Completed Trumpeter 1:32 Junkers Ju 87B-2 Stuka

Toshi,

She's looking great and I really love the color scheme.I'm happy to hear you've discovered Hobbytown USA. I get over to my local one (in Mason,Ohio) about once a month on average. If you're ever in Kettering,Ohio sometime check out a shop called Smitty's Hobbies.It's like walking into a time machine / hobby shop from the 1970's. Nice folks too that run the place.

tempestjohnny

You brush painted it. Wow. Fantastic

 

Agreed -- did not expect to read that after seeing that clean camo. Amazing!

scottrc

I think you have hit the home run with this one Toshi, looks wonderful.  The amout of time it took you to built this kit based off the overall time you have been modeling amazes me.  

 

Toshi

I think you have hit the home run with this one Toshi, looks wonderful.  The amout of time it took you to built this kit based off the overall time you have been modeling amazes me.  

5-high

Great job toshi !!!..great job on the camouflage pattern. Keep up the good work. Two thumbs up .

5-high 

 

Toshi

Great job toshi !!!..great job on the camouflage pattern. Keep up the good work. Two thumbs up .

5-high 

Bish

Great job on the splinter camo.

 

Toshi

Great job on the splinter camo.

I've finally got the entire aircraft in the German Camoflauge motif.  All the camoflauge was done by hand with a flat brush and frog tape.  Just something different on this Valentines Day.  I now need to add some yellow enhancements on the underside of the wing tips and a yellow band at the rear of the aircraft.  Once that's done I'll be glossing the entire aircraft to seal it in preparation of the addition of decals. 

This time I'm going to seal it again then add a wash onto the entire Stuka.  I hope this works.  Once this is accomplished, I'll seal it with it's final coat.  Wish me luck, I hope it works!

Toshi

Bish

Thats good news, now you can get the paint on. Useing liquid mask is rather common with eduard masks, especially on some curved areas.

 

I had a great time as I think the Stuka looks awesome.  I still have to camoflauge the sides and button up the build.  It's slowly getting there, I can't wait to put the bombs and decals on followed by a wash.

Toshi

Thats good news, now you can get the paint on. Useing liquid mask is rather common with eduard masks, especially on some curved areas.

After waiting about a couple of weeks, I've finally received my mask for the Stuka.  While the primer cures on the Mosquito, this was a great time to mask the Stuka canopy.  The mask is by Eduard.  There were some areas that needed liquid masking, I just cut out my own shapes out of Tamiya tape.

Toshi

mustang1989

First off the progress on the Stuka is really good Toshi! You're really making alot of headway with this one!!

As far as the 190 and the Mosquito goes........AND  HE SCORES!!!! And the crowd goes wild!!!!

 

Toshi

Bish

Will be fun seeing those two get built, nice choices. Not sure if you are used to this with your other German subjects, but that 190 will need some AM swastika's.

 

Toshi

First off the progress on the Stuka is really good Toshi! You're really making alot of headway with this one!!

As far as the 190 and the Mosquito goes........AND  HE SCORES!!!! And the crowd goes wild!!!!

Will be fun seeing those two get built, nice choices. Not sure if you are used to this with your other German subjects, but that 190 will need some AM swastika's.

So here we are, Mrs. Toshi driving me to Hobby Lobby as I am unable to drive myself.  Or do we go to Hobby Lobby.  We take 271 North and head towards Mentor.  What's there?  It's a 40 minute drive.  Mrs. Toshi told me to chill out.  LOL!

We pull into a commons and park right in front of?  What's that, a hobby store?  Yes, Hobby Town USA!  We both literally got excited and went down every aisle.  There are a ton of trains and RC products galore.  But that was not on my agenda, although it was cool to see such a huge inventory.

We both saved the best for last, MODEL KITS!  More importantly, aircraft model kits.  Hobby Town USA had a huge inventory of Tamiya, Hasegawa, Airfix, Hobby Boss, Revell, and Revell of Germany Aircraft kits. I went absolutely mad!  It was as if the child in me exploded with glee.  Right around the corner in the next aisle were the building supplies.  Excel seemed to be the majority of supplies there with some Revell products.  As for paints?  Alclad (I've never seen this before in my life), Model Master, Testors, and Tamiya.  Wow, I actually found a hobby shop that carries Tamiya bottle paints and rattle cans.  

Well I still needed an interim basis model kit until my Eduard mask for the Stuka build arrived and or my Kitty Hawk P-39 arrived.  Mrs. Toshi picked out for me not one but two Revell of Germany kits, I was blown away, she said after looking at all the choices available, the 190 and the mosquito looked like the best kits for me to build.  Let me say this much, I was ecstatic!  I've never built a Revell of Germany kit in my life so this was something new and exciting.  Below are the 2 kits and a couple of supplies Mrs. Toshi thought I needed.

As always, I will do a step by step WIP build of both these kits.  Now I need to figure out which one I would assemble first.  LOL!

Toshi

Bish

She is coming along really well Toshi. Sorry to hear about your hands, but you won't regret those Eduard masks.

 

Toshi

She is coming along really well Toshi. Sorry to hear about your hands, but you won't regret those Eduard masks.

This is where I'm at with the Stuka, and the buck stops here.  Why?  I'm having trouble with my hands.  I tried to mask the canopies last night so that I can primer the whole Ju 87.  It was a disaster.  Mrs. Toshi ordered for me a Eduard mask for this particular kit.  I'm thinking next Wednesday at the latest?  

Until then, I still have some prep to do as well as starting the building of the various bombs.  I think it's pretty cool, but we will have to wait for that.  I'm heading out to Hobby Lobby to find some type of kit to buy during the interim.  I also have a Kitty Hawk 1:32 P-39Q on it's way.  Thank you all for your patience and visit.

Toshi

Lawdog114, ScottRC,

LOL!  My days playing jazz is done for now.  LOL!

Toshi

I wonder if Toshi can get the trumpet to play some Jazz

Here is today's follow up.

Toshi

Bish

 

 

Toshi

 

lawdog114

Looking good Toshi. I love the Stuka as well. are you going to put a Jericho Trumpet on it?

 

 

 

 

No, by the time the Ju 87B-2 came out, the Germans did away with the  Jericho Trumpet.  Instead, they designed the bomb fins in a way that it made a sound that scared ground forces.  

 

They did away with the Jericho Trumpet, the reason why was that at first, it used to scare the enemies, then they started getting use to it (I don't know if anyone can get use to such a sound) hence the change.  Thanks for the visit.

Toshi

 

 

 

 

 

Not sure where you heard that Toshi, but its not true. The sirens only came into use after the invasion of Poland, so just before the B-2 came into service. They continued to be fitted to aircraft until the inroduction of the D-3. Though many pilots did leave the fairings on and did not have the propeller fitted, they were fitted on all and still in use on some. The reason pilots did not like them is because it slowed the aircraft down and some found it distracting.

You can see on the box art that the siren is fitted, but faired over.

But most aircraft in StG 2 seem to have left the fairings on, i can't find a pic of the one your doing.

 

 

Toshi

Toshi

 

lawdog114

Looking good Toshi. I love the Stuka as well. are you going to put a Jericho Trumpet on it?

 

 

 

 

No, by the time the Ju 87B-2 came out, the Germans did away with the  Jericho Trumpet.  Instead, they designed the bomb fins in a way that it made a sound that scared ground forces.  

 

They did away with the Jericho Trumpet, the reason why was that at first, it used to scare the enemies, then they started getting use to it (I don't know if anyone can get use to such a sound) hence the change.  Thanks for the visit.

Toshi

 

 

Not sure where you heard that Toshi, but its not true. The sirens only came into use after the invasion of Poland, so just before the B-2 came into service. They continued to be fitted to aircraft until the inroduction of the D-3. Though many pilots did leave the fairings on and did not have the propeller fitted, they were fitted on all and still in use on some. The reason pilots did not like them is because it slowed the aircraft down and some found it distracting.

You can see on the box art that the siren is fitted, but faired over.

But most aircraft in StG 2 seem to have left the fairings on, i can't find a pic of the one your doing.

Hunter

Toshi,

It is looking awesome....I love the detail of cockpit. I can't wait to see it when you complete it. Keep it up, and I'm glad to see your health is progressing for the better. Stay well friend.

 

lawdog114

Looking good Toshi. I love the Stuka as well. are you going to put a Jericho Trumpet on it?

 

They did away with the Jericho Trumpet, the reason why was that at first, it used to scare the enemies, then they started getting use to it (I don't know if anyone can get use to such a sound) hence the change.  Thanks for the visit.

Toshi