Ju 87 Stuka B2 Italeri

[Guest]

Yep, as everyone has said, nice work.

Andy

[Guest]

Im doing this build right now as well..... i have the tamiya repack version of this kit..... I was supriosed at how well the kit goes together ... the only thing that bothers me is the type of styrene Italieri uses... It is alot more brittle than the Styrene normally used by Tamiya and trumpeter./...

[michaelm]

Hi Marc, I too think this kit goes together pretty good. Don't have enough experience to comment on the styrene, I had a look at your Mig and its fantastic so would to see what you do with this kit. I'm masking the canopy at the moment so things have slowed a little. M

[michaelm]

Ok, been a little while since I posted, life gets in the way of modelling sometimes.

Moved on quite a bit now, canopy masking takes me a long time, I'm still getting the hang of this but just about got it done to an ok standard, I think, but of course will not know until I remove it.

I got the airbrush work done although my AB didn't want to play along when it came to the last black/green colour in the camo. I'm using a single action badger airbrush fitted with a colour cup so I don't have to fill a syphon jar every time, I really like the brush, ok its a little basic but I think I'm mastering it and can get a pretty good finish the problem is I use those damn propellant cans, they are the work of the devil and very inconsistent in their air delivery, the kit was a Christmas gift and really needs the addition of a compressor.

I learnt another lesson after breaking off nearly all the 'sticky out bits' on the plane while spraying....leave them 'till after. Got some touching up to do on paint.

I'd like to give this aircraft quite a bit of weathering as I'm led to believe they took a lot of punishment but I'm very unsure of what to do and how to do it, advice please.

Thanks M

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[Guest]

Looking great Michael.Sorry to hear about breaking of the little bits hope its an easy fix for you. Weathering would really depend on the year and the theatre of operation, I'm geussing with the yellow nose its Eastern front? Wintertime? The options are many and there are a lot of threads in the how to section that would help a lot I would search there.

http://www.scale-models.co.uk/tutorials/11282-weathering-questions.html

[Vaughan]

Nice splinter camo Michael it's looking good! I use Flory washes(formally pro-moddeler) they work for me. They are clay based so as long as you apply them to a surface that has a coat of Klear or varnish they can removed and you can start again if you don't like the desired result. Heres' a link

that explains how to do it in more detail and you can buy the washes from the ScaleModel Shop.Vaughan

[michaelm]

Getting a little more done, klear coat on and decals going on.

Think I'm going to try a wash with oils and thinners.

I've also got pastels the chalk type..my wife's an artist so blagged some, can I mix the pastel powder with an oil based medium like pure turpentine to make a wash? online I've watched it done with water but unsure whether an oil basedd one is ok. I want an oil based as I've got an acrylic paint.

I believe this is the right way to go.

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[Guest]

There's no problem with adding pastels to an oil wash Michael, as long as they're ground to powder as any larger bits will be visible & mar the look. I do it quite often to add ' body ' to a wash. Whether that's suitable for aircraft I don't know however.

It's a great looking Stuka, you're doing really well.

Cheers

Patrick

[Guest]

its a lovely looking stuk mate great build

mobear

[Guest]

As Patrick says there's no problem with using chalk-pastel, i find the best way to get the powder fine enough is to rub the pastel on mediun grade sand paper then either apply with a brush, or in the case of getting a finer covering on a plane (i would imagine this would be more realistic and desirable) tap some onto a sheet of paper and either gently blow or use a dry airbrush blast to distribute it onto your prepared areas.

[papa 695]

Just caught this one Michael and its a stunning looker so far keep up the good work

[Guest]

nice work so far

keep it up

Roman

[michaelm]

Hi again everyone, thanks for all your kind comments.

I have a little problem, as you can see from the attached pics the instructions tell me to affix decals 5,6 and 7 to the front edge of the wings, these decals are red dotted line squares, also see pics, the instructions seem unclear to me as to where to place these. Is it on top of the wing or across the front edge?

There is no clue on the model to suggest their placement.

Many thanks M

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[stona]

They go across the leading edge like this.

Cheers

Steve

[michaelm]

Thanks very much Steve, I looked for a photo online but couldn't find one in which this was clear, thanks again. M