Airfix 1/48 JU-87B ***Completed***

Lovely model! awesome work.

Guys, I am afraid herc has not been around for a while, so you kight struggle to get a reply.

USFDon2012

Great work! I will be building this very plane shortly, however, I am at a bit of a loss in finding the color call outs for the interior bits and the pilot/gunner figures. Where did you find the color call outs? Did you use the paint guide from another Stuka kit? Thanks.

Stuka cockpits for this period are generally RLM 02. The Instrument panels were a dark grey, RLM 66. The pilots uniform would be a tan colour, which paint brand are you using.

Very nice model, Hey how long did it take to mask that canopy?

Great work! I will be building this very plane shortly, however, I am at a bit of a loss in finding the color call outs for the interior bits and the pilot/gunner figures. Where did you find the color call outs? Did you use the paint guide from another Stuka kit? Thanks.

Hans von Hammer:  Yeap... streched Q-tips was a great tip you gave me/us. I gave you a shout out in the first paragraph of the discreption. Took some practice to not break the Q-Tip but I think I got it down now.

Professordeath: Thank you for the compliment. Glad you enjoyed looking.

TREYZX10R: Thank you so much for taking the time to look and give me a compliment!

Awesome looking Stuka Hercmech really looks the part! Very nicely done Sir!!!!

Stretched Q-Tips for guns eh? Novel idea...

Thanks lawdog. glad you liked it.

Looks fantastic!  I love the early Stukas too and you did a nice job on this one.  

PZL66, ruddratt, Jester, and MKelley Thanks for the positive feedback guys!

Excellent work there.

Nice build herc!

Very nice build! I love the splinter camo pattern in general, and you nailed it. The weathering is very convincing without being overdone, and I'll give ya extra points for having the patience to mask that nightmare of a canopy. Display that one with pride, it's beautiful!

I like ze Shtookah and vaunt to fly ist!

Reasoned: Thank you for the supportive words. It really means a lot to get that kind of feedback on the figures. I was really hesitant to do them.

Bsyamato:  Thanks for the encouragement!

Now i see a good pictures number of the stuka 

I love it Herc! You were able to pull off the figures to the max, not many can.  The shading is spot on, got to love the Stuka, what a magnificently uglutiful plane.

Manny, Thanks for the compliment!!!...it always warms my soul to hear good things from you! I don't usually make the figures so I was pleased the way they came out.  Yes it was an early BoB scheme. At least according to Airfix.

Old Ordie Thanks for the kind words on the details. The exhaust was a combination of air brush (the red brown) then Tamyia soot from their weathering set. I didn't want it to look too pronounced, so it went lightly.

Outstanding!  I'm begining to see why the Stuka is so popular ... I like the little dribs and drabs of oil about the engine.  Also, the bit of exhaust stains - did you airbrush them on, or drybrush, or ? ...  I've been overdoing the stains and leaks in my builds more than a tad, I think.

Wow---I'm very impressed w/ every part of this build, not the least of which, the figures!  Excellent! That looks like a very early scheme: '39-'40?

Bish

I have enough trouble with English

True...true

I have enough trouble with English

Agreed...or we could all speak Esperanto.  LOL

Gut ur.

 I think we need an American English/English English translator of here

Enrico...thanks for looking and the comment. I love the looks of the Stuka as well.

AT6:  Thank you for taking the time to comment.

Bish: You would know them as cotton buds.  I used the ones that have plastic shafts and heated then streched them out...makes hollow tubes of infinte diameter.

Thanks, i may well give this pre shadieng a try one of these days, who knows.

By the way, what are Q Tips?

Great looking Stuka. I've had one in stash for years waiting to be built. Of all variants, the B model is still the prettiest of them.

Great model......Bravo!!Ciao Enrico.

Bish,

Thanks for the comments.

Yes the preshade worked on the dark colors. I used very thin paint and fine mist. However, the clear coats did hide it a bit, so did postshade and used a filter when it was all done.