Ju-88s 1/48 Hobbycraft

Very nice looking build. 

Airbrushing those squiggles looks like a chore...  Nice looking build!

Excellent work Jeremy, sure looks like a real -88 to me!  I bet those squiggles took a while to complete.  Excellent work on the masking too, bet that was as much (if not more) of a chore than the AB work!

Mighty nice camo. That sure sets off your build.

Hi Jmabx

Great job on the Ju-88!   A very impressive model indeed. 

Cheers,

Nice build Jeremy.  That camo looks like it was a bear to apply.  But the finish is awesome

JOHN

Thanks for the compliments!

Like I said before, this was a really fun build. If you're not looking for accuracy, I recommend this kit if you find one cheap. Bare bones, quick and fun.

Frank - I think it took me longer to mask off the splinter than it did to paint the squiggles.

The canopy was a chore... 3 days it took me. I had to take my time because the framing isn't well defined which makes it very hard to mask. I masked a little , then stopped and came back to it the next day.

Thanks again for the kind words.

Very nice work on the Ju-88.  The finish obviously took a lot of time and is truly superb.

Darwin, O.F. 

Nice job on te cammo! I painted mine to match the rear cover of Squadrons JU-88 in action booklet.   

Philo - Is that the Hobbycraft kit and which version is it? I like your camo job and tossed around the idea of one very similar.

Late war Luftwaffe birds have the most interesting paint schemes.

Beautifully done Jeremias .  Thanks for sharing.

Regards,  Rick

The solder exhust pipes look good! I love that camo pattern, painted a Pro Modeler Do 217E and a Pro Modeler Moskito with the same squiggles. Excellent work!   Len

It is the Hobby Craft JU-88c that I modified to represent a late-war night fighter.Kit #(HC1605)

I love it!  That paint job looks great, and really sets off the "Agressive" look of the 88 more than the standard green/black green over blue of the bomber version..

I recommend this kit if you find one cheap.

I have an 88 in the boneyard (1/48th AMT/Ertl kit) that needs resurection, but I'd rather build a new one... Just out of curiousity, how much did ya pay for yours? 

I bought this one about 15 years ago, think it ran about 7.00...

Jeremy, well done on an outstanding job, to even begin that squiggle must of taken b***s but you've pulled it off very well indeed. I love it

Cheers... 

Len - Thanks! I've got a Dragon and ProModeler Moskito and they look like nice kits. I've never seen a picture of the Moskito in squiggles. If you have a pic of your two birds, I would love to see them.

Hans - Thanks alot man! I think I shelled out $10 for this kit about five years ago. Not bad. The way I see it, if you can pick up a kit for $20 or less these days, you're doing good. Revell, Testors and Lindbergh are about the only ones with 1/48 kits below $20 and I've built the hell outta 90% of their offerings.   

Mike - Thanks! I practiced painting for a couple of hours on two old Monogram Do-335 fuselages I have. By that time, I had it figured out pretty well. I still goofed up in a few (or more) spots but the squiggles hide the mistakes and that's a good thing.

You've definitely got an airbrush and the skills that are up to the task but if you look at photos of that camo scheme I think you've made yours a little too continuous and consistent.  I'm not sure those words are exactly right but the long relatively parallel features of your camo scheme don't match up well with the more random and shorter nature of the finish on the actual birds.  If you take a look at some of the photos in Merrick's book on Luftwaffe camo I think you'll see what I'm getting at.  With some of the older kits like the Hobbycraft models (I have a bunch on my shelf too) about all you have going for you is the finish since there isn't much detailing in the kit itself without a lot of scracthbuilding.

dcaponell - I know what you're saying about the consistency of the finish. They're usually more spaced and more random. Thing is, I had a picture of a Ju-88 on my pc with tight and consistent squiggles similar to what I did. Looked like a machine did it with an even finer line. I actually randomized (is that a word?) mine a little so that it didn't look too planned out.

Also, check out the length of the lines closely... most of them are short. I've painted my fair share of cars and I figured that the longest line I have on the plane would equal out to about a full cup on a 1/48 spray gun.

Can I find that picture now as proof? Of course not. When I do, I'll post it up for you.

I appreciate the comment and criticizm sir.

Hans - Thanks alot man! I think I shelled out $10 for this kit about five years ago. Not bad. The way I see it, if you can pick up a kit for $20 or less these days, you're doing good. Revell, Testors and Lindbergh are about the only ones with 1/48 kits below $20 and I've built the hell outta 90% of their offerings. 

Roger that... When a kit approaches 25- 30.00 bucks, I shy away away from, especially it if it's a single-engine 1/48th figher or the like... I'll go a LITTLE higher on multi-engines, but no more than 35.00... I absolutely will NOT pay 40-70 bucks for ANY kit.. For that kind of money, it better fly off the bench, buzz around the room, and land on the shelf when I'm done...