John Masters Posted January 19, 2020 Author Share Posted January 19, 2020 2 minutes ago, badger said: A nice start John Thanks Ben. The office is pretty much in. I'll fix the loose strands on the gunner seat! RLM02... --John 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Law Posted January 20, 2020 Share Posted January 20, 2020 John Looking at your parts you are lucky you seem to have more than my 1/48 scale. I have to scratch build that frame behind the seat. Also it looks like they copied the parts from the Hasegawa's Ju 87G. I watched someone building one earlier and the side wall parts look a lot like my resin parts. Also the seats are completely wrong, so I have ordered new resin ones today. Yours look correct. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Masters Posted January 20, 2020 Author Share Posted January 20, 2020 5 hours ago, Greg Law said: you are lucky Thanks Greg. Sorry about all your building woes! That's a bummer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Masters Posted January 20, 2020 Author Share Posted January 20, 2020 Let's put the fuselage together, shall we? Goops...not with these lug nuts! Snip snip, sand, sand... Went together easily. I'll sand down those flashy seams later. --John 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Masters Posted January 21, 2020 Author Share Posted January 21, 2020 Some more Stuka work... The wheels look pretty good but they are in halves and will need a small amount of work. Not much. Et voila... Wings...I removed the lugs even though I didn't have an issue with the fit. The observation window fits very snugly. I glued it into place. OK...Part A17, the rear section of the scoop/siren...Hmmm... Seems like it is not on the sprue, or it has been lost...I have searched far and wide. I guess I will have to make another one. The wings come together nicely in any case... --John 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Masters Posted January 21, 2020 Author Share Posted January 21, 2020 The wing flaps come in many pieces. There is the aileron itself and then all the hinges and trim weights. Careful cleaning and prepping before assembly required! This has to be cleaned up before I glue it on. I was just checking that I had the correct flap for the side of the wing. Both flaps assembled on the wing component. I have added the stabilizer and the rudder as well. Drying time overnight and then I'll attach the wing to the fuselage. Don't worry! I didn't forget the airbrakes! They are supplied as very nice PE and resin pieces which I will assemble later and attach at the very last. It will be easier to paint this way. --John 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modelling minion Posted January 21, 2020 Share Posted January 21, 2020 That is really nice work John, she is coming together very quickly indeed and certainly looks to be a nicely detailed kit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Masters Posted January 21, 2020 Author Share Posted January 21, 2020 7 minutes ago, modelling minion said: she is coming together very quickly It is...thanks. Not a complicated kit and well-moulded. A test fit of the fuselage to wing shows a superb and tight fit with only two small gaps. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Law Posted January 22, 2020 Share Posted January 22, 2020 Your build is helping me with mine. I was wondering if there was a window in the bottom the fuselage. Looks like I will have to manufacture one. I just spent an hour redoing the vertical grill that is in the frame behind the radios and hank your lucky stars that you didn't have to put individual exhaust ends on like I did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Masters Posted January 24, 2020 Author Share Posted January 24, 2020 (edited) So...with the wing attached the Stuka is looking very much like a...Stuka! As you see, no gap at all at the roots. I have also added the four air intakes to the nose of the aircraft and what I think is a landing light on the starboard wing. The only fillable gap is on the belly, here... Part A17, the missing piece, would have fitted somewhat deeply in this space. I have decided to leave it as is. Another look at the air intakes on the nose...I am not too keen on these exhaust pipes. You would think a Special Hobby kit would made them as a separate unit to glue in place. Oh well. I might have to augment them somehow. They don't seem to be there at all, really. --John On 1/21/2020 at 9:06 PM, modelling minion said: My page editor isn't clearing this...I am not sure why. Modeling Minion did not say this... Edited January 24, 2020 by John D.C. Masters 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mottlemaster Posted January 24, 2020 Share Posted January 24, 2020 Looking good John . Your time cleaning off the kit parts looks like its it's resulted in a good fit . Cheers Alistair Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsairfoxfouruncle Posted January 24, 2020 Share Posted January 24, 2020 1 hour ago, John D.C. Masters said: Another look at the air intakes on the nose...I am not too keen on these exhaust pipes. You would think a Special Hobby kit would made them as a separate unit to glue in place. Oh well. I might have to augment them somehow. They don't seem to be there at all, really. Ive seen it done two ways, taking hollow aluminum or brass tubing and squeezing them gently to get an oval shape. The other day i came across a build of a Hawker Fury Mk.I and the builder used plastic hollow tubing from Q-tips of all things. I cant find the build right now, but it was brilliant thinking and much less of a chance to kink the piping. Dennis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Masters Posted January 24, 2020 Author Share Posted January 24, 2020 1 hour ago, Corsairfoxfouruncle said: Q-tips Hmmm...good idea. 2 hours ago, Mottlemaster said: a good fit . Indeed it is! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Masters Posted January 25, 2020 Author Share Posted January 25, 2020 Canopy masked. The two white blobs are white glue over the two small oval windows. It works just was well as liquid mask. And canopy on. Tomorrow I'll re-prime, fill in the gaps. I will also paint wheels and assemble the landing gear. --John 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Basilisk Posted January 26, 2020 Share Posted January 26, 2020 Nice progress, but looks like a lot of fiddly work. Cheers, Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Masters Posted January 26, 2020 Author Share Posted January 26, 2020 46 minutes ago, Basilisk said: a lot of fiddly work. Not really. Only the masks for the canopy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Masters Posted January 27, 2020 Author Share Posted January 27, 2020 Sorry for the delay...I was over in Fokkerland... Primed. Having looked at quite a few photos of the real thing and different models I think I have a solution for the lacklustre exhausts: Drilling. I will leave them short and stubby (which I have seen on the 87A) and just drill out the insides. I also have tires to paint; landing gear to assemble...then into the paint shop! -John 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Masters Posted January 30, 2020 Author Share Posted January 30, 2020 Wheels in spats. They will need a bit of putty to fill in the cracks. --John 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Masters Posted February 2, 2020 Author Share Posted February 2, 2020 OK. Now that I can focus on the Stuka, I will get on with it. I have drilled out the exhaust manifolds. They look much better. The air brakes are a mix of PE, resin and some Evergreen I have added for a bit more strength. Note that I have used the PE section as well as the resin. I will prime them and paint them RLM65. They will be the last items to be attached to the aircraft. And I have given the first round of paint on the underside. RLM65 although it looks more grey in this picture. Fluorescent lights...hmmm... The next round will be the white areas--top of the stabilizers, top half of the rudder and the underside wing tips. The first two will eventually be tricolour. This last bit is for the yellow. I find yellow always needs a base. --John 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Masters Posted February 3, 2020 Author Share Posted February 3, 2020 The RLM71 is on and this picture doesn't do it justice. It really is a much more olive-like, drab green. The lighting is not the best. From what I see, the only areas that have the Hungarian tri-colour is the rudder. The stabilizers seems to be RLM71/RLM70. In any case, I'll let this all dry tonight and then mask off the splinter tomorrow for the Black Green, RLM70. Wheel spats the same... I think this is going to look very cool! I cannot forget the yellow fuselage band... -John 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Masters Posted February 3, 2020 Author Share Posted February 3, 2020 (edited) I decided to take care of the white areas, both for the tri-colour tail and the bases for the yellow wing-tips and fuselage band. I have not idea how I managed to get so much overspray. The thing is covered in white specks. Dammit. Oh well. I won't worry about it. I can always tidy it up and I still have a Back Green to go on. Enough for tonight. --John Edited February 3, 2020 by John D.C. Masters 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Masters Posted February 4, 2020 Author Share Posted February 4, 2020 A bit of RLM04...Yes...I have seen the occasional small gap in the fuselage seams. I'll fix that up eventually. Some soft putty and a hairy brush touch-up will fix it. So I will move on to the splinter camo masking this evening. This Stuka is coming along pretty quick now. --John 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modelling minion Posted February 4, 2020 Share Posted February 4, 2020 Really nice work John, drilling out the exhaust stubs really had made a big difference to the look of the model which certainly looks to be nicely detailed. I do like the look of the early Anton Stukas and will have to keep an eye out for one of the 1/48 kits. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Masters Posted February 4, 2020 Author Share Posted February 4, 2020 (edited) 8 hours ago, modelling minion said: I do like the look of the early Anton Stukas and will have to keep an eye out for one of the 1/48 kits. Thanks MM..Greg Law has another Hungarian Stuka kit in 1/48th scale Special Hobby in this GB. No...sorry...Spanish Civil War 1/48th. Nice looking build too! From my bench...the masks are on for the splinter camo. Easier than the Finnish Fokker, for sure. I'll paint tomorrow. The weather has turned and we are due for squalls and rain all day tomorrow and tomorrow night. Fine modelling weather! I measured the area for the tri-colour fin and it was exactly 15mm. Perfect. 5mm bands. An easy mask and a hairy-brush paint job. I will mask this, of course, before I add the RLM70. And the spats get their own masking too. I'll tighten up those edges beforehand. --John Edited February 4, 2020 by John D.C. Masters 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Law Posted February 4, 2020 Share Posted February 4, 2020 Looking good. I should finish carving the spats out today. Your's look a bit easier to deal with. It is time Special Hobby updated the 1/48 kit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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