Antonov An-2 Full Scratch Build [WIP]

What a brave one you must be, THAT is one serious project to commit to. The amount of scratch built details is huge, this job will have me checking daily to see it progress. 

Thanks for posting this, I enjoy seeing such skills at work.

Patrick

Now this will be fun to watch!

I'll be watching, too! That's a very special aircraft for me - I took off in such a machine three times, but never landed in one!

An exciting project!  I look forward to seeing how you tackle this beast.

Great project.  Should be fun to  follow along.

keavdog

Great project.  Should be fun to  follow along.

 

Hey Pawel!

 If you never landed in one, Didja Jump OUt??, That first step was a doozy right?

That's right, TB - it was a funny feeling, but I'm glad I did it back then...

An-2 was THE airplane in the then soviet countries. The plane to learn to fly in for many pilots, and the plane to jump out of for many jumpers.

Hi everyone !

Still working on the different systems. Fuel and Oil circuits are now finished. Air conditionning, electrical and pneumatic are on the way. 

The engine of the Antonov 2 is a chvestov M-62. Howewer, maintenance manual are untraceable on the internet. As this engine is a copy under licence of the Wright R-1820, I used the manuals and blueprints of the american engine instead, way more easier to find

Next step is the tail rudder. Here is a kind of blueprint I did this morning...

Most of the time is spend on finding and understanding flight manuals and maintenance manual, which are in russian 

Photos of the engine part are quiet rare on the internet.

Indeed, as usual, finding good documentation is the hardest part of the project...

More coming soon...

Hello!

You are doing a great job!

It's true, that getting references for soviet aircraft might be tricky... But luckily for you the An-2 is actually a Polish aircraft... In this sense that while it was designed in the USSR, the vast majority of the aircraft were manufactured in Mielec in Poland. Try looking up ASz-62 - that's the Polish designation for the engine, and if I'm right it is still being built by PZL Kalisz, Poland. I bet you can get some good refernces there.

Good luck with your build and have a nice day!

Paweł

Hi Pawel, 

thanks for the reference. I'll have a look on that !

Currently, Avialog is my best friend. Allow to see manuals and stuffs like that. very useful!

Hi guys, 

quick update of the project. Things are going well for now. Added Electrical circuits, Battery, radio, and more importantly the tail ! Still waiting before making the rudder. Being fragile areas, I prefer to finish all internal details before. 

Working now to finish structure of the fuselage before starting to cover the right side of the aircraft. 

For next time: 

-Fuselage structure and cover

-canopy

-Rudder

and perhaps landing gear...

Hope you enjoy ! 

WOW?

Most impressive!the design and execution of this build is stunning!You might have to build a new cabinet for all of the awards it will earn!

===========Covering===========

To cover half of the aircraft, I used thin sheets of plastic, cutting several little rectangle of plastic and placed like tiles on the aircraft.

Then I put Tamiya Putty to fill the gaps in between. 

Finally, covering the whole with Bare Metal sheets...

Still a lot of work to do on the skin. Smoothing the whole, filling some gaps and add extra details

Great progress.  Coming along very nicely.

You have taken on the job of all jobs. This is a huge undertaking. You are doing a fantastic job. The research alone  must be a huge task also. Keep up the great work. I will be following this one also.

Hi everyone ! 

Sorry for the long waiting. I just start working so free time is now divided by 2 

Making the wings is a long and fastidious process, which I had to do again as the first version of the wing was bend. 

Wow!that is fantastic!Did you use a3D printer to make the bulkheads and wing spars?

A printer ?! Never ! It's cheating. I Make the blueprint first and then cut each part one by one on stirene sheets of 0.5mm

Wow that is true model dedication,really outstanding work.!

Hi everyone, 

quick update of the project. Stills lots of details to add, right wings, rear stabs and wheels. 

I had to remake all the external cover as I was definetely not satisfied by the previous one. To do so, I added sheets of thick drawing paper covered by Bare metal Foil. 

I'm still not satisfied by the engine external cover. Looking for a way to make it again... 

Fuel tanks and Fuel pipes have been added (brass colored pipes below the wings)

 I am quite happy to see that landing gear support the weight of the model. I felt a bit anxious about it

Looking good!   So much detail.

I recall the old time scratchbuilders used thin aluminum offset litho printing plates for aircraft skin.  I wonder if the material is still available?

Interesting. I'll have a look. Meanwhile, I tried to replace Bare metal foil with simple cooking alimunium sheet..The result was not too bad but definitely not the same quality 

That model is sure looking fabulous!!

WOW!  That is a beautiful model, Rémi - c'est très beau!

This thread has not only impressed the heck out of me, but it's quite impressively accentuated my imposter syndrome.  Maybe I should just go back to folding paper airplanes... 

I have neither the talent nor patience to do something like this, but I'm thankful that I have the ability to appreciate the skill on display here. This is a mind boggling project.  Beautiful work, and thanks for sharing. 

Oh mine! I love stuff like this!