Revell 1/32 JU88A-1

[Guest]

I'm gonna follow this too; a interesting subject. You really brought them wheels to life.


P.S. Are all the planes on the shelves 1/32 as well?

[Vaughan]

Yes Niel, apart from the BF109 G6 which is 1/24( bottom left) and the Shackleton which is 1/72 next to it. I've always built 1/32 scale, the Shackleton was ok being a larger plane but trying to detail small cockpit areas is too difficult for me. So I just stick to 1/32 scale. The only challenge now is to find a home for this one and the HE111 when I get round to building it.

[flyjoe180]

Looking good Vaughan. You almost need a hangar for your two German bombers.

[Guest]

The undercarriage lines sure do look nice. Will be probably doing something similar on my Ta 152. The red looks especially striking. Was the red a common feature across all luftwaffe aircraft?

[Vaughan]

A bit of gap with this one further heart problems, with an admission to a French hospital while on holiday with a suspected heart attack, have got in the way but I've managed to do a little bit of spraying the interior with RLM66. Still plenty to do yet. 

[Guest]

Nice progress! I bought Revell 1:32 JU88 A-4 few days ago, i think its basically same plane ?

[The Migrant]

Looking really nice Vaughan, is that cockpit interior all out-of-box? 


(Sorry to hear about the heart scare, hope you're OK.)

[Vaughan]

Yes this one's completely out of the box the detail is very good all I need to add is some seat harnesses.

[yak face]

Hooe your feeling a bit better Vaughan, must have been a scare. You get yourself better mate and dont worry about the models , cheers tony

[BarryW]

Hi Vaughan, sorry to hear about the health scare - do look after yourself first and foremost.


Nice to see that you are back on the bench and I look forward to progress on this one.

[papa 695]

You take it steady Vaughan, so sorry to hear about the heart problem.


Back to the build looking very good indeed.

[Vaughan]

Hooe your feeling a bit better Vaughan, must have been a scare. You get yourself better mate and dont worry about the models , cheers tony

Yes it sure was we were visiting Juno Beach at the time and luckily the museum is run by Canadians so there was no problem getting help. Spent a night in Caen Hospital after having an Angiogram. Results were good but there is a suggestion that I might of had some inflammation on the heart pericarditis they call it. I was checked out by my Consultant when we got home and he feels all is good. I don't seem to have had much luck this past year 3 addmissions to hospital and I now have 6 stents. Just trying to get back to normal is my aim and to get a bit of modelling in too it's been two months since I picked a modelling knife and a sanding stick. 

[Guest]

Look after yourself and take your time .


By the way nice work so far.

[Vaughan]

Hi all have had this one on the back burner since August 2016. How it was left was that the model was complete and masked ready for painting . This is where I have picked it up from. The underside has been sprayed RLM65 last night. I have bought a new bottle of Model air RLM 70,71 for the splinter camo. I thought it best as this a large model and the bottle I have I've had for some time so nice to start with fresh bottles. I've also invested in some airbrush flow improver as the sessions will be quite long. I don't seem to have anymore photos of my progress to this point although the props bay doors and machine guns have been completed. I found the parts in a margarine tub under my desk and the plane has been in various locations. Anyway I'm looking forward to completing this one.(not sure where it's going to live as I don't have any shelf space left:rolling:.

[Jim R]

Hi Vaughan
Just had a catch up. Hope you are now fully recovered from your heart scare. Certainly a very famous town to be hospitalised in.
Great job with the build. Neat pre-shade. Looking forward to the painting and weathering.
Jim