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1/72 Hasegawa Junkers Ju-88 D1 "Romanian Air Force"


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Dear fellow Britmodellers,

this is my 1/72 Hasegawa Ju-88 D1 in markings of the Romanian Air Force in 1944/45.

Painted with Mr.Hobby acrylics, pictures by Wolfgang Rabel.

 

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This aircraft belonged to Escadrilla 2 Recunoastere and was based at Miskolc airfield in Hungary, and later at Tri Dubny Slovakia, in the winter of 1944/45. All markings are from the DK decal sheet "Romanian Roundels over Czechoslovakia 1944-1945 (72088)". It apparently changed management when Romania switched sides, because the German crosses, swastikas and squadron codes were hastily painted over.

Several aftermarket parts had accumulated in the kit box, including two Eduard sets (interior and exterior), Eduard masks and True Details wheels. Only the canopy paint masks are absolutely necessary - the Eduard interior etched parts can hardly be seen, from the exterior set I only used antennas, landing gear doors and a few other small things, the rest seemed superfluous to me. The Hasegawa kit wheels are pretty good, the True Details resin wheels are a little better and flattened nicely.

During painting I noticed that the contrast between Mr.Hobby's RLM70/71 is a bit too strong. I added a small drop of black to the lighter color (RLM71 Dark Green) to soften the contrast.

I weathered with artist oils from Winsor & Newton.

 

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The nose glazing doesn't fit very well and left a (invisible) gap through which a little spray mist crept in at the edge!

 

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Overpainted squadron codes and national insignia ....

 

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Now here's the underside ...

 

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Thank you for your interest, best greetings from Austria!

Roman

 

 

 

 

 

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