Ju 87 Stuka GB

Zvezda1980

Doug, Nathan

I made a brief internet research and in the build reviews I found for the ITALERI kit, nobody encountered this wing root joint issue. Every body is complaining about the cowling only!

Check them out (very nice builds btw)

bowemodels.blogspot.gr/.../build-review-italeri-148-ju-87b-stuka.html

www.britmodeller.com/.../index.php

nasosmodelingcorner.blogspot.gr/.../ju-87-b-2-stuka-148-italeri-2690.html

Are we doing something wrong!!!?  

Check out Wayne's build here. He had the same problems with the wing:

http://www.ww2aircraft.net/forum/19-aircraft-nose-art/done-1-48-ju-87b-aircraft-nose-art-gb-38405.html

Live and learn Dough,

I now use the same Tamiya lacquer thinner I use on the Tamiya acrylic in and around the same ratios on the MM acrylics now.

Holleeee Shmokes! There's Clemens!!! Good to see you back in here buddy. You and Greg both need to get your bohunkasses in here and start building Stuka's!!!!

Sorry to hear that... I always thin MM acrylic with Lacquer thinner and have great results, also Isopropol alcohol works well...

Doug

Looking at the 150 booklet helped explain how that part sits in there and I think things are back in order there.

I liked the way it worked with watered down artist paint but had troubles with the MM Acryl gumming up on me because of the way I thinned it. Only thing I wish it had was gravity feed.

68GT... part # 11 is a curved part (the rocker) and the curved side goes towards the BACK of the gun.When installed properly the rearward needle collet will ride on it and when the trigger is pulled back it will push on the needle collet causing it to draw the needle back. Hope that helps...

Doug

PS, its really not a bad little ole AB.

Bill... Thank you for the kind words!

Greg Stupid year indeed... No apologies necessary! Just good to hear from ya!

Clemens! Welcome back! You've been missed...

Rigidrider

68GT, Dont know if this is what your looking for, but go to Harborfreight.con, click on air tools, click on paint, click on Delux Airbrush set, near the bottom of the page is the owners manual, click on it, on pg 15 is your part list and exploded view.

Doug

Doug, thanks for missing me. :) Just been a stupid year so far.

Clemens, good to hear from you.

Carry on, gents, sorry to interrupt the discussions with "Hi's".  

Sorry for my absence guys. I had no free time at all for the last ffew weeks, but I'm finally back now. There's way too much new stuff here to mention it all, but everyone of you is doing some marvellous work!

Doug, Nathan

I made a brief internet research and in the build reviews I found for the ITALERI kit, nobody encountered this wing root joint issue. Every body is complaining about the cowling only!

Check them out (very nice builds btw)

bowemodels.blogspot.gr/.../build-review-italeri-148-ju-87b-stuka.html

www.britmodeller.com/.../index.php

nasosmodelingcorner.blogspot.gr/.../ju-87-b-2-stuka-148-italeri-2690.html

Are we doing something wrong!!!?  

Tom, there is a well known pic of Rudels D-5 about to take off for a mission. Its the closet one in this line up.

Its only shown from this side. But there is a build of his aircraft on hyperscale that might be useful. I have this saved for when I get to this aircraft as it shows the unit marking and other details nicely.

 http://hyperscale.com/2007/features/ju87d5cw_1.htm

Bill, that ok, you don't have to be in a GB to comment, your more than welcome to follow along.

Doug -- the Italeri Fw 190 D-9 is in fact the Trimaster kit from the late 80s, so no wonder it's a different can of worms to Italeri's Stuka. I have three of them myself, and am currently at an advanced state with their similar Ta 152, also in Italeri edition. No wonder I haven't touched the Stuka in quite a while, other than to get the wheels ready to paint...

M/TB379

Guys, I gotta a question on the yellow fuselage band on Rudel's plane.  I've seen it painted all up and down the fuselage and narrow and wide.

I just painted mine.  It seemed like a good width when I was masking it, but now that it'd done it looks narrow to me.

Can anybody comment on the placement and width?  Or is this one of those questions that will cause a long discussion?

(I've never seen any pictures of his craft, I assume there out there, I just can't find any)

Daaayyyyuuuuummm,  DOUG. That paint job is friggin beautiful. Let me send you my old Stuka from a couple yrs ago and have you repaint it.

Ooops sorry guys. I'm not in this GB. Disregard this post.

68GT, Dont know if this is what your looking for, but go to Harborfreight.con, click on air tools, click on paint, click on Delux Airbrush set, near the bottom of the page is the owners manual, click on it, on pg 15 is your part list and exploded view.

Doug

Zvezda... You and me both brother... Of course, maybe... No, just stop! LOL! Italeria has its ups and downs, I did an Fw190-D in the butcher bird build and that one was a dream to build,,,The bags did have DRAGON on them though.

Mikey... Thank you much, Its fun doing out of the ordinary stuff like that, I figured shoot, even if I did botch it I would just cover up and try again! ha...

Greg, Brother where ya been? Miss your chat and smiling face! Good to hear from you. OH, and many thanks...

Doug

Doug your airbrushing abilities are insane mate, I would be afraid of painting a real 1/1 scale Stuka like that!!!

Falcon your splinter is a killer, this is what I have the ambition to achieve.

Nathan seems that old Italeri has done it with their Stukas, I wonder if there are any reviews outlining all these issues! I will follow your efforts very closely on the D-5.

My bird is currently waiting for all that cement to dry properly, before I remove the tapes. Photos will be posted tomorrow (now its USA-Ghana soccer time)  and will either be death or glory for the kit.

Doug, that is one heckuva swell mottling job. I'm drooling a little bit.

John, that is one sweet Stuka. Looks like you are about to the finish line.

PITA or not Doug, that is one mean looking warbird! Great job buddy; you've much to be proud of!

Thanks Nathan... always good to hear from you!

John... Excellent job, looking good!

Doug

Looking great there John.

Doug- That is some killer paint!! Nice work with the airbrush.

Zvezda- I have test fitted my Italeri D-5 kit and it is similar to yours. I had to cut off all the dive flaps and ailerons at the trailing edge of the wing to fill and sand the gap at the rear. The wing root also has a gap, and I plan on attaching the upper wings to the fuselage first, then fit the lower wing. I hope it works.

Falcon- Great weathering and shading there. You're moving right along.

Well I was a lucky Dad this weekend I was able to get in some good bench time yesterday.  Came close to finishing it.  Here are the most current photo updates.

I decided I'm going to scratch build the bulkhead with the radio's atttached to them because the Revell interior is rather bare.

John

68GT

falconmod

68GT

Yup, I used MM enamels for the stuka,  I've been using a testers clear gloss that is a acrylic just for air brushes and a MM acrylic clear flat when I'm done.

John

Do they work straight from the bottle or do you have to thin it? The only luck I've using their acrylic is with Tamiya thinner.

 The enamels I thin with Lacquer thinner,  about 30%  it dries faster out of the air brush than using a mineral spirit as a thinner.  the acrylic clear I've been using them straight out of the bottle.

I hope that helps.

John

Morning all... TB... Yup, its a field applied  camo as many were, The colors I could come nearest with were the Tamiya (acrylic) XF-10 Flat Brown and Dark Green XF-61 over Model Master Sand Gelb Acrylic.

68GT... I'll take a look to see if I can come up with any thing. The big problem with alot of the ABs is that the seal between the air and paint chamber gets loose or worn and you get erratic (spitting) paint on suction guns and bubbles in the paint cup of Grav fed guns . Its easy to tighten, but takes a fine screwdrives blade .

Doug

Looking very nice there Doug.

Hi guys, I've been away over the weekend, so am just catching up on the last couple of dozen posts.

Doug -- most impressive! I have a couple of shots of the Chicago Stuka and would like to build this one eventually. the three tome scheme puts me in the mind of the Wermacht three tone armour scheme -- the visual impression is much like some of the freehand schemes for armour in the mid years of the war. What were the paints you used?

Zvezda -- that's a great bit of styrene engineering to correct the mismatches! Marvellous work! I've had struggles like that on occasion, the sort of thing my late dad used to call "a swine of a job." There's a great satisfaction with rejigging it, and not letting the limitations of the kit dictate the result.

Cheers, M/TB379

Problem with the HF brush is that they don't have a real instruction book or even an exploded view of the thing.  I broke it down to clean but I know its not back together the right way.  Ill see how well it compares to the 150 on the badger site.