HL-10 Posted July 18, 2013 Share Posted July 18, 2013 Airfix's Stuka is quite an impressive model. It is stuffed full of detail and is a monster! I always liked the Stuka, especially in this scheme. My wife and son got me the model as a birth day present so I decided to build it in the snake scheme. I could not track down any of the decal sheets for these particular markings but Montex came to the rescue with their vinyl mask set. I used a combination of the masks and the kit's decals to achieve the finish. Paints used were Xtra color for the greens and blues, and Tamiya acrylics for the sand. To detail the kit I used Airscale's Stuka instrument panel and their cockpit placards. The only other after market item used were Eduards etched seat belts, the rest is done from plastic stock, wire, sprue, and anything else that came along and was useful! how to take screenshots programs to take screenshots image hosting websites program for screenshots for windows windows 7 screen shot screen shot pc image hosting image hosting sites image upload software screenshot windows image hosting software screenshot utility windows screen shot on pc windows print screen Thanks for looking 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyot Posted July 18, 2013 Share Posted July 18, 2013 Very Nice indeed, Cheers Tony O 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaotic Mike Posted July 18, 2013 Share Posted July 18, 2013 Brilliant! For 30 year old moulds, it looks pretty damn good. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Podmore Posted July 18, 2013 Share Posted July 18, 2013 I always love a sandy Stuka What scale is it? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nigel Heath Posted July 18, 2013 Share Posted July 18, 2013 (edited) Wow what a stunning build. I have had one of these sitting in my stash since I was a boy. Its still quite a long way down the build queue but I have recently aquired after market seat belts and things for it. Looking at the mouldings I have noticed that there are a lot of sink marks how did you deal with these? I am particularly thinking of the ones affecting surface rivet detail. Edited July 18, 2013 by Nigel Heath 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Breaker Posted July 18, 2013 Share Posted July 18, 2013 I always love a sandy Stuka What scale is it? 1/24 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silver Fox Posted July 18, 2013 Share Posted July 18, 2013 Very nicely done, looks a bit battered and worn, just right. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmcclure Posted July 18, 2013 Share Posted July 18, 2013 Great job indeed. I really like the scheme you finished it in and the snake has been done brilliantly. Top notch and thanks a lot for sharing. Cheers, Roger 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
batcode Posted July 18, 2013 Share Posted July 18, 2013 awesome build looks fantastic,some great detail work really looks great ,and a nice paint finish weathering looks brill 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spitfire Posted July 18, 2013 Share Posted July 18, 2013 Not a big fan of German subjects but you have made a cracking job of that. Cheers Dennis 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiwitrogg Posted July 18, 2013 Share Posted July 18, 2013 Darn that's good ! I wouldn't have the patience to get to that level of weathering and distressing. Are they real spit pins in the engine bearers ??? Wow ! Cool ! Gaz 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimbuna Posted July 18, 2013 Share Posted July 18, 2013 Absolutely awesome. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Val Posted July 18, 2013 Share Posted July 18, 2013 Seriously impressive model! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rod bettencourt Posted July 18, 2013 Share Posted July 18, 2013 Very cool!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaguarfan Posted July 18, 2013 Share Posted July 18, 2013 That is a great result and I love the weathering!! Never thought much of this kit until now..... cheers Bob 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madhatter Posted July 18, 2013 Share Posted July 18, 2013 cool build - very nicely weathered. I cracked it with my Hasegawa one and it's on permanent display on the Shelf of Despair BTW, just out of interest, why do you have all those links to screenshot instructions and programs and so on in between your pictures? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king daddy Posted July 18, 2013 Share Posted July 18, 2013 oooooh.....nice stooooka 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HL-10 Posted July 18, 2013 Author Share Posted July 18, 2013 Thanks for all the comments and compliments, they're very much appreciated. Looking at the mouldings I have noticed that there are a lot of sink marks how did you deal with these? I am particularly thinking of the ones affecting surface rivet detail. I didn't have too many sink marks on mine, and they were mainly on the smooth parts. Darn that's good ! I wouldn't have the patience to get to that level of weathering and distressing.Are they real spit pins in the engine bearers ??? Wow !Cool !Gaz The kit comes with solid nuts and bolts for the engine mounts, so I drilled through the centre of each one, then vertically down through the mounting bolt. the pins are just fine wire.It was no where near as difficult, or fiddly as it looks. BTW, just out of interest, why do you have all those links to screenshot instructions and programs and so on in between your pictures? To be 100% honest, I don't know! they just appear when I post the pictures.I don't use Photo Bucket anymore as I don't like the new format, I use Post Image (postimg.cc)thanks again, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woody37 Posted July 18, 2013 Share Posted July 18, 2013 Splendid. I built one of these as a kid and still have fond memories of it. Love the scheme and the detailing / weathering, an inspiration to anyone who has the remotest interest in the Stuka 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
russ c Posted July 18, 2013 Share Posted July 18, 2013 Impressive model !! Great job and cool scheme 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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