Ju 87 Stuka GB

Nathan: As usual, some really inspiring work from you! I love the camo scheme!

Eagle: Some nice stuff on your side as well!

SchattenSpartan

Nathan: As usual, some really inspiring work from you! I love the camo scheme!

Eagle: Some nice stuff on your side as well!

Thank you sir!  Hope to have it finished this weekend!

Eagle90

Raven728

Excellent work, Nathan. Apologies if it was already mentioned, but what kind of paint did you use?

Raven, Gunze Aqueous with Gunze acrylic thinner.

Great work Nathan!

checkmateking02

68GT, Walthers makes something called "Solvaset," supposed to be the most powerful decal solution out there--sort of the 16-inch guns of decaling.  I haven't tried it, and at the point you're at, it might be better just to go with replacement decals, as others have suggested.

Alternatively, seems to me someone around the forum might have advocated straight vinegar for setting decals.  I haven't tried that either.

Although I've encountered some pretty thick and unco-operative decals over the years, I haven't ever seen the problem those decals are giving you.  

I decided to use some of the kit decals in the meantime.  I'll have to experiment with the alcohol and the Solvaset.  I also hit a snag with my airbrush breaking.  The part of my old Badger 200 that holds the paint jars and cups came off of the main body.

Thanks GT. Good luck with the decals and with your airbrush. I just dropped the needle of my Iwata on the floor the other day, and it hit just right and smashed in the tip. Back to Ebay for a new one I guess.

Don't ya hate that?! I had my Paasche slide off the bench and land upside down on its trigger, bending the slide assembly, it had to go for repairs -- that's the only time I have ever done that in 35 years of airbrushing!

M/TB379

Ouch Mike. Dropped the whole airbrush huh? I'd be pissed .at least for now I can slide my .5mm needle/ nozzle in and still use the airbrush for most things...

Yup, had to drop it off at the service centre... :-( M

Yea, just came apart in my hand when removing the paint jar.  Guess 30+ years isn't bad though.

GT, Looks like a good excuse to get a new one.

Ouch, GT!

Nathan, one thing I like about my Iwata is some parts (including needles) are avail at Hobby Lobby so I don't worry about inventorying spares.

Still waiting to have my first needle incident. It's when, not if.

68 -- I reckon that should repair just fine, send it off to a service centre... My Paasche is 25 years old and working fine, the last time it was serviced the specialist said he has one that's forty years old and going strong. The mechanism is too simple to fail, really, and so long as the bits that wear out -- seals, nozzles, needles, that sort of thing, are replaced, there's no reason its shouldn't just keep on going.

M/TB379

Hardest part is getting them to respond to emails or phone calls I guess.

Sorry gents for being AWOL but my computer caught a nasty virus from an ARC decal review site. Just got my sanitized computer back and will be posting update pictures soon.

No worries PJ, good to see you back.

I didn't have much time to work on my Stuka untill now, so my progress is still limited to the base color of the cockpit and some chipping in there. I did manage to paint most of the larger details, but there's still plenty of tiny stuff to paint up in that Aires 'pit. I'll try to squeeze in as much bench time as possible during my days off around Christmas though...

Look forward to seeing some pics when you can't, really looking forward to this build.

I hope all had a great Christmas. It went by super fast as the visit from my kids was!

Great work going on this GB guys, some very good looking models! I got some work on my entry.

A close up of the IP. I put some Future as the glass for the instruments.

Got the wings on but ended with a gap on the left wing. I used some stretched sprue as a filler and Plast I Weld to melt the sprue. What ever area needing more filler got some Perfect Plastic Filler, then ran a wet Q tip over it to smooth it out not needing any sanding.

Filler in place

Nice work on the IP and good job patching up the wing.

Thanks Bish. Did some work on the wheels and the spats so they will be going on the underside soon.

Looking good, PJ. Thanks for showing what you did to fix the wing root. Very neat work. I'm working on mine now, like your method better than mine.

Thanks Greg. Glad you like how it's coming out.

Great work everyone!  Not sure I should even put my build up with such awesome work!  Very impressive!

I was hoping to be finished today with her, but after spending an hour and a half putting every little tiny decal on, I realized I don't have any dullcoat to seal them!  I'm not sure A.C. Moore will have any Testors dull, so if anyone is using anything else off the shelf (ie Krylon, etc.)  please let me know what you are using.  I can run to Wally World and grab some tomorrow.  Thanks in advance for any info on that.

So, here she is so far.  Just a few more things to put on, hit with a coat of dull and she'll be ready for action!  Thanks for checking it out!

Eagle90

She is looking great there Eagle. Only thing I notice that's missing is the Swastika. Would I be right is saying Airfix hasn't included them.

Ernie: She's looking really nice! I really like your wing root fix. That perfect plastic putty seems to be great stuff. Might have to look into it!

Eagle: Some great work from you as well! I really like Alclad's Semi-Gloss and Matte clear coats.

Eagle, she's looking good for sure.

If you are used to using Testors Dullcote, I'd be wary of spraying some unknown matte finish were I you. Just my 2 cents.

Thanks Clemens. Yes that putty is a bit easier to work with specially in my case along the wing/fuselage joint. The wet Q tip did the trick at removing the excess and making a smooth transition.

Bish

She is looking great there Eagle. Only thing I notice that's missing is the Swastika. Would I be right is saying Airfix hasn't included them.

Thank you Bish!  You are correct sir, no swastika's with the Airfix kit.  Don't have any spares either. 

Eagle90

SchattenSpartan

Ernie: She's looking really nice! I really like your wing root fix. That perfect plastic putty seems to be great stuff. Might have to look into it!

Eagle: Some great work from you as well! I really like Alclad's Semi-Gloss and Matte clear coats.

Thanks SS!  I think a trip to the small "hobby shop" we have here is in order tomorrow, so I will look into those Alclads.  Thanks for the info!

Eagle90