75th Anniversary of 1943 (World at War)

Here is the basic chassis in primer, Nice detail but quite fiddly to build.

Zvesda 1/35 BM 13 by Theunis van Vuuren, on Flickr

Cab and bed on 

Zvesda 1/35 BM 13 by Theunis van Vuuren, on Flickr

I painted the sides in a darker shade grey to the top to try and give some shadow

Zvesda 1/35 BM 13 by Theunis van Vuuren, on Flickr

Colour was X rta colour faded OD

Zvesda 1/35 BM 13 by Theunis van Vuuren, on Flickr

I got the rocket rails done and now need to do the final assemby of all the bits

Theuns

That chassis does look fiddly.  Nice work putting it together.  

Good looking paint finish, too.  Wish we could get Xtra colour over here in the states.  

We dont have extra colour here in SA, it was a few tims I got from a mate years ago.

theuns

Theuns:  I see.  I bought some from Hannant's a few years ago, before paint was prohibited on airplanes.  I have yet to try them, but they have some colo(u)rs nobody else seemed to have.

And they are gloss already , here tey dry quite fast aswell.

Theuns

Calling thi done. I didnt go stupid with the weathring, some mud splatter on bottom and rust here and there on the top sides.

Zvesda 1/35 BM 13 by Theunis van Vuuren, on Flickr

Zvesda 1/35 BM 13 by Theunis van Vuuren, on Flickr

Zvesda 1/35 BM 13 by Theunis van Vuuren, on Flickr

Zvesda 1/35 BM 13 by Theunis van Vuuren, on Flickr

Theuns

Excellent work, Theuns.  It is very nicely accomplished.  You achieved a good paint finish for it.  Subtle but impressive weathering.  

Do you have a preference for the finish photo?

Ta mate. any pic you want to use is fine by me :-)

Theuns

Thanks, Theuns.  I will attend to this as soon as possible, but when I've tried to post your finish picture, and update the list, I've been getting a "403 Forbidden" notice pop up.

Obviously a problem with the FSM site, and I will keep on trying.

Thanks for being part of the GB.  It's very pleasing to see your work.

No worries, when ever you het a chance. Im not loosing sleep over it LOL

Photo is up now, Theuns.  I see there was a announcement that the Forums would not accept edits on 17 December.  It's working well now.

Thanks again!

Ta mate, good choice.

Theuns

Thanks for building it, Theuns!

So I think the Fujimi Ju87 D-5 is done. I say that hesitantly because I don't know how I feel about the crosses on the fuselage and upper wings. I'm just not sure if that is the style used in this time period.

I thinks it's spectacular, Ed!  What a great job you did with the camouflage.  Certainly not the usual looking Stuka.

Do you have a choice for the finish photo?

Thanks for being part of the GB.  The Stuka makes a great addition to it.

Photo is up, Ed.  I picked the one I thought showed off best all that winter-white camouflage splotching.  Really a fine job!

Thanks again for your participation!

Well I couldn't make the deadline with my Stuka, but am trundling along nonetheless..

Here she is ready for paint...

Under side painted RLM 65 now ready for the cowl color, fuselage band and underwing stripes in yellow...

Yellow applied..

ready for the upper surfaces in the standard splinter scheme of RLM 70/71...

RLM 71 applied...

And after masking and spraying the RLM 70. Now spraying the Future gloss...

Should be applying decals tomorrow. Next I'll show some work on the canopy glass.

Very nice paintwork, Mark.  What brand did you use?  A great looking Stuka.

Don't worry about deadlines!

Here is the paint I used...

The "Yellow" is plain ole Testors square bottle yellow.

Those paints are acrylic?

checkmateking02

Those paints are acrylic?

 

These paints are lacquer based and I thin them with lacquer thinner just like model master. From my understanding these are acrylic lacquers if that makes any sense. I haven't tried mixing these with either water based acrylics or enamel paints as I don't believe they are compatible (although I could be wrong).

So if they're lacquer based, do they have adhesion as good as Model Master?  I've been hesitant about acrylics, since they don't seem to stick as well as enamels--but if these do, and can withstand masking, I might give them a try.

These spray really well. I've had no problems applying color over color or primer. I have had some problems with adhesion when removing masks when the paint was sprayed on bare (ie unprimed) plastic. See this picture...

See how the paint lifted off bare plastic, when I removed the mask. But again it was bare plastic. no such issue when painted over another color or primer.

Back to the Stuka, I've applied the decals and in general, went down well, with a few fracturing but they all with the lettering (ie "C" or "T" or "K"), none with the insignias or crosses.

Here are the removable portions of the canopy masked and painted here...

I have some more work on the attached canopy parts, then some final assembly and weathering, then she'll be good to go.

Excellent, Mark.  I like the vivid colors, and the decals bring everything together.

Thanks for the information about the paint.  What brand of primer do you use?

checkmateking02

Excellent, Mark.  I like the vivid colors, and the decals bring everything together.

Thanks for the information about the paint.  What brand of primer do you use?

 

 

I don't have any hard and fast rules for priming. It depends on the color of the base plastic as it relates to the color of the model. Generally I don't prime unless I need a uniform light (white or grey) base. And then I will use just about anything as a primer. 

Alot of times I have used Model Master enamals, Aircraft grey, Light Ghost grey, Light gull grey for example as primers. Other times I've used Tamiya grey or white primer in the rattle can and still other times I'll use Rustoleum primer from Walmart. Each has their pluses and minuses. I hope this helps.

Thanks, Mark.  I don't usually prime, because I don't want to add another layer that might obscure details--but it looks like if acrylics are used, primer has to go on first.

checkmateking02

Thanks, Mark.  I don't usually prime, because I don't want to add another layer that might obscure details--but it looks like if acrylics are used, primer has to go on first.

 

Yes, I would say that is sound advice.

Now onto the Eastern front where this Stuka is prepped for another sortie against the Red Army...

This one's been fun to build. I only wish I could have gotten all of mine completed by the end of the year. So there you have it.

Great work, Mark.  Lovely to look at!

I'm very glad you participated in the GB and finished up the Stuka.  Always a pleasure to see what you work up.

You've got a lot of good photos here; any favorite for the finish photo?