Hello All,
Here is my completed old Revell 1/32 Ju-87 kit completed in the Hungarian Air Force paint scheme.
The number B.601 plane was received from Germany (together with B.602) as a test and training samples, the original plan was to purchase the building licence of the Ju-87 plane.
The correct version of the delivered plane is the "K-2" which denotes the export version of the original "B-2".
My assumption is that the planes was received in the early German RLM 61 / 62 / 63 / 65 paint scheme, but I only have black & white photos available for reference. (There is still a huge debate on the colors / shades of the HuAF planes nowdays in Hungary...)
For the paint scheme, I used Vallejo acrylic colors.
The HuAF insignia is spray painted and the side number is a custom printed decal.
The plane B.601 itself have a rather interesting story as well...
In August 1940 near Börgönd airfield - Hungary during a training flight around 7500m altitude the pilot lost consciousness due to the fault in the oxygen supply system.
The plane went into a uncontrolled dive and in the mean time the radio operator bailed from the plane.
Unfortunately his parachute shattered due to the high speed and possibly collided with the vertical stabilizer (see the picture below) and died instantly.
About 2200m altitude the pilot gained consciousness again and landed the plane safely.
Here are some pictures from the finished model.
Thanks for any improvement comments.
Roland