Junkers Ju87 B-2/R-2 Stuka - WIP

I started with the cockpit, straith from the box. No extras were added. 

I started with the cockpit, straith from the box. No extras were added. 

I started with the cockpit, straith from the box. No extras were added. 

Next the cockpit was fixed in the fuselage. I chose to accentuate the panel lines quite heavily. 

The panel lines will be preshaded, a job I'm kinda afraid of, so Guido will come at my place to help me and show how it's done. 

Next up are the wings. Same procedure for the panel lines. Fitting the upper wing and bottom wing parts didn't go so easily. 

Because of this difficult fit, I have to sand quite a lot at the wing extremes. On top of that part of the plastic of the right bottom wing wasn't injected completely. So I decided to cut off the flaps, prepare the wings properly, and re-attach them. 

The nose-cone with propellor dryfitted. This is a tricky sub-assembly with lots of small parts forming the nose once assembled. 

Dryfit of the fuselage with the wings and the nose-cone. Still some more filling and sanding to be done it seems. 

Dryfit of the canopy. I will propably fix it in closed position, since I didn't add any details to the interior. My next airplane will receive more interior detail. 

First image of the repaired Stuka; the battle damage should be gone, or at least made invisible to the eye 😉 

Guido came at my place to show me how preshading should be done, or at least how he does it; we're not sure if the 'real' airplane builders to it the same way, but this seems to work for us... 

Top of the airplane was preshaded with flat black, the bottom was doen with a dark grey. Next were the wing tips and the strip around the tail, which should be yellow, so we decided to give them a white primer coat first. 

Top of the airplane was preshaded with flat black, the bottom was doen with a dark grey. Next were the wing tips and the strip around the tail, which should be yellow, so we decided to give them a white primer coat first. 

Next up: the yellow areas such as the tail and the bottom wing tips. 

Next up: the yellow areas such as the tail and the bottom wing tips. 

Next up: the yellow areas such as the tail and the bottom wing tips. 

Here the Tamiya AS-5 light blue has been decanted from the rattle can to the airbrush, and then diluted with Tamiya Lacquer Thinner. It was airbrushed on the plane very carefully. 

Here the Tamiya AS-5 light blue has been decanted from the rattle can to the airbrush, and then diluted with Tamiya Lacquer Thinner. It was airbrushed on the plane very carefully. 

Here the Tamiya AS-5 light blue has been decanted from the rattle can to the airbrush, and then diluted with Tamiya Lacquer Thinner. It was airbrushed on the plane very carefully. 

After a few hours of careful masking, I think the model is ready to be painted it's camouflage scheme... 

This is the challenge: transform this side to a realistic looking aeroplane... 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Unfortunately, the Stuka has crashed in a million pieces, and I can't even find all the missing parts anymore to restore it. Shit happens. The project looked as if it were terminated. However, after some time to recover, I managed to repair the damaged pa