My latest is a classic Revell big-scale kit, the Stuka.
This is another fantastic piece of artwork adorning these old Revell boxes (but as good as it is, this one is probably only my third favorite behind their P-40E Flying Tiger and Spitfire Mk. I).
My copy of the kit was an original release, yet surprisingly there was a good bit of flash on various parts. But fit was pretty good. I acquired the kit from a seller on eBay about a decade ago. It was missing the radio set for the rear gunner's compartment (which also included the framework that separates the pilot's compartment from the gunner's). I considered scratch-building those parts, but in the end, I didn't figure its absence would be very visible given that I planned to build the Stuka with the canopy fully closed.
This was not a completely OOB build, as the kit decals looked suspicious as to whether they would survive water, so I bought an EagleCal decal sheet that includes the famous snake as on Revell's box art. I also ended up getting the Aires resin tires for a later Stuka variant, but they worked just fine for this kit (other than the tail wheel appears much larger than the kit part and didn't fit particularly well in the strut housing). The main kit tires were hot garbage.
Most paint is from Vallejo - RLM02 for the interior, RLM65 for the underside, and RLM79 and RLM 72 for the upper surfaces. The tires are RLM66 and the prop blades are RLM70. Weathering starts with thinned black for the exhaust stains, and a panel line wash of MIG neutral wash. I also tried a couple of new products (new for me, at least) from AK Interactive - exhaust wash and engine oil. First time trying these, so I'm not real happy with my work using them, but I'll keep using them to get better with them.
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This was a stress-free build, which I needed after spending the entire summer months on the Republic Star Destroyer (drilling many, many tiny holes and running lots of fiber optic lighting). Took me about a month to complete, which was probably about 5 days spread over the last month. Next up I am doing a dual-build of old Hobby Craft kits, both in 48th scale - P-26C Peashooter and Seversky P-35A.