Junker Ju52 Build

[Defiant911]

I quite like the look of this plane so fancied making something different other than a bomber or a fighter plane.
I suspect the exterior painting my present a challenge with its corrugated skin but other than that it looks fairly straight forward.
Anyway, I have put together the cockpit using some Eduard panels ( a marmite thing for some) I’m thinking of panel lining to introduce a little used dirt to the effect.
Progress so far..

[AlanG]

What scale is this? I've looked at the Revell 1/48 kit. It's meant to be a cracking kit.

Nice work on the cockpit though. Got a crick in my neck though

[Defiant911]

What scale is this? I've looked at the Revell 1/48 kit. It's meant to be a cracking kit.

Nice work on the cockpit though. Got a crick in my neck though

It’s the 1:48 revel kit. I have to say first impressions are that it has good detail. I did use some rapid prototype aftermarket seat replacements for the main cockpit seats but too be honest if I’d waited I would have used the original kit ones as they were of a higher than normal standard, e.g, they had moulded cushions and seatbelts. Appologies for the photo orientation, not sure what happened. At least it’ll loosen up the wrists..:thumb2:

[Tim Marlow]

Looks great so far....Tante Ju always reminds me of Indiana Jones for some reason.....I suppose it’s very thirties pulp fiction.

[Defiant911]

Looks great so far....Tante Ju always reminds me of Indiana Jones for some reason.....I suppose it’s very thirties pulp fiction.

Or Iron Annie?, that’s doesn’t sound quite the same though..l

[Gary MacKenzie]

Rotated them for you :-)

[Neil Merryweather]

Looks great so far....Tante Ju always reminds me of Indiana Jones for some reason.....I suppose it’s very thirties pulp fiction.

It's Where Eagles Dare for me

[Defiant911]

Rotated them for you :-)


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Thanks Gary, I couldn’t seem to do it earlier, not sure what was going on.

[topgazza]

I love that plane. tempted to hunt one down now......

[Defiant911]

Looking at these pictures I really need to water my silver paint down, it went on like tar and although to the naked eye it looked fine , in these pictures it really does look like its been troweled on the steering columns...note to self..

[Defiant911]

A few more pictures of a few painted parts before glueing cockpit.
Note I decided to cut the top hatch and have it open. It’s in a close position by default but the frame lines were handy cut lines.
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[Defiant911]

a little
More progresss today, fitted the bench seats and lots of seatbelts. My eyes feel tired-lol

[scottie3158]

Carl,
Very nice work.

[Defiant911]

Carl,
Very nice work.

Thanks Scottie, it’s coming along steady so far. Not sure what’s going on with my photo uploads. They are the right way around on my phone but upload upside down.

[Guest]

Did you take them with your phone upside down or sideways? Then chances are that the phone doesn’t put the required image rotation in in a way the forum understands.

(If you take a picture with the phone upside down, it doesn’t actually rotate the photo to be the right way up when it saves it, but just includes a “flag” that says, “this picture must be turned 180 degrees”. Then every time the photo is displayed, the software turns it that way. The reason for this is loss of quality that would occur if the original is rotated, due to the way JPEG compression works.)