1/32 Trumpeter JU-87D Stuka

[BarryW]

I have had to cut the masks to mask up the underside roundels. I am doing this a little earlier than normal.

[BarryW]

[adt70hk]

Coming on nicely Barry.

ATB.

Andrew

[BarryW]

I don’t normally mask the underside of the wings but as I need to spray the wheel legs it is necessary.

[Steven000]

Nice progress Barry, looks all very good :thumb2:
Have fun!
Steven

[Jim R]

Hi Barry
Excellent progress, up to your usual high standards. The cockpit looks very nice and the instrument panel is more than acceptable. The good fit is nice to see, apart from the step under the rear. I have read good stuff about the Liquitape, not easy to get hold of. Painting started with your usual well thought out plan of action :thumb2:
Jim

[BarryW]

I have been painting the RLM70/71 splinter scheme.


next is is the winter camo. From the Trumpy diagrams the markings have been resprayed over the winter scheme. Additionally it looks to have been roughly sprayed, perhaps wearing off in places which makes perfect sense to me.

so I have had one session resulting in this.



It looks generally OK to me but after a rest I will return to it. I can see some places that need a little more attention and I want to make it a little less ‘even’ and tidy in some places.

[BarryW]

I have painted some details, reworked the camo and painted the marking. I did not have crosses of the right size/type for the sides so I will use decals for those.

[BarryW]

I have fitted the dive brakes.


Then decals...

not many of them, just insignia, warning triangles and the fuselage crosses...

They went on OK without too much splintering which was helped by coats of decal solution. They did not seem to go down very well even with Microset. So I applied a dose of Microsol and left them overnight.

In the morning I found this...




not one single decal settled at all, every one just curled up.

I tried more softener to see if I could lay them down. No luck, they are so curled and brittle there is no hope at all.

I ended up removing them with tweezers in most cases they came away easily on one piece but some of the crosses were firmly stuck in sections and needed more work.

I have gone through my spares box and found warning triangles and crosses. The latter are a little large but the right pattern and should work.

i have none of the unit badges but I will use badges for a different unit. That is better than none at all.

it really is now just a matter of ‘make do’ to finish off.

let’s hope that these decals actually work. I don’t know what kit they are from...

[Guest]

Surely with your skill you can mask those crosses yourself, given the shape is very straightforward?

[Steven000]

Never seen this before with microsol :surprised: , looks like the decals shrank quite a lot!
Hope you can solve it

[Jim R]

Hi Barry
Coming on beautifully. Shame about the decals - I've never seen anything like that reaction. I'm sure you'll sort it.
Jim

[GerryW]

Frustrating to see those decals doing that.

[BarryW]

Sorted. OK it is now a fictional representation of a Stuka because the unit emblem is wrong but the spares box decals went down well, no trouble at all. I applied Microsol and this morning find it’s all good, just needs another dose of Microsol.

[BarryW]

Well, she is done. I used AK Weathering pencils, AK washes, earth pigment and Uschi metal powders to weather her.

I departed from the normal full weathering process I use because I thought the winter camo was not right the full pin wash treatment. The wheels and underside around them are rather more mud splattered than normal, depicted as it might look late winter once the thaw started.

Here is a pic, just one for now, I will do a completed thread when I get a chance to do so and have done some photos.