Spiros, @fiveten
Thank you for the kind words. I was careful with how I glued the warped wing parts together. I also placed the wings in a large heavy book and closed the pages while they dried. This seemed to keep things straight and squared while it dried in position. I should have taken pictures of this and posted them.

This kit is a very nice one, and other than the logo placement, I like it a lot. I also hope to build one of my Ju-52's as the same plane in your museum. Thank you for sharing the fuselage code numbers with me. I have not been building much lately, but I have been looking at the postings here on Imodeler and at other sites.

Congratulations on your headline builds on M2 ! They are well deserved. Thank you for all of your assistance with keeping things running smoothly.

I do sincerely appreciate this.

John, @johnb
Yes I was very surprised with the logo placement. I have yet to deal with the problem, but I am fairly certain that I can make it all disappear with some tape, sand paper and eventually paint. I will post up some pictures when I do this.

Thank you for stopping by.

Please stay tuned as I make another update.

You did exceptional well on this panel, Louis @lgardner.
Fantastic scratchbuilding I have to say.
Regarding the color, I always thought they were grey, but no proof for that.

Hey Louis! @lgardner

Glad to see you back at the workbench again mate 🙂

I have to say that your solution to get that conversion made in your Tante Ju is very ingenious… and equally impressive because O believe the end result will be faultless.

As for the colour I can’t be of assistance since civil colors is not my playground.

As for memory, well you know that nothing is 100% sure in that matter. I had situations were my memory tricked me in certain facts I could swear that happens exactly as so and so, but other people that shared that moment proved me wrong, so who knows of that lady’s recollections are true?

Cheers!

That's a very interesting way to solve the problem of the gun position. The only other solution is to get the Ju-52 airliner kit - which is unfortunately made from unobtainium.

John, @johnb
Thank you for the compliments on the modification. I will end up painting the Junkers in a light gray color. Now I need to determine a good color that will closely match the Lufthansa Gray.

Spiros, @fiveten
My friend you are very good when it comes to scratch building. Hearing this compliment coming from you is very nice. Thank you Sir ! The railroad scale corrugated plastic is "close enough" for me. It looks even better after some light scribing work.

Yes I agree, these Lufthansa Junkers 52 planes were likely painted a light gray. Thanks for your input.

Pedro, @holzhamer
It is very good to be back at it working on models again. Two weeks away is two weeks too long ! I am very happy with the "improvised" Junkers corrugated patch. The rail road scale plastic made by Evergreen seems to be very close in the spacing. It's not exactly perfect, but it's close enough for me, and that's what counts. It looked even better after I made a few passes down each line with the scriber tool. Thanks for your advice on Luftwaffe military colors in the past. It always seemed to be spot on. I do sincerely appreciate that. Yes memory can be altered over time... once again you are correct. Now how did you know it was a lady who made the comment about seeing D-2600 in person as a child ? It sounds to me like your memory is quite sharp !

Take care my friend. I'm looking forward to seeing your next installment on the Schlacht planes. Meanwhile I posted some pictures for you over there... 😉

Walt, @luftwaffe-birdman
Thanks for stopping by and checking out this build. It has been a little while since I have posted any updates on it. I also want to thank you for the compliments on the patch work. It is not perfect, but I did it in a manner that makes it look like it should be there. These planes were covered with different sized corrugations. It depended on where the location was as to what type or size of corrugated material was used. It even used regular flat sheet in some areas.
This is a very nice kit. So far I am very happy with it. As far as your next project, I'm sure that whatever plane you pick, it will be the right one. I would lean towards building the Junkers, but that's just me. The B-24 is a cool plane too.

Tom, @tcinla
I accidentally stumbled across the material I used. It turns out I was looking at the various sheets of Evergreen plastic I have, when this railroad card fell out of the pile. It landed face up, and as I picked it up from the floor the light bulb went off... It's very close, but not exact. It's so close that it is plausible. My patch is not 100% perfect, but it's good enough for me. It should look even better under some paint.

I saw a red / black "airliner" Lufthansa 1/48 Junkers 52 kit on EBay a while ago. It was named "Richtofen" and that explained the color...it was also a Revell of Germany kit. That was the other option, but I didn't want to pay for the humongous shipping cost coming all the way from Germany. I have 3 of these kits in the stash. The plastic is identical in each one. They all have the wheel spats, trousers, pants, (whatever you want to call them), and the "dust bin" too. I do have plans to build one up as a Condor Legion Tante Ju.

Does the "airliner" version of this kit include a new separate fuselage "roof" part that eliminates the rear gunner's position ? Inquiring minds want to know. It would also be cool if they offered a new seating arrangement. I don't think the Fuhrer would like to have sat on military style seats for too long.

Colin, @coling
Thanks for the compliments on the patch work. Improvising can be just as much fun as the actual building itself. Now I am getting ready to either make some curtains for the side windows, or start scratching some airline style seating. This should be fun ! Please stay tuned... by the way, you are really doing a fantastic job on your Heinkel 111.

It is good to be back... Let's hope things remain "as is" for a little while.

Coming along well, Louis. I really like the work you did with the corrugated sheet.