1/24 JU-87b - COMPLETED

Massive inded, like I said the 1/24 Typhoon also will eat up realestate ike mad....maybe I can put some 1/72 models on these big plane's wings!

Theuns

That's one heck of a finish up there Theuns. These 1/24 builds have a way of taking up quite the space alright. I've got a 1/24 Bf109 under glass which takes up some space and it's only half again the size of this thing! I do have that 1/24 scale Fw190 D-9 though...........

Great work buddy!

NIIIIIIICE, i like that a lot. Really nice finish and i like how you have displayed the engine.

Great build, thanks for shareing with us.

Very impressive.

Theuns

 ....to work on my Airfix 1/24 Tiffy next year.

 

 

Thanx.

I found working with this large model quite a chalange. It handles difficult, takes special care when putting it down and I just realized now that I must have broken off the pitot tube on the right hand wing before I took the pix :-(

It was however a good experience to work on my Airfix 1/24 Tiffy next year.

Theuns

Very nice!

Them big'ns are hard to make not look like a toy...ya did good!

I did the P-51, Spit, and 109 years ago...back when Squadron had em for only $25! The first 109 came out all kinds of horrible...my second go with it (a few years ago) was way better!

Really nice work. Such a big kit I'd be afraid I would go detail crazy and never get it done. You did a great job.

BK

Thuens, this is most impressive!  The five months it took really paid off.  I love it!  LOL!

Toshi

Wow again! The final product is outstanding! Your commitment really shows on this example. I am impressed. That looks to be a fun scale to work with, I might have to try one.

Max

WOW that's and incedably well built model. 

I can solve your storage problem. You are welcomed to display it at my place LOL

I need to add a few more bits but you can get the idea now. I only added some exhaust stains, no real weathering.

Thanx.

I put the matt clearcoat on and the decals look very good, no silvering. I played arround a little with the matt coat - in some areas I have the paint a little "matter" and in patches a little very slightly more satin.

This simulates how the paint will fade diferent in diferent areas on the airframe, I am very pleased with the result :-D

Theuns

Thtas looking very nice. Great job on the splinter.

I will give it a go next time. 

I hope the matt coat will tone it down a little.

Theuns

Theuns

 I put a blue panel wash on the bottom but that looked really stupid. Then I did a black wash. Although the effect (for scale acuracy) is way to dramatic , it just looks wrong without it, to much monocrome blue I guess.

In such cases, I use a little bit thinner wash...I cut the black with Raw Umber. You still get the effect, but it's not so stark that it looks "off".

Anyway...I am liking this build...a lot!

 The masking tape company likes you. 

Yea, them and the paint company! 

I am "microsoling" the decals now and hope to get the final bits on today. It is not a good day for painting so I will wait till it is a little dryer.

I put a blue panel wash on the bottom but that looked really stupid. Then I did a black wash. Although the effect (for scale acuracy) is way to dramatic , it just looks wrong without it, to much monocrome blue I guess.

Theuns

She's looking like a Stuka.

Nice work on the splinter. The masking tape company likes you.

Thurns, your skill in building the Stuka is amazing!  I can't wait for the final reveal!

Toshi

Daaaaaaaaaaaang!!! You blew right on through that paint job and decal work in no time flat! That Stuka looks amazing so far Theuns! Looking forward to the weathering process and the flat coat.

I was a bit worried about the decals being old and mabe not sitting well.
I cut out the big bottom crosses and they formed quite well. This was good news
Then I put the side decals on but again I was worried that the very large clear carrieffilm would show up even with the gloss and microso. 
So I painstakingly used a scalpel and fine tweezers to cut out and remove all the carrier film between the letters and cross. 
I will seat all the decals later with microsol,just to get it into the rivets nicely.

I might have just pulled it off, it looks like those marks went away with the more clearcoat I put on

Here it is with the camo on

When I shot on the clear acrylic these marks appeared

I think it might be the paint blushing. I left it in the sun for a bit and it seems it is looking a little better. I hope the worst will come out so I can put more clear on for decals.

Cool idea. I looked at a display case from perspex but they wanted about $200 for it , wat out of my budget.

Anyway, an hour into masking I regreted my choice of doing the splinter scheme...

Now just waiting for the RLM 70 to dry to see if it was worth the effort.

Just as an idea for you, I did come up with a display for my 1/24 scale Bf109. I went to Hobby Lobby and bought a shadow box/ frame and then got a mirror cut to the dimensions of the frame. I then went to a local business that deals with clear plastic and had them make me a clear plastic lid for it. Take the sides out of the inside of the shadow box and remove the glass then reinstall the side rails/ glass retainer. These will now be used to lay your base on. I laid the black felt down over the side rails/ retainers and placed the mirror over the felt. After that you can place the lid down on the mirror and it fits just inside the lip of the frame.

Here is the end result. ( I later bought a black frame because it looks alot better to me):

Here's one I made for a buddy of mine when I built a 1/48 scale Corsair for him since he has no display case at all. This is just the base but I got him a Lexan  (clear plastic ) lid made for this as well.

That is a hassle, I dont have a displaycase that would take it, I might have to put it in a  box till I get space oneday.

Theuns

Nice and smooth! Where does a guy display one of these gorillas at?