Italeri 1/72 scale JU-52 Minesweeper from Minensuch-Gruppe; France 1943

[Erich]

your welcome all of you I have more coming later......

yes the Minenabzeichen would look good and is quite a common KM badge for sale and many spots on the net, it does not gather that much monies either to sell them. am trying to secure a copy of that document mentioned above about the Km combat clasp which was also awarded to crew members of the Staffeln of the Minensuchegruppe

 

[dirkpitt289]

your welcome all of you I have more coming later......

yes the Minenabzeichen would look good and is quite a common KM badge for sale and many spots on the net, it does not gather that much monies either to sell them. am trying to secure a copy of that document mentioned above about the Km combat clasp which was also awarded to crew members of the Staffeln of the Minensuchegruppe

Erich

I looked on eBay last night but didn't find anything. If you know a place and what is a fair cost let me know. I think that badge would be a great finishing touch.

 

[Erich]

Dirk you will hae to go with a dealer in the Us or Germany to be fiar and expect to pay at least 100.00US even for one unmarked, mine is marked on the back by the pin and I paid some 225.00 for mine though from what I gather is worth 375.00 plus in the condition it is in.

pic is suppose to be the Offizier in the above photo

let me know further Dirk will post some more text in a moment

 

[dirkpitt289]

Very cool. You just personalized this build

 

[Erich]

sweet eh ? just ordered the above book so will let you know in about 14 days as to the content, this thing is real hard to find, published in 1995

 

[dirkpitt289]

though this is abit earlier time frame it indeed is the book for you as it is the base for the Minensuchegrp.

this work is still obtainable in German in rare/not so rare book shops and on several different amazons too which might be easier. I will look into this and behold the all important ISBN # which is worth a nice bottle of cold Deutsche Bier 8)

ISBN # 3-927132-26-8

will have to look into this myself

more later ................ as we dive into this

Too bad I can't read German. I'm hooked on this subject now.

 

[vikingBerserker]

Yea, I'm getting there myself. This is actually turning out to be pretty fascinating.

 

[dirkpitt289]

your welcome all of you I have more coming later......

yes the Minenabzeichen would look good and is quite a common KM badge for sale and many spots on the net, it does not gather that much monies either to sell them. am trying to secure a copy of that document mentioned above about the Km combat clasp which was also awarded to crew members of the Staffeln of the Minensuchegruppe

Erich

Someone just turned me on to this site. It may not be the real thing but its good enough. I think I'm going to order one later on today.

German Navy

 

[B-17engineer]

Nice Dirk!!

 

[dirkpitt289]

Well it was a beautiful weekend here in New Jersey but its back to the bench.

I decided that the cargo bay of this JU52 was looking a little scarce and decided to add some detail. Now scratch building is new to me so bear with me on this.

I decided to build the frame work that flanked both of the fuselage walls and anchored the beam mounted 7.92mm MG 15 machine guns on this JU52.

It took a bit of trial and error but I'm happy with the final results. I took some rough measurements and drew them out on paper. This would have been easier if I did it BEFORE I attached the fuselage halves but it was just recently I decided to go this extra step.

I used styrene to build the framework and .020 DIA aircraft safety wire for the smaller diameter diagonal bars

Here they are sporting a fresh coat of paint. I also applied a dry brushing of the framework with some aluminium paint.

Next I placed the frames into the aircraft to see how it fit.

Here is the view from one of the open cargo doors

Till next time...

Thanks for looking

 

[vikingBerserker]

Excellent detail Dirk!

 

[109ROAMING]

Sweet work!

 

[Screaming Eagle]

Looking good!

 

[B-17engineer]

That looks great my friend, absolutely terrific!

 

[Vic Balshaw]

You've picked a good one Dirk, I'll be locked into your progress as I've a Pro Modeller 1:48 Ju 52/3m Transport on the top shelf awaiting my attention. Your progress is looking good

 

[Airframes]

Nice work, especially for a first attempt at scratch-building on a tricky assembly.

 

[Erich]

Dirk the book just graced my doorstep via my postal man.........review soon enough

 

[Wayne Little]

Well done on the interior work Dirk!

 

[Lucky13]

Awseome!

 

[kgambit]

Really awesome job on the interior, Dirk.