Necro thread!
Chris,
Were you able to work on your kit? With the sad destruction of the sole flying An-225, I was wondering if people who had the kit in the stash were pullng it out. I was going to do mine in Soviet-era markings, but decided to use the kit’s Ukrainan markings instead.
I’ve benn looking at that kit as well. It has gotten good if comprehensive reviews. I think the high parts count is in the landing gear!
Bill
Bill,
It’s big, but the parts count is mainly due to the landing gear and its 6 engines. The airframe is pretty straightforward.
The interior cargo hold is made up of walls and a floor, which slip into the fuselage shell. It’s the only kit I have ever found where the inner cargo hold did not interfere with closing up the fuselage halves.
I pulled my kit from the stash when I heard the news of the real aircraft’s fate. I initially didn’t like the blue/yellow Ukrainian markings, but they seem much more appealing to me now compared to Soviet red stars.
$3 B US to repair. Wonder if the second one never completed would be cheaper to finish, or if it survived…
I dunno - the photos of the wreckage seems to point to a total rebuild. $3B is a lot of money though. Maybe it included the retooling needed to actually make new parts?
At the end of the day, economics will prevail. That $3B if accurate will have to be earned back by revenue generated from future flights.
There was talk a couple of years ago about China being interested in finishing the 2nd airframe, but that is moot if it also got bombed.
It’s just so sad about this whole nightmare going on over there.
Awesome!!! THAT thing…is going to be huge!!!