Ju 87 Stuka GB

Ed: Those 4 Stukas are looking good!

Scott: That really was close. Good to know the tree didn't cause any damage to anything but itself.

ajd: Nice progress on your side as well!

Greg: Yeah, damn right it is! If you only knew the power of the Dark Side...

Wow! I was waaaaaaaaaaaaay off on that one!!! lol

Fujimi's

Greg

68GT

I'm getting ahead of my self and started 3 others before I completed the first one.

I knew it. I just knew it. Clemens' madness is contagious.

Looking good, 68!

68, yikes....that's too close. Glad there was no damage to anything of yours. Must have been your lucky day.

68, you have some production line going there.

Shooter, well, at least there was no damage. Look forward to seeing more pics.

Nice progress ajd. have you considered a vacform canopy.

68GT

I'm getting ahead of my self and started 3 others before I completed the first one.

Looking good, 68!

68, yikes....that's too close. Glad there was no damage to anything of yours. Must have been your lucky day.

WOW Three of them and I got my hands full with just one. Are those the Hasegawa birds?

I walked around the neighborhood this morning and I'm the only one that had a fallen tree. Typical luck, but the crew did get out here this afternoon and got it all cleared away under 2 hours and the yard looks better without the tree.

Got the straps on the gun mags done but not much else due to other commitments. A test fit of putting the fuselage halves together shows I'm not going to have any issues there. I found that I can spread the engine mounts apart to add the motor at a later date so I could close her up now, something I might do over the weekend. 

I'm getting ahead of my self and started 3 others before I completed the first one.

Scott.............Whew! Dodged the bullet for sure! Say, that's a nice pad for a rent house!

68- Nice progress on the Stuka. Keep bringin' pics.

68, nice to see this together, looking nice.

Shooter, wow, that was close. Was there any other damage in the area.

Was working on the kit while an afternoon monsoon was passing through here in Tucson when I heard a loud thump against the house.  And boy was I surprised

Can't use the front door right now but looks like there's no damaged to the house or truck. I dodged the bullet on this one. One nice thing about renting....I call the Management Group to bring in a tree removal crew to take care of the problem.

Yeah just a weathered black is really all it is. The tires I usually go with a little gray added to the black so theres plenty of contrast. Works for me.

Bish

On the wheels, or the wheel spats.

Edit: or do you mean the wheel hub.

I was sitting here wondering the same thing. Bish beat me to it.

Welcome back, 68!

On the wheels, or the wheel spats.

Edit: or do you mean the wheel hub.

The Fujimi instructions call for RLM 65 on the wheels and I thought that couldn't be right.

Good to see you back 68. One modelling book I have suggests for German tires, Tamiya XF-63 German grey as German tires were more grey due I think to the lower rubber content. I used it for a bit but wasn't keen. So now I use Tamiya NATO Black or tire black and then dry brush with dark grey.

Now how did that come out so blurry? I'll try that again later. The color is there though.

Heya Ed. I painted mine a really weathered black. Here's the reference:

Been awol for a while and I'm getting back to building  Nice to see that there has been some nice things going on in here.

I was looking at the wheels and was wondering what color they should be.  Building a B-1 with the standard 71/70 splinter.

And in case you lads haven't noticed I'll explain a very important detail while this battle is unfolding:

I put the word "ugly" in quotation marks for a very good reason. I love those huge, not-so-streamlined aircraft and think they all look very sexy. There are however some unworthy people that say a Stuka or any plane with a radial engine (no pointy nose) doesn't deserve to be called sexy or elegant. I actually like radial powered planes a whole lot more than their inline counterparts...

Don't worry about me, Joe. You should rather worry about those poor Stukas instead... 

I'll just fight fire with more fire, or in this case huge ass planes with even bigger ones!

LOL

O don't worry, it hadn't gone un noticed. I was just getting the boys together to go and pay a visit.

They are now on route

SchattenSpartan

 Did I mention i have a weakness for those huge and "ugly" aircraft designs?

Stuka's are beauties man!!!!

ajd3530

I have to say the most difficult thing about this Monogram Stuka so far is trying to get the horizontal stablizer and struts all lined up correctly. Either the left one is a wee bit too short, or the right is a wee bit too long. I've been trying to get it right for half an hoir, and I swear everytime I touch it, it just gets worse. Grrrrr

Can't say I have much patience with situations like that. If you haven't thrown anything in a half hour, my hat is off to you, sir.

I have to say the most difficult thing about this Monogram Stuka so far is trying to get the horizontal stablizer and struts all lined up correctly. Either the left one is a wee bit too short, or the right is a wee bit too long. I've been trying to get it right for half an hoir, and I swear everytime I touch it, it just gets worse. Grrrrr

Scott: Some lovely looking detail work on your cockpit!

Ajd: Good call on that floor extension! I really like what you did with that old monogram cockpit!

Bish: That cute lil' Stuka keeps looking better and better each update!

Stukas really are huge planes, that's for sure! Did I mention i have a weakness for those huge and "ugly" aircraft designs?

First time I saw a pic of a person standing by a Stuka (which was very recently) I was shocked.

Bish, I'm finding that spinner decals are not my favorite thing. That one of yours looks very difficult to deal with. You did good.