Nice work so far!
1/48 Italeri Junkers Ju-87 B (or R... haven't decided yet!)
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Viking1066
Tech Sergeant
Great work!
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southerndoug
Airman
Some Vallejo gloss coat, and into the decals.There are a lot of them...
I opted for the printed decal walkways rather than the etch.
Had a bit of trouble with Mr Mark Setter, which seemed to strip the gloss finish off:
Applied some more gloss to cover the damage, followed by Vallejo satin. Nice to be using paint products that don't give me a headache from the fumes!
I opted for the printed decal walkways rather than the etch.
Had a bit of trouble with Mr Mark Setter, which seemed to strip the gloss finish off:
Applied some more gloss to cover the damage, followed by Vallejo satin. Nice to be using paint products that don't give me a headache from the fumes!
Grant Barr
Senior Airman
Damn! That came up really nice Doug, well done!! Alas my Stuka is still languishing in it's box. Kind of lost my mojo for this one.
Looking forward to seeing it finished.
Looking forward to seeing it finished.
Vic Balshaw
Major General
Nicely done Doug, it's going to be a dozzie. 
fubar57
General
Nice. I too as well am having problems with Mr. Mark
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southerndoug
Airman
Gotta say Grant this hasn't been a mojo inspiring build. Lots of little annoyances including poor fit, strange placement of sprue attachment points, coupled with poor choices on my part and operator error... still, for my first ever Stuka, I think it might look ok! To the untrained eye...
Been a learning experience too, and even though it's pushing the 6 month mark as it nears completion, I feel like I'm learning heaps in a hobby I thought I'd cut loose decades ago.
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southerndoug
Airman
Time for some grime! I'm still very new to washes, and mucking about with oils I'm finding a bit tricky. Has been made more pleasurable by learning about odourless thinners! Pic below shows port wing underside done, in contrast to the pristine starboard wing:
Apart from trying to highlight the rivets and joins, I really wanted to take some of the brightness out of the stark white of the insignia. Onwards:
Side note: how I have not snapped off the aerial mast or an aileron or flap yet is nothing short of a miracle!
Apart from trying to highlight the rivets and joins, I really wanted to take some of the brightness out of the stark white of the insignia. Onwards:
Side note: how I have not snapped off the aerial mast or an aileron or flap yet is nothing short of a miracle!
fubar57
General
Cool. I haven't tried oils yet
Crimea_River
Marshal
Looks great. Started with artist oils on my last build and liking them so far.
Vic Balshaw
Major General
Use them myself but allow capillary action to fill the panel lines. It's a slow process but worth the effort.
Good work so far!
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southerndoug
Airman
Just back-tracking to an earlier time in the build, when I was dry-fitting the dive brakes, and noticed that the locating pins are too close together compared with the holes in the wing for them. Result: bent dive brakes.
I cut down one pin to allow them to sit parallel with the lower wing.
Once attached I decided to use the provided decals rather than try and mask and paint. They went on really nicely with some Mr Mark Softer applied.
And as you can see, landing gear spats and wheels/tyres are on too. I ignored Italeri's attempt at weighted tyres (looked like flat tires to me) and will flatten the base myself. SC250kg bomb on too.
I cut down one pin to allow them to sit parallel with the lower wing.
Once attached I decided to use the provided decals rather than try and mask and paint. They went on really nicely with some Mr Mark Softer applied.
And as you can see, landing gear spats and wheels/tyres are on too. I ignored Italeri's attempt at weighted tyres (looked like flat tires to me) and will flatten the base myself. SC250kg bomb on too.
Vic Balshaw
Major General
Good fix with the dive brakes and nice bit of dirty weathering.
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southerndoug
Airman
Believe it or not... it's finished. Tail plane finally on (supporting struts didn't fit too well). The cowling fit is atrocious, but removed displays a bit of the work I did on the engine. Some thinned black sprayed to cover the exhaust stains, minor chipping and scrapes with a silver-grey pencil, and added the final fiddly mass balance do-dads on the ailerons and footsteps. Wing machine guns left over from my Fw 190 build. Uschi rigging for the aerial wire. Worked hard on trying to make the landing light glass fit better, but it's pretty ordinary. Needed a lot of sanding, polishing, and a gloss final coat to make it a bit more see-through. I tried and tried to fit the Eduard photoetch gunsight on the MG in the rear canopy, but my "essential" tremor made that impossible. I'll just have to move up to 1/24 scale I reckon...
Anyways, I'm pretty happy with my first Stuka. Don't think I'll be going the Italeri road for my second one though...
Thanks for dropping in and your encouragement along the way chaps!
Oh: it's an "R" by the way!
Anyways, I'm pretty happy with my first Stuka. Don't think I'll be going the Italeri road for my second one though...
Thanks for dropping in and your encouragement along the way chaps!
Oh: it's an "R" by the way!
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Grant Barr
Senior Airman
Thanks Doug, good to know whenever I get back to mine. Will make a note to carefully check their alignment before fixing!
Grant Barr
Senior Airman
Hah - just crossed posts with you Doug. I gotta say that looks the duck's guts! Really hope mine comes out half as good.
Vic Balshaw
Major General
What Grant said.
