1/24 junkers-ju-87b-2 stuka build

Welcome to the Airfix oldschool building! They are still selling their 70's designed kits from the original 70's moulds and it is not doing them any favours when you see the brand new Hellcat and the two Typhoons.

I do wish that Airfix would take their Spit, Hurricane, 109, 190 etc and redo them up to their current standard and make lots of people happy instead of frustrated!

I gave up on my 109 with warped fuselage, more flash than parts wonky Cockpit glass......

I know where you are coming from ,SD , but at a third of the cost , I couldn't help myself ,

Yes, the old Airfix instructions are not very helpful. I am doing a 1980's boxing of the belfast and find myself spending more time trying to find parts than i am putting them together. Unfortunatly they have not updated their instructions with their more recent release of this kit.

Despite its age this is still supposed to be a nice kit, i like the look of mine a lot.

the cockpit is mostly done , just a bit of weathering to do . won't get too excited about it , as the 2 pilots take up a fair bit of room .

Thats looking nice.

thank's bish mate , hope I can keep it going . 

the engine has a lot of part's , this should be fun to paint .

When you look at this, the Airfix design guys should be champing at the bit to remake it! 

true snapdragon , just so long as they fix the instruction's , they are shocking .

I'll follow this one as it is in the stash.  Looks nice so far.  Have the Spit, Hurricane, Mustang and ME to go with it as well.

thank's goldhammer , I have done the hawker typhoon , 1/24 , it was a good kit .

got some paint on the engine , pity it really wont be seen .

That engine is impressive.

Thanks bish , there are a couple of little fit issues with the kit , but I'm really enjoying this build so far

I remember this one in the hobby shop I used to frequent off of Valwood Parkway in Dallas. The box for it was HUGE!! I've always wanted to see one built up and now it looks like I've got my chance. Looking splendid so far Steve.

P.S. Where in the world are you gonna display this mammoth of a build??

Great progress on a vintage classic!

thanks mopar and mustang , I will hang it next to my hawker typhoon on the left , in my hobby room , I'm vitually the only one who will see it anyway .

Nice display. Love that Hurricane.

Very nice!

I will be following this build closely as this exact same Airfix Stuka model was one of the aircraft that I had purchased in my first foray attempt at getting back into modeling around 5 years ago.  I was enamored by the huge size plus one of my LHS at the time had several built aircraft and rocket kits hanging from the ceiling. Never did build it and sold it on FeeBay in 2015.

P.S. I haven't built a single kit since my current return to modeling last year, but have accumulated a small collection of 11 boxes to create a small stash. 

thank's to everyone for the support , als , don't look at them mate , get into them ,

I've been doing this for a while , and the thing's I have learned through following what the member's have advised is incredible , if you stuff up , so what , put it down to experience , just have a go .

 this baby is slowly coming together

steve5

thanks mopar and mustang , I will hang it next to my hawker typhoon on the left , in my hobby room , I'm vitually the only one who will see it anyway .

 

AAAHHH !!!! You mixed scales and genres in the same display !!!! I couldnt sleep if I did that.

Seriously though,your collection looks great,and this big bird is very impressive 

cheer's tojo , wish I had a big area to display , but ces le viv . 

came across another fit issue , only about 4 mm out . I also had to cut the locating lugs for the radiator off , so i could position it properly .

all better now

got most of the masking done too .

got the wings on now , just a lot of little bit's and piece's to go , and a lot of sanding .

can anyone tell me what this little propeller on the wheel strut is for , I think I read something about a siren , is that true ?

Steve,

I don't know if you were being serious with your question or kidding around, so I will err on the side of caution.

Those strut propellers are the "Jericho Sirens " in which the sound it produced was used to terrorize the impending victims. That sound has since been used by filmmakers,  kids cartoons, and every other form manageable to represent the sound of a plane (jet and propeller) diving into a crash.

Looking good, and yep, those are the infamous sirens.

Nice job on the tail struts, how did you fix that?

thank's kevin . I wasn't joking , I normally build ship's , I was only guessing at it's function .

cheer's bish , I just cut the head off of it and added a 3mm square piece of styrene in , waited 24 hour's and shaved it to shape with a knife and a fine file .

Progress is lookin' good Steve.

Yeah those sirens put up quite the noise ...but....that's what they were designed for.

I like the display area idea. Good thinkin'

steve5

thank's kevin . I wasn't joking , I normally build ship's , I was only guessing at it's function .

cheer's bish , I just cut the head off of it and added a 3mm square piece of styrene in , waited 24 hour's and shaved it to shape with a knife and a fine file .

 

Ye, i see it now. Thanks for the tip.

Wow, that was a pretty significant gap in that support bar.