as a mask. | View full picture")
Коментари
33 22 December 2023, 21:42
Łukasz GlińskiInteresting example you have selected - 7447 is the one that was used for escape to Austria and hence the special colours:
airplane-pictures.ne..-force-antonov-an-2/
7 February, 21:04
Gergely RáczThank You, Łukasz. While comparing to photographs of the actual '7447', camouflage colours seem to match, but when looking at the model itself, something doesn't feel right with them. I don't know why.
6 September, 08:32
Thomas KolbMan, the Colt looks really great as a model! Your project is inspiring me to perhaps build one myself! I will refer to your experiences.
9 September, 05:08
Gergely RáczThank You, Thomas. I never thought that I could inspire anyone in modelling, haha. 🙂
Anyway, the Trumpeter kit has several serious fit and shape issues, some of which I was unable to fix.
9 September, 07:11
Album info
PZL-Mielec An-2T "Colt" 7447 of the Polish Air Force, intended to look as she looked in the mid-2000s. She entered service in 1967 and served until 2012, with a special colour scheme from 2008. After being preserved for two years, she received a civilian registration and flies again since 2014.
