Thanks, guys! I'll try to do something with it... maybe. I have an idea about snow... lots of snow...
Bish
Gary, no laughing here, even bad kits need loving. Those Hobby Boss decals are for Rudel's Ju 87G-2 in late 1944, not sure what those letters, the B and U are for though.
The Monograme decals appear much earlier in the war. I don't know when Rudel first got a G-2, but I have never seen one with those codes. He did have a D-5 with them, but the T6 was much smaller. Those look like the 41/42 codes from when they were still using the B and R.
Apparently the "BU" is another Stuka G1, as reported by Sabre F-86 on LSP:
I just spent an hour going thru Luftwaffe markings, code, and units. I found only 5 tank busters in there with known markings;
St.G 2 T6+BB was a G-1
St.G 1 A5+BU was a G-1
St.G 77 S2+IX was a G-2
St.G 3 S7+BU was a G-1
St.G 3 S7+EN was a G-2.
There are not a lot of known cannonvogel identified, but the BU code is actually S7+BU. The S7 is on the decal sheet, but is in much smaller letters. Not sure what the reason was for that.
If you're not doing Rudel's bird, you're kinda out of luck about markings! I'm going to do something with the S7+EN (although I wonder if that is not a misreading). Need pictures!
Mustang1989> Good kit to start him out on. I remember building the Monogram version way back when I was about 12 or 13. I painted it gloss black with bright blue undersides. My idea of what a Stuka should look like! LOL!
Gary
PS> And just for discussion, Erich (Moderator over on WW2Aircraft.net) has this to say about the famous tank emblem on the Stuka:
ok let me try to explain this about the white T-34 motiff. a special Panzerstaffel of G-1's with the 3.7cm was established to counter the Soviet armor as a threat. It was experimental from the point to see just what type of attrition could be had along with testing the 3.7 ammo on armor.
Obviously it was a success and G-1's were given to much of the StG's as the 10th staffel or 10th Panzerstaffel if you will.......... the white T-34 was not painted on these 10th staffel machines only on the units in Panzerstaffel Weiss.
the original Panzerstaffel when built up went to StG 2 and Rudels unit. the White T-34 stayed on for a short term but was nothing special, because of the Wochenschau footage portrayed and easily available for the last dozezn years everyone seems to take as fact that ALL Kanonvögels had the white emblem .......... nope !
The G-1 was in all the Panzerstaffeln in 1, 2, 3, SG 9, 77. When during such heavy attrition times the G-2 was introduced and replaced destroyed a/c. Also during several weeks-to month Fw 190F's and G's with Panzerblitz were also added to the line up, but again for a very short period(s) to the 10.(Pz.)StG's. Unless we have positive proff from celar photographic records I am in doubt during very late 44 through wars end.
Here is an interesting side note the G-2 came into StG 77 by April of 44 the G-1 had been phased out
http://www.ww2aircraft.net/forum/aircraft-picture-requests/ju-87-g-2-different-pic-request-6887.html