JWM Posted October 26, 2014 Share Posted October 26, 2014 (edited) Hi, A second Ju-86 of my shelf. Together with high altitude recce version (Ju 86 R1, which I posted recently) I did also much smaller conversion of civil Z-2 into Z-7 converted then into bomber in South Africa. Depicted "647" was one of such machines. She served in 12 Sq of SAAF, Ethiopia 1941 acting against Italians, I guess. There are discrepencies in sources on top wing roundls ("A1" or "B" - I have chosen A1 roundels, since on some poor quality photos those marks has some bright fragments which can be interpreted as sight of white form A1 mark. Now there is a conversion by Kora, but I did it in 2002, and those days I did not know if there was any ready conversion, so it own work. The nose symbol is hand painting on decal, other decals are from a drawer. Brush painting. Please enjoy and comments are welcome Regards Jerzy-Wojtek Edited August 8, 2017 by JWM Switch to Flickr 39 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyot Posted October 26, 2014 Share Posted October 26, 2014 (edited) Brilliant,....a man after my own heart,.....I have one of these planned too,....I hope that it turns out as nice as yours has, Cheers Tony Edited October 30, 2014 by tonyot 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luis Alfonso Posted October 27, 2014 Share Posted October 27, 2014 Hi Jerzy: Just a special machine for a special collection, a very special model to see. I have read about this a long time ago. Great build and maybe I'll take one to do a different machine for my collection too. Thank you very much for sharing!! Cheers, Luis Alfonso 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parabat Posted October 27, 2014 Share Posted October 27, 2014 Always nice to see a South African plane, being an unusual one is a bonus! Nice work, thanks for sharing. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martian Posted October 27, 2014 Share Posted October 27, 2014 Its different, its quirky, I like it! Martin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stew Dapple Posted October 27, 2014 Share Posted October 27, 2014 Hi Jerzy-Wojtek, I have always thought the Ju86 was an ungainly beast, but in that scheme and markings it actually becomes a nice-looking aircraft You made a great job on that, nice work Cheers, Stew 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevehnz Posted October 27, 2014 Share Posted October 27, 2014 I like that a lot. I'm a bit keen on aircraft from the East African campaign & this fills the bill on that very nicely. Some investigation required me thinks. Steve. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heloman1 Posted October 27, 2014 Share Posted October 27, 2014 As with Parabat, always good to see a SAAF subject exposed on the BM pages. Congratulations. Colin 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JWM Posted October 27, 2014 Author Share Posted October 27, 2014 (edited) Dear All, I appreciete very much so massive and positive response! Frankly speaking I am surprised, that Revell or Italaeri is not realeasing this markings (with a few additional parts) as regular kit - it will find customers, for sure Cheers Jerzy-Wojtek Edited October 27, 2014 by JWM 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vlamgat9 Posted October 27, 2014 Share Posted October 27, 2014 Great stuff! Heloman colin, i tried to pm you but your inbox is full! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JWM Posted October 30, 2014 Author Share Posted October 30, 2014 Thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mitch K Posted October 30, 2014 Share Posted October 30, 2014 Fantastic! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darby Posted October 30, 2014 Share Posted October 30, 2014 Another 86! This man is spoiling me. Wish I could get hold of an 86R, Italeri retro 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeW Posted October 31, 2014 Share Posted October 31, 2014 Very nice finish here. I believe these had all been South African Airways planes that were taken over by the SAAF at the beginning of the war - would love to find a 1/144 version. Nicely done. Cheers, Mike 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JWM Posted November 4, 2014 Author Share Posted November 4, 2014 Thank you Mitch, Mike and Darby an all others for positive feedback! Cheers Jerzy-Wojtek Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bordfunker Posted November 4, 2014 Share Posted November 4, 2014 Lovely looking build. Great to see a Ju 86 built. Karl 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Learstang Posted November 4, 2014 Share Posted November 4, 2014 Brilliant model! I'd love to do one of these, someday. Regards, Jason 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham Boak Posted November 4, 2014 Share Posted November 4, 2014 RS models do a Ju86R. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JWM Posted November 4, 2014 Author Share Posted November 4, 2014 Thank you Karl and Jason, Graham: RS models do a Ju86R. Yes, unfortunately I did many years ago alredy '86R as scratch conversion: http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/234969527-junkers-ju-86-r1-scratch-conversion-from-italeri-ju86d/ Now certainly I would rather buy RS kit... Regards Jerzy-Wojtek Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BerndM Posted November 4, 2014 Share Posted November 4, 2014 Great Ju 86, very well build and painted. Do you plan to build the high altitude versions from this aircraft too ? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JWM Posted November 4, 2014 Author Share Posted November 4, 2014 Great Ju 86, very well build and painted. Do you plan to build the high altitude versions from this aircraft too Thank you, Bernd. Actually I did JU 86 R - I post in RFI forum, the link is in previous my post in this topic, just two posts above this one Cheers Jerzy-Wojtek 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BerndM Posted November 5, 2014 Share Posted November 5, 2014 Thank you, Bernd. Actually I did JU 86 R - I post in RFI forum, the link is in previous my post in this topic, just two posts above this one Cheers Jerzy-Wojtek I will have a look, great lovely models :-) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Etiennedup Posted November 5, 2014 Share Posted November 5, 2014 Has only just now seen this. Very nicely done model you did there Jerzy-Wojtek. Very good finish that adds to this being a real eye-catcher of a not very often seen subject......congratulations! Etienne. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JWM Posted November 6, 2014 Author Share Posted November 6, 2014 Thank you Etienne for som much positive comment And many thanks to for "likes" from a lot of people, what this model gathered Regards Jerzy-Wojtek Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sosezi Posted April 13, 2019 Share Posted April 13, 2019 I plan to make one too Brilliant Job!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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