Ju 87 Stuka GB

Ok, this my be a stupid question,  but on the Revell JU-87D I'm assembling,  the paint scheme should be RLM 70 and 71 over RLM 65 on the bottom? Is that correct?  the instructions give no RLM numbers.

John

Looking good fellas!

That'll make two of us Jim!! Can't wait to see some paint slingin'

Looking good bob, can't wait to see that camo.

Awesome job on the camo Joe!

I got her primed and the panels preshaded, here's hoping I can find some time this week to lay down my night camo scheme.

That's nice joe, really like the look of this.

Thats looking good so far Tom!!

Well gang, I've finished the field applied camo on this thing finally after 2 weeks or so!!!!! Thank tha Lord!!!!!

Here goes: Tadaaa!

and the other side:

a little touch up here and there and this part is done!!

Looks fine to me, that first pic sure does look blue, I better get crakin!

I think the paint looks great, I've bought MMpaint (and Tamiya) from two different sources and they are close but still very slightly different. And like bish said the dull cote and even the glossing (pre decaling) has a tendency to darken the color. All in all, good coverage and application.

Doug

That looks good. The shade difference could be down to fading and the effects of a varnish coat. But I don't think we should get to hooked on colours being absolutely exactly. They could often vary depending on batch, who had made them etc. I doubt they had the computers we have these days that can mix up an exact colour.

I recall reading an account of a museum that was striping down a 251 halftrack, and I recall they found a number of different shades, 9 I think, of Dark Yellow, all on the same vehicle.

After a second coat it looks blue to my eyes.  However, when I set it next to my earlier build (which used the same Tamiya paint, albeit many years ago) it looks darker.

The second pic makes it look grayer than it actually looks.

Well if it works it works. It might be a good method for pre shading.

It seems to.  Although, I'll say I haven't progressed in my skills yet to notice things like that.  It probably has some impact, but I've just sprayed the first coat of blue and it seems to look OK.  After the second coat I'll post a pic and let everyone tell me what they think.

I have been doing this for my last several builds and haven't seen anything I don't like yet.  

That's a good idea, a good way to use left over paint. Will the blue go over that ok.

I keep a jar (old Tamiya 23ml) that I throw what's left from my air brush cup into.  Then use it for primer.  So it's a mix of grays, greens, blues, etc.  

I'll usually only add more subdued colors (no reds or yellows etc).  It's handy since it's already thinned and easy to just gab.  Plus it saves a little $.

The only issue is that sometimes the color gets a little funky.  So occasionally I might just throw in some neutral gray to get back into a palatable color.

Oh, and I mostly use Tamiya thinned with ISO.

Nice work Tom, and the pics look just fine to me. I am still trying to get the hang of that.

What did you use for primer, most people go for grey, so that's a bit different.

All buttoned up, seems filled and primed.  Still need to re-scribe some of the panel lines.

(Sorry for the bad photography, just another technique I need to learn)

I hear you there on that point. My budget is sometimes a little high, but then again you should have seen my budget on a 1:1 scale Mustang....................................!!!!!!!!!!!!!and more lol

Whatever I've spent in here building models doesn't begin to touch what I spent on that thing. But then again there is a thread on another forum that builds a 460 Mustang Fox body on a $5500.00 budget for the whole car..............................................

I've got the Hase "B" version in the stash (for a future BoB build) but if I rob from it, then it won't be there when it gets built.  I also have the old Airfix B in the stash (for BoB decals), not sure it will have much in the way of "goodies".

I'm tellin you! Kitbashing's where its at for these old Monogram kits.

I completely agree Joe.  Those Hasegawa radios and other goodies look pretty good sitting in there.

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.

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.

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!

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

Bish

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

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.

 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!!

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

Bish

It might be slow Joe, but its looking good.

Whats with the 2nd Stuka.