First 'group build' try - JU-87 B-2 Stuka, Italeri 1/48

Started by Ralph Clements · 51 · 10 years ago
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    Ralph Clements said 10 years, 1 month ago:

    Here we go!

    A "Challenge in a Box"!

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    Bernd Müller said 10 years, 1 month ago:

    Hi Ralph, i will watch this with interest, got the "Dora" 🙂

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    George Williams said 10 years, 1 month ago:

    The Stuka is an all time classic, Ralph, I'm sure it will turn out fine and you will have lots of fun building it.

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    Rick Wilkes said 10 years, 1 month ago:

    Welcome aboard Ralph. I think you and I have the only Stukas in the group build.

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    Chuck A. Villanueva said 10 years, 1 month ago:

    Welcome Ralph, get subject, the kit comes with fret of pe. Cool, not familiar with this kit. Looks like a pretty good detailed model. Looking forward to your project

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    Ralph Clements said 10 years, 1 month ago:

    Thanks all, I have just scratched the surface, the first piece to go on is a little PE part that folds over the top of the instrument panel, that went on OK. Much pondering and and thought is going into how best to paint this thing and what colors to use.

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    Bernard E. Hackett, Jr. said 10 years, 1 month ago:

    Ralph;

        How are things in the Old Dominion?
    
         RLM 70/71/65, schwartzgrun./dunkelgrun/some kinda light blue underneath. (lichtblau)
    
          The uppers are in a splinter pattern, which mimicks the european woods and meadows as seen from on high. The wheelpants are in the greens, also. The line for the underside color is low on the fuselage.
    
             At the time of the BoB, I believe the cockpit interior was 02 gray with black boxes and instrument panel.
    
               If you need a pattern for the uppers, I can probably help. 
    
                Hals und beinbruch, as we say in Ireland.
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    Editor said 10 years, 1 month ago:

    This is supposed to be a very nice kit! WIll be following this with interest /m

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    Ralph Clements said 10 years, 1 month ago:

    So far it is very nice, some progress has been made...after a mild panic last night when I thought I had lost one of the seatbelts after painting it. By golly the thing is so tiny, I couldn't see it - it was laying on the instructions, and lost in the writing and drawings in them.

    I believe this same kit is offered by Tamiya, for a higher price but with accessory figures, a bomb loading cart and a couple of ground crew figures. I am not really into building dioramas and such so I opted for this kit.

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    Rick Wilkes said 10 years, 1 month ago:

    Looking good Ralph. Going to be interesting seeing the differences between the 4ish year old Italeri Stuka and the 34 year old Airfix Stuka. I'll go out on a limb and say "advantage Italeri".

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    Ralph Clements said 10 years, 1 month ago:

    Thanks Rick - I don't no about the old Airfix, but this Italeri is a nice kit. On to the challenging canopy frame. I closed up the cockpit and thought I'd get a picture of it before it gets covered up. Tweezers for scale-

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    Rick Wilkes said 10 years, 1 month ago:

    Are you going to pose the canopy open or closed? I yielded to a "double dog dare" to do an open canopy on the Airfix Stuka I'm working on. Haven't got that quite figured out yet..lol

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    Ralph Clements said 10 years, 1 month ago:

    Undecided on that, depends on how well it fits and how good I paint it. Same goes for the motor-

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    Ralph Clements said 10 years, 1 month ago:

    Motor...

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    Gregor d said 10 years, 1 month ago:

    Looking good Ralph. You going to display the engine?