JU-87 D3 – Stuka – Hobby Boss, 1/72
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This is a plane I built to a friend.
It represents one of Hans-Ulrich Rudel planes, ence the chevrons, yellow stripes on the wings and the green nose (as he describes in his book).
The kit is from Hoby-boss, on 1/72 scale, and seems quite nice. My friend had assembled it already and gave it to me to paint, but it seems to fit well.
I painted it with Hataka orange line paints and weathered with artist oils. Some decals (chevrons) are home-made/printed.
The antena wire is from Mig Jimenez Rigging (0,02mm).
Being one of the Comander planes, I thought that it must be well maintained, so kept the weathering low, expect for the under side as the airfields in Russia were quite mudy 😉
Well... I had fun. Photos are not good enough, but I'll try to get better ones later.
[UPDATE]: Last saturday (2019jan26) this plane met its new owner. He liked a lot!
Cheers,
Manuel
I never would've guessed 72nd...outstanding build.
Thank you Sir.
Very nice work.
Thank you!
Very good work in that scale! Matching colours!
Thank you! I was trying the new (for me) Hataka orange line colors. It turned out quite well, I think.
Beautifully done, Manuel! Are those wing tips extended? They look a bit longer than a "standard" JU-87. Perhaps a special version?
No matter, the whole model is excellent!
Or it's just me and the camera angles. 😉
Hi Jeff,
Thank you for your comment and your keen eye!
I had the same suspect and yes, they are longer than the B version.
Hobby-boss sells this kit as a D3, but I suspect it's really a D5 or G1 (bomber or 'Kanonenvogel'), that had in fact longer tip wings.
As my friend had already built the plane, I went along with the version he provided.
Nevertheless, I think we can take this as a midle/late russian campaign JU-87 D5 (and not 3 as stated in the box) Rudel's bomber (not too late, as it still has the black crosses...)
Well, I did what the 'client' asked for and had fun in the process 🙂
cheers!
Lovely paint and weathering on this! Well done.
Thanks you! Kind words
Excellent, superb, weathering underside. You highlighted every panel with great skill!
Thank you!
just tried to give the 'Russian front' look 🙂