Ju 87 Stuka GB

Nice looking Stukas, all around.  Congratulations to all of you for doing so well.

Had a major disaster a couple weeks ago.  I dropped the Revell Stuka while sanding the major fuselage seams--and of course it broke in pieces.  Many pieces.

Scrapped it, and dug out my only-other Stuka, from Airfix (1/72).  Been working on that since the crash.

Unfortunately, now the computer is refusing to deal with graphics--probably something majorly wrong with it, and looking into a replacement.

In the meantime, I'll have to post progress photos from work.  Finally got the fuselage (on the Airfix version) closed up and am working on those seams.  Hopefully I will not drop this one.

Again, great looking Stukas here.  They are an inspiration, keeping me motivated.

Bish

Steve, really nice job on this. It certainly seems it not an easy build, and it happens to us all. I have the same feelings for the F-16 I am doing now. You get to the stage where you just want it finished no matter what it looks like. Well done for sticking with it and for including it here. All Stuka's are welcome in my world, they all need love.

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Thanks Bish, I appreciate that. Yeah, I didn't want to say it but this definitely became one of those 'get it done and move on' kinds of builds. I know some good will come of it as Zvezda said. I at least know that I've learned the importance of planning my steps in advance! Thanks also to Zvezda and CMK for your kind words.

Greg, I had a couple of minor issues with that bracket/bomb assembly (I did find and repair the broken piece, by the way). The bomb attaches to the triangular piece in the fuselage that you had to cut a hole for and glue in an earlier step, but you may find (as I did) that you have to deepen the indentation in the bomb for it to sit flush against the fuselage. It also seemed to me that the bomb itself didn't have holes in it for the bracket's pins to attach to, if that makes any sense. Hope that helps you a little.

I don't have any progress to report. Was winter camping this weekend with my son's boy scout troop. Got about 5 inches of snow Saturday. Had a great snowball fight.  Supposed to get a huge storm Monday throughTuesday into Wednesday. Could be up to 2.5 feet

Steve...Congrats on finishing your bird. You did a fine job on that splinter scheme.

Scott

Steve: Man that paint job on your Stuka came out great !!!

Well Steve, I am sure we all have those kits. All we can hope for is that the next one isn't another.

Johnny, I have seen those warnings on the news. Stay safe and stay warm.

Zvezda, your patience and techique surely paid off. Thanks for sharing more about how you dealt with that cowl.

Steve, thanks for the input on that fragile bomb  rack.

CMK, sorry to hear about the drop disaster.

It's shiny

Tempest.....looks like she's shinny and now ready for decals. Mine always look like that then I spray on Micro Dull coat and all is right.

Scott

Had just sprayed the future to shine it up for decals going on.

tempestjohnny

Had just sprayed the future to shine it up for decals going on.

Yep. The fun is about to begin now. span="" id="mce_marker" data-mce-type="bookmark">

(I wish the 'party' emoticon worked)

Greg

CMK, sorry to hear about the drop disaster.

shiny shiny. Be nice to see the markings on Johnny.

check, sorry, I did read that post before but missed you out in my reply. Ouch, that sounds like one Stuka that didn't pull out of its dive. But glad to hear your staying with us. Will up date roster tomorrow.

Thanks, Bish.

Yes, a sad tale--

Will post some photos soon, I hope.  Already finished most of the sub-assemblies.

Nothing to really look at or comment on, just proof of life (IOW, I haven't given up on this hair-puller-outer yet). Please excuse bad cell phone shot taken in the dark. (it's grey, not pink.....honest)

Just shot some Mr Surfacer everywhere except cowling where I have some more grinding (ha ha) to do and masking to figure out how to do.

Can anyone tell me what those odd-looking contraptions at the outboard ends of the horizontal stabilizers and elevators were for?

Not sure Greg but my guess is a weight of some sort to help keep the flap "stable" when in a dive.

Looking nice Greg. Those bits at the end of the stabilizers are balancers for the elevator and I think Reasoned may be spot of as to why they look like that. The shape possible deflects the air in a dive stopping the elevators being moved. But I can't find anything definitive on it.

I'll be darned.

Thanks Reasoned and Bish.

Well had a problem last night.   Putting decals on.  The upper balkenkruze on both wings started fogging the clear coat.  Had to strip and repaint part of the wings

That don't sound good, any idea what caused it.

I finished a week or so ago before I smashed my wrist.  I haven't taken any pictures till now. 

Nice work Ed, done a good job on this. I have added one to the roster, thanks for being a part of the build.

Hope the wrist heals soon. I broke my right wrist a few years back and was a real bummer trying to model in a caste.

Bish not sure. Used future for the gloss and let it set for over 48 hours. Wings are now repainted will update again

Sounds a bit strange, I guess it must have been something in the decals. Well, figures crossed to next time.

TJ -- what a strange thing to happen, obviously the chemistry interacted, but how? The chemistry of the decals should be unreactive with that of Future, certainly at the strengths involved...

M/TB379

She's a beaut Ed, I find those sharp edge Lufftwaffe paint jobs can sometimes be a real bear.  My wife will be out of town for a few days starting Weds so I might be able to make some progress on mine.

I don't know but it only happened on top of both wings

tempestjohnny

Well had a problem last night.   Putting decals on.  The upper balkenkruze on both wings started fogging the clear coat.  Had to strip and repaint part of the wings

Setting Solutions did this? Or the decal adhesive? Usually another coat of Future on top will make the fogging go away. 

TJ... I've had the same thing happen with certain paints and decals when using micro-set, most of the time an application of micro-sol would remove this cloudy look, but that wasn't 100%. Sorry for the problem, I know you will over come it, but when your so close...just damn!

Ed (68GT) Great finish... congratulations!  The wrist, yeeeeesh!!! That hurts just hearing about it, take care man, get better soon!.