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Just finished this one up after a long few months. I started with a 1/48 Hasegawa Ju-87 B-2 Stuka kit and added an Aires interiror detail set, oil reservoir and wing mounted machine gun guts from a Verlinden update set,Eduard canopy mask and decals from Tally Ho. I've been wanting to build an aircraft with this scheme now for 18 years and have had this kit for 16 years. I guess after all this time it was finally high time I started on it but I'm glad I didn't because I haven't had the skills to pull this all together until the last two years. Originally I was going to open up the engine bay because I do have an Aires total upgrade kit to do that with but decided against it because it would interupt such a cool scheme. I mean how many aircraft do you see runnin' around with a snake that goes from one end of the bird to the other?
All in all I had a complete blast building this kit as I took my sweet time with it as to not have any foul ups. The cockpit had to be the most fun I had with it. The Aires floor didn't fit right and was WAY too small so I modified the Hasegawa floor and transferred all of the floor detail from the Aires floor to the Hasegawa floor. Other than that it was pretty straight forward:
As for the rest of the build it was a chore and time consuming with the paint job but in the end it was worth the investment. I began with priming and pre-shading the whole bird, then I continued with the original splinter camoflage scheme of light green RLM 71, dark green RLM 70 and light blue RLM 76 (which I later could have slapped myself because it's supposed to be a brighter blue RLM 65 but it was too late in the game to ruin the work that I poured into it to change it). After that I painted on the field applied camoflage in the form of tan RLM 79 over the original camo. Absolutely NO foul ups here! I moved VERY slowly with this due to the work that went into the original splinter camo pattern. I have had a set of snake decals since the beginning(16 years ago) from Cutting Edge but they were too old to use and kept breaking up so I had to replace them with a set from Tally Ho. These decals evoked a range of feelings here because on one hand they laid down totally awesome and sucked right into the detail but were slightly out of scale. All in all I was happy with their application. LOTS of sweating while putting them on though.......................LOTS!!!
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I like it! Now that had to be a nice little conversation piece right there!
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Your creative thinking never stops Ira! Always a real treat to see what you've come up with.
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Just finished this puppy up this morning. Man I'll tell you guys, this thing took forever to finish it seems like and I didn't even open this one up hardly.
Anyhow here she is depicted as T6+CP of 6/StG 2 out of Libya in 1941. She's wearing one of the more interesting and controversial schemes on a Stuka as there is confusion as to wether the snake motif was red or tan. I displayed this one in red as it seems to have a more sinister look to it.
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Thanks Wayne! Your schemes just keep getting more and more intense. Nice job on replicating that pattern.
....and yes I really do dislike pin marks. lol
Funny thing about this kit. The only real place Hasegawa boo boo'd with pin marks was on the bombs if you ask me. It did have some fit issues at the nose to fuselage fit and the seam lines on the landing gear wheel spats was horrible. LOTS of clean up there! Will hopefully be finished with this puppy by this weekend. I'm going to put a strong push forward on it. I've got a BMW R75 to build you know........................
Its the good ol' Bandai kit. Man it's a beauty too.
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Ok fellas. Update................finally!! I rolled her over and started on the bottom side. All of the wing mounted bombs had ejector pin marks that needed to be filled and sanded and the centerline bomb (being 8 parts) was tougher than normal but we are getting there. There's just the last few bits at this point like canopy, prop, and all the fiddly bits and this puppy will be wrappped up.
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The detail looks good in that pit Jason. What scale is this? It looks to be around 1/72nd judging by the pilot against the paint bottles.
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I'm liking the scratchwork Wayne. Man you really have these armor builds down pat. Looking good!
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Applejack's posted there Wayne.....
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You've got the same disease I've got Jason. Thats usually my luck! lol . Keep the posts coming and throw some pics in there for us.
Wayne...............looking good man!
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I might actually get started this weekend. Hopefully, I can finish in time.
You'll get it Jason. Looking forward to it
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Woooooooowwwww! One of these days I'll tell ya!! I'll get good enough to build an armor build like this. Good job Wayne............no wait.............killer job!!!!!!!!!!
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Got home from a GM Training class in Houston yesterday to find this waiting at my door step. Now for the mask set and some PE...............
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Nice hobby room.....I mean sign!! I believe I saw a guy build a model of his hobby room that looked real similar to this. Do I have the right guy/ hobby room?
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That'll go excellent with a dio Wayne.
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Ok fellas, I've got what I consider a major update. I've got the Tyson Chicken Legs (aka landing gear) installed on this thing. You know most times landing gear aint that big a deal to me and at first glance a Stuka, having no visible struts or oleos,let alone brake lines and all, wouldn't be that bad. It turned out to be harder than it looked. The wheel spats had a nasty seam line running down the middle and was CLEARLY visible from the front. It took alot of sanding and elbow grease to clean those things up to say the least. The tire and wheel assys weren't bad (although I forgot to prime them before I used acrylic MM paints and masked off) even though I had to paint em twice. But like I've heard and I like to say, "That's modeling folks!". I've moved on to the bombs , which have more seam lines than 10 pairs of blue jeans. The centerline bomb is 7 parts so there's plenty of opportunity for gaps and seam lines. After the wheel spats, it's all good. Here's the current progress,
I've still got to install the small propeller/ siren on the wheel spat you see in the first pic here:
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Wayne:Bring it bubba!!
I can't wait to see this built outta you!Chris:Man you guys are giving me idea after idea!! Great technique!!!!! And results!!!!
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This is absolutely fantastic!!!!! Man I'll tell you , this isn't ultimate photoetched, it's ultimate perserverance!
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Anybody interested in a Tiger tank used in Tunisia?
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What do you have for us there Wayne? And yes.
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I forgot about this one! Looks great Bob!
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I've seen these kits around and have never seen one built! This is friggin cool, looks like a load of fun and is definitely something different for the 109 fans out there!
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Suweeet! These things just look eerie and aggressive from almost any stance. Zoukei Mura has thier hand in the fire on these kits in 1/32 scale now. Check it out................... http://www.zoukeimura.co.jp/en/sentiment/oyajiblog_050.html
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Sure!i like the fact it was actually flown and the test pilots gave it favorable marks for flying nicely despite the radically forward raked wings.
Those guys had a knack for technology and radical aircraft concepts and some, like this one, were flown. Another bird, the Ho-229, was also flown. Someday I'll get a 48th scale version of that plane to build.....................as soon as I find a place to display it. lol
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Got your pic posted on the wall of fame Mark. Thank you again for being a part of this GB man. Looking forward to #2 outta you????
I can't wait to see this built outta you!
Ju-87 B-2 Stuka from the All the Rest CB-2nd Place
in WIP: All The Rest: Motorcycles, Aviation, Military, Sci-Fi, Figures
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Thanks Mike! I usually stick to 1/48 scale builds just due to display space.........or lack of it. lol