Revell Ju-87D-5

[Second Air Force]

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.

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.

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.

Revell Ju-87D-5

Revell Ju-87D-5

[No.1]

I like when the kit is good detailed in basic plastic parts

[Second Air Force]

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.

[draken35]

As always it's a real pleasure to follow your builds...

[Sall]

As always it's a real pleasure to follow your builds...

Definitely! Excellent work on whole plane!
 

[Second Air Force]

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.

Scott

[Second Air Force]

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.

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.

Revell Ju-87D-5

Revell Ju-87D-5

Revell Ju-87D-5

[No.1]

I am impressed how how smoothly bring kits into life mate

[Sall]

 

[dragan_mig31]

Great painting SAF.

[draken35]

Nice!!!

[Second Air Force]

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.

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.

Revell Ju-87D-5

[No.1]

Good old times when they give page with color profiles and free decals inside

[Sall]

It's called quality.

[Second Air Force]

Yes, and the magazine was quite inexpensive at the time! Ahhh, the "good old days".....