Well, I thought I was ready to glue the fuselage halves together...but right after I got the glue put on and the pieces together and clamped I realized I forgot to put in some kind of bulkhead so you wouldn't be able to see into the hollow area behind the gunner.  Oops!  Pried it apart and I'll throw something together this weekend.  I'm not going to be too concerned with detail since it'll be hard to see once the canopy is on and the machine gun is in place.  Live and learn I guess!

Silentbob

We've all been there, just be glad you spotted it before it had set. I know in the past I haven't

Phil

You know stuff like this still happens to me from time to time. For me it's always the, " What the hek were you thinking???" chimes going off in my head after I've pulled a stunt like that. lol

Yeah, happens more than I'd like to admit.  

It gets better the more builds you get behind you there Jim. lol

Yes silent bob I just ran into a similar problem with the MG being too long thus hitting the bordfunker and preventing the canopy from fitting. This, of course was discovered after everything was pretty much set. I've been making some progress with my build but have had some medical issues this week that have slowed down production. In the meantime I finished watching a WW2 German film called Stuka. It was, not surprisingly pure propaganda but it has some incredible shots of JU87's both static and in flight as well as plenty of close up stuff. The plot is predictable and the acting so so but the ability to see so many stukas is fantastic.

Some mighty fine work going on in here. I see some guys are already done! I have been AWOL from my bench for a while. Soon to get caught up! Keep up the good work fellas!

Zvezda, thanks for those pics, they bring back some memories.

Bob, your not the first and I am sure you won't be the last.

Interesting looking movie mikey, i'll have to try and find that. I do have a DVD of German combat newsreel's which include Stuka footage amongst lots of other stuff.

No worries panzer, there's plenty who haven't started there builds yet, me included, plenty of time yet.

She's starting to look like a Stuka!  I also made my first attempt to scratchbuild something.  My kit was missing one of the airbrakes, so I tried my hand at making one out of sheet styrene.  Not bad for my first attempt, but I think I could do better.  I'll give it another go tomorrow.

That's pretty darn good.

Nice work bob and that's a good job on the dive brake.

Coming alot nicely there Jim! Man these 48th scale kits are HUGE in comparison to all the other 48th scale stuff I've built.

 Progress continues to be slow on mine right now just because I do not want to mess this up, particularly at the stage I'm at right now. Will post progress pics closer to the end of the week.

I was surprised when I first realised just how big the Stuka is. I think the single engine gives a false impression. You imagine its going to be more like a single engine fighter.

Bish

I was surprised when I first realised just how big the Stuka is. I think the single engine gives a false impression. You imagine its going to be more like a single engine fighter.

Ye, I can see what he means. I had not come across that book, thanks Spruce.

I have many of Eric Brown's reminiscences in the old Air Enthusiast mag from the early 70s, they are a fabulous read.

Indeed !

And if you would like to read about flying Allied dive bombers.................Captain Eric Brown wrote a book on naval aircraft:

Wings of the Navy 

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Wings-Navy-Captain-Winkle-Brown/dp/1902109325

also an excellent read 

..and other books on aviation

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Books-Captain-Eric-Brown/s?ie=UTF8&field-author=Captain%20Eric%20Brown&page=1&rh=n%3A266239%2Cp_27%3ACaptain%20Eric%20Brown

Bish

I was surprised when I first realised just how big the Stuka is. I think the single engine gives a false impression. You imagine its going to be more like a single engine fighter.

I like this one better.  The other airbrake had too much of a difference in width between the two flat parts, and this turned out better.  I'll just put it on the starboard side away from the landing light so I won't see it as much. 

silentbob:I'll have to agree with you there Jim! The second one just looks alot more defined.

Everybody:Well progress is down to a real slow crawl on this RLM 79 application. There's simply too much at stake with the "factory applied" camo to rush through this part. Yesterday was the worst of it so far as I didn't have my paint mixed right and I had to stop every 4-5 airbrush strokes to clean the needle up for the camo band on the fuselage just in front of the tail fin. I seem to only have these problems with the ligher colors of Model Master paints. Hell I had to cut the stuff with 70% ISO just to keep it from throwing paint particles out on the paint (when the mixture is right! LOL ) . Any ways this is where I'm at right now with it just so you all know I'm still in the GB! lol

 As far as the demarcation lines on the field applied camo, every reference I have shows a hard line instead of a soft one that I've seen on what seems like every other kind of Luftwaffe bird I've ever seen with field applied camo. Whether or not it's right  the paints on there now.

It might be slow Joe, but its looking good.

Whats with the 2nd Stuka.

Bish

It might be slow Joe, but its looking good.

Whats with the 2nd Stuka.

My half baked attempt at figures, my eyes just ain't what they used to be.

 Your paint up of these figures is alot better than I could muster right now Reasoned! I saw these same two dudes the other day hangin' out on the sprues of the G-1 that I have and could never bring myselft to brave it  lol

 The encouragement on my build is much appreciated. Sometimes I wonder if I've been sentenced to a lifetime of painting this thing!!

Those figures look just fine, I hate painting faces, especially the eyes. A bit awkward when you do diorama's.

Don't worry Joe, you will get there. And it will be worth it.

Bish

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Don't worry Joe, you will get there. And it will be worth it.

Reasoned,  you did a much better job than I with those two.  Nice job!

Thanks Guys, Tom we're at about the same point in this build, that's an amazingly sparse office for those fellas, hence the reason we are best to put them in there!

Actually, I'm a little further.  That pic was from a few weeks back.

I've got the fuselage buttoned up, the wings and tail together.  I've got all the seams sealed.  I plan to finish priming it this weekend and hopefully get the underside and one color of the como done.

I'll post a pic once it's primed.

Oh, and I think ultimately, I'm going to close the cockpit.  I plan to build it open just to compare with my previous build of almost 30 years ago and then close it.

Man I hear ya there Reasoned on that sparse office! I'm waiting on my son to get up the gumption to continue on that Monogram G-1 that he wants to build. He did not want to paint the interior so this is where he's at right now with this.

Let's get down close and personal here...........

These cockpits scream kitbash!! lol . If I do inheret this one I'll be turning to that spare Hasegawa kit and my spare Aires cockpit for sure!!  

P.S. If he backs out of this (and make no mistake I am not encouraging him to back out by any means) and wants to do a different model then I'll pick this one here up.