Tanker - Builder

Hi M.Brindos .

     I have followed this with tongue in cheek . Why ? Well if you go some ways back , you'll see I recommend LINDBERG ship kits for the same reason . If you put the work in them they can be real nice models .

    Also,  as I've said the Lindberg 95' Coast Guard Cutter , Is accurate in all the important ways , according to my source, who commanded two during his time in the C.G.

 True , they are old technology , but they can be fun builds . I bought that Stuka for the same reason ! Plus , I can't get enough M.E.262s .   T.B.         P.S. Plus the fact that you are doing a kick A## job too ! .

 

Actually I do recall that. I agree with you on that point. Its almost like an old Monogram kit, but simplified. Monogram always had the most detail, even of it was all raised lol.

After this one is finished I am also looking forward to the 262! Its got just enough detail for scratch building up a lot of cool details. But I believe I may go with the Revell Spitfire Mk II first lol.

Thanks! I hope so. I'm finding all sorts of little flaws with my work and I can never seem to get a "perfect" finish on these dang things even though my pictures show a good result. Its not so good a camera that it picks up all the little goobers that always seem to appear just after a clear cote goes on.  I swear they don't get there before I spray. I check! I dust, I inspect, and I look for those things before I clear. They always show up afterwards though. Grrrr!

When you get around to building up the 87 or the 262 I hope you will show us what you've got going on. As I built this one I found all sorts of areas that could've used some added details. But I simply wanted to just enjoy building the kit out of the box. Sometimes you've got to do it that way lol.

And now for those finishing shots! But not really. That was the plan, but as I finished up everything else and pulled the masks from the canopy.... [sigh] I foud that my preparations were not as good as I had thought. Not for this one anyways. Normally I spray a clear over the mask to seal around the edges to prevent bleeding. But something didn't work this time. The paint didn't adhere like it has on other models.

So there will be some time before I get this fixed somehow. I need to review my options on this one. So far I've tried to just hand paint with enamel, but its about 85 degrees here and the paint was literally drying on the brush as I was trying to paint. So that will have to wait till it cools off later tonight so I can make another effort.

Completed.

I had some issues with the canopy masking, but I just repaired it by hand. It will do well enough for a ceiling hanger.

























The canopy frames look atrocious, but at this point there is little I can do besides start over. As you can tell from the pictures it doesn't look all that bad from anywhere but up close. I'm fine with this for the time being. It just feels good to have another one finished.  :)

Thanks for looking. :D

Edit: OOOOPPSSS!!!! I forgot the antenna wire and the pitot tube.  ":?

Looks Great

Thanks Wildcat. There are a just a few small things to fix. I got excited and pulled the trigger a little too soon last night. Woke up this morning and realized I'm actually NOT done with this one just yet. lol

Hey Mr.Brindos.

Nice....I thought you were more a "tanker" guy... 

Anyway, as always, you made a very clean and nicely painted. I like the color selection.

Good job.

I am! I am! I swear! LOL!! Yeah, mainly Armor is my thing, but I've been picking up these wingy-thingys and they have been bringing back lots of good feels.

Thanks you very much amigo. I need to finish a few very minor details and I'll get some more pics up later.  :)

Wow!!! excelent, great work, you has been of the box, lindberg models great exam for the modelers . congratulations............

Your build is absolutely superb!  I really like your paint scheme.

Toshi

Ah, you've actually made a silk purse out of a sows ear! Really nice job and I've enjoyed the project. What new challege awaits you? 

Max

ps--a quick Stuka story from my deceased uncle. While serving with with the 1st Armor division in North Africa his tanks were being attacked daily at noon each day by a large group of Stukas. A call to the British and six Spitfires were waiting above the next day. ''They got em all'' my uncle told me. Great story for a big eyed kid! I always rember that when "Stuka" comes up.

Lol Hodakamax, I was going to say silk purse out of a sow's ear here! 

Really sharp work there Mike!

Outstanding!

RONALD ALVAREZ

Wow!!! excelent, great work, you has been of the box, lindberg models great exam for the modelers . congratulations............

 

Thank you , Ronald! You would be the expert on Lindberg around here. So thank you very much.  :D

Thank you , Toshi, my friend. I wouldn't say its excellent, but I see the flaws lol. I'll let the credit of the paint scheme pass on to the Germans. It wasn't my idea lol.

Ah, Max. Its closer to a vinyl knock-off lol! My next challenge is to finish my 1/72nd P-40E. I've made a terrible mess of it and now I'm, once again, fixing my mistakes. But if I didn't make mistakes I wouldn't be as good as I think I am LOL!!

Thank you for the story as well. If you've got any more, please share. I love story time lol. Especially when its passed on from an actual first hand account. !

Gamera

Lol Hodakamax, I was going to say silk purse out of a sow's ear here! 

Really sharp work there Mike!

 

Vinyl. We're going with vinyl lol. Thanks you Gamera. It really means a lot.  :)

plasticjunkie

Outstanding!

 

Thank you, PJ!  :D:D:D 

Now, for an updated (REAL) finishing group of pictures. I played with these shots a bit more than the last ones lol. Had me a good time too.  :)

~original

I may play around with this one in Ps. Spin the prop an all that.

Beautiful work Mike, the finish looks really smooth without all the rivets and bumps that are typical of the Stuka.

Oh they're still there. They're just much less pronounced then the Monogram or Revell kits of the same era. They are still there though. I'd say they're more to scale is all, so they don't stick out.

If this kit were updated to have both raised and sunken panel lines it would be a fair runner for making detail sets for. Its really a good fitting kit still as you can see. I used a little filler around the radiator opening and that was it, if I recall correctly. Everything else is just sanded, or it just simply fit correctly. I've got a couple of ghost seams on the bottom of the fuselage where I didn't sand as well as I should have, but they are hard to see if you don't know they're there.

Thank you for the comment, Reasoned.  :)

A real  JU-87R-2 Tropical Stuka is on display at Chicago's Museum of Science of Industry. The airplane includes original bullet holes!!! It is hanging from the ceiling being attacked by a real Spitfire.