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Revell Ju-87D-5
« on: September 04, 2011, 05:42:49 AM »
I had intended to finish this airplane in time to be inserted in LLL Magazine #5 to go with Nico's excellent Ju-87 article. I didn't even get close, so I'll just share the project here on the forum.

This is the old Monogram (now Revell) Stuka kit and is exactly as I remember it from many years ago. I picked this one up at a substantial discount a while back and decided I needed to build one again. Then I dove into the parts boxes and found what is left of my first one--both main landing gear assemblies and some parts of the canopy. I ended up using the tires from the original so as to have at least a bit of my thirty year old build incorporated into this one. It's not a heavily detailed kit, and it has the typical raised panel lines of that era, but it fits together nicely and looks the part.

Here's an in-progress view of the cockpit. About the only thing included in the kit is the floor, two seats (the gunner/radio operator seat is inaccurate) and the instrument panel. I used bits from the spares boxes and styrene for everything else. The radio is from a C-47 (I think) and the ammunition boxes are from a B-25 cut to fit. The machine gun mount is part of a landing gear from a 1/72 Do-17 I built with my mentor forty-five or more years ago. :-wise
http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w117/2AF/IMG_7735.jpg
Revell Ju-87D-5


The walkways on the D I'm building have "anti-skid" strips on them so I used Evergreen strip for these.
http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w117/2AF/002.jpg
Revell Ju-87D-5


A couple of other shots of it after painting the underside. I've got the canopy masked (finally) and installed so it'll be back in paint soon.
http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w117/2AF/IMG_7770.jpg
Revell Ju-87D-5

http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w117/2AF/003.jpg
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Re: Revell Ju-87D-5
« Reply #1 on: September 04, 2011, 06:23:02 AM »
I like when the kit is good detailed in basic plastic parts ;)

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Re: Revell Ju-87D-5
« Reply #2 on: September 04, 2011, 06:30:43 AM »
The outside of the entire kit is exactly as it comes from the box. Only a little filler on the seams was required. It may not be a kit that can be matched with the modern quality but is very relaxing to put together. About the only complaint I have is that the cockpit is so basic, and a trip to the junk box or a resin upgrade fixes that problem. Even the transparencies are able to be used with just some cleanup. There is a little flash on some of the parts, I'm sure because the mold has worn somewhat over the years.

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Re: Revell Ju-87D-5
« Reply #3 on: September 04, 2011, 07:56:30 AM »
As always it's a real pleasure to follow your builds... :)

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Re: Revell Ju-87D-5
« Reply #4 on: September 04, 2011, 12:12:13 PM »
As always it's a real pleasure to follow your builds... :)
Definitely! Excellent work on whole plane! ;)
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Re: Revell Ju-87D-5
« Reply #5 on: September 04, 2011, 03:34:59 PM »
Thanks, y'all. It's really a fun kit to build, and if the canopies were left closed it could be nice right out-of-the-box. One thing about the Ju-87, it's BIG and there are so many interesting camouflage schemes to choose from that a whole fleet could be built.

I wish there were an airworthy survivor or a new-build 1/1 replica! As I recall from a thread on WIX long ago, there is a group in Germany or Austria that is slowly working on a non-airworthy machine that will incorporate bits from recovered pieces.

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Re: Revell Ju-87D-5
« Reply #6 on: September 05, 2011, 07:00:32 AM »
Here are the exhaust flame dampers in the process of being enhanced with some aluminum tubing and foil tape. The kit parts are rather detail-less and needed something to bring them to life.
http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w117/2AF/IMG_7795.jpg
Revell Ju-87D-5


And a few shots of the painting process. It's been clearcoated and maybe? the decals will go on in the next few days.
http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w117/2AF/IMG_7786.jpg
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http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w117/2AF/IMG_7791.jpg
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http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w117/2AF/IMG_7794.jpg
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Re: Revell Ju-87D-5
« Reply #7 on: September 05, 2011, 07:04:08 AM »
I am impressed how how smoothly bring kits into life mate :-clap

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Re: Revell Ju-87D-5
« Reply #8 on: September 05, 2011, 10:37:57 AM »
 :-clap :-clap :-clap :-clap :-clap

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Re: Revell Ju-87D-5
« Reply #9 on: September 05, 2011, 12:32:01 PM »
Great painting SAF.

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Re: Revell Ju-87D-5
« Reply #10 on: September 05, 2011, 05:28:39 PM »
Nice!!!

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Re: Revell Ju-87D-5
« Reply #11 on: September 06, 2011, 06:14:01 AM »
Thanks, y'all. Dragan, you'll like the next step after the decals go on..... ;) I still need to find or make a couple of different markings for this before I can add the final touches.

This evening I started with the decals and needed a pair of swastikas. Back into the old decal bag and I found this, removed from a Scale Aircraft Modeling magazine from around 1980 or thereabouts.
http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w117/2AF/IMG_7803.jpg
Revell Ju-87D-5


I clipped out the versions I needed and dipped them in water. I was concerned they'd be brittle or fall apart, but they worked just great.
http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w117/2AF/IMG_7804.jpg
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Re: Revell Ju-87D-5
« Reply #12 on: September 06, 2011, 08:26:08 AM »
Good old times when they give page with color profiles and free decals inside :)

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Re: Revell Ju-87D-5
« Reply #13 on: September 06, 2011, 12:48:10 PM »
It's called quality. ;)

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Re: Revell Ju-87D-5
« Reply #14 on: September 06, 2011, 03:55:13 PM »
Yes, and the magazine was quite inexpensive at the time! Ahhh, the "good old days".....