Airfix 1/48 Ju87 B-1 Stuka, Condor Legion - Work in progress

Hi gents,

As there are only few steps left to completing my P-61, I thought I would slowly start a new build.

This time I picked Airfix’s 1/48 Ju87 B-1 Stuka from the shelf and will be finishing it in Condor Legion markings.

As usual, I will be building it OOB, although I might add aftermarket seat belts or I will make them from scratch.

Again, I will be using my Complementary Pre-Shading method which I think was a success with my previous two builds.

As a result of Airfix packing all the sprues in one bag, two of the dive brake counterweights broke (pics below) so that’s a good start. :slight_smile:

Thanks for looking!

Best,

Nikola

O, nice, a Stuka, i’m in. It was a bit of a bad idea to mould those onto the airlerons in the first place (the dive brakes are under the wings towards the front).

Look forward to seeing this come along.

Hi Bish,

Yes, the ailerons, not the dive brakes. :slight_smile: Thank you for spotting that.

You’re right, they should have been separate.

I have a question - what was the true material of the munition bin in the gunner’s office? Airfix instructions show it as metal, the same color as the rest of the interior, but I’ve seen some pics with those made from canvas or something similar. Which is correct?

Thanks in advance!

Cheers,

Nikola

I’ll never pass up a Stuka WIP!

I take it you are reffering to the box at the rear of the gunners position on the left side. I believe this was for spent cases and i have only seen metal ones. Fabric may have been used later in the war but i’ve not seen it myself.

Hi Bish,

Yes, that one. Thanks for the info. Appreciated. I will go with metal. :slight_smile:

Cheers,

Nikola

Your welcome. I have a soft spot for the Stuka and have built a few so always happy to help.

I have this one in the stash. I’ll be following along.

Cool. Been wanting to do a stuka. Following.

Hi gents,

A little progress with the Stuka:

Cockpit primed with German Dark Yellow, then “complementary pre-shaded” with German Red-Brown and highlighted with White. Next is base coat of RLM02.

I chose a red based hue for my complementary pre-shading method again since the RLM02 has a greenish tint to it. This time I decided to experiment with red-brown instead of plain red for pre-shading. We will see what it turns out to be.

Thanks for looking!

Best,

Nikola

Interesting idea for pre shadeing, look forward to seeing how it comes out.

That looks interesting.

Thanks Bish!

If you want to see where it all started here is the link to one of my earlier posts:

http://cs.finescale.com/fsm/tools_techniques_and_reference_materials/f/18/t/183439.aspx

So far I have done a Zeke (exterior only) and a P-61 (both interior and exterior) with this method.

So far, the toughest thing for me is to control paint coverage and weathering so the effect does not get lost.

Thanks for looking!

Best,

Nikola

Thanks Chad!

As I replied to Bish, if you want to see where it all started here is the link to one of my earlier posts:

http://cs.finescale.com/fsm/tools_techniques_and_reference_materials/f/18/t/183439.aspx

So far I have done a Zeke (exterior only) and a P-61 (both interior and exterior) with this method.

So far, the toughest thing for me is to control paint coverage and weathering so the effect does not get lost.

Thanks for looking!

Best,

Nikola

Hi guys,

Below are a few photos of the base coat laid over the complementary pre-shading. I tried to represent the true colours as I see them in real life and this is as good as it gets for now with my photographing skills. :)

The finish itself is not great, as I realized some problems with my compressor and air pressure only after I finished painting (I noticed there was something odd during the process but was stupid and lazy enough not to check immediately).

Anyhow, thanks for looking! :)

Best,

Nikola

Hi gents,

Almost out of the “office”.

Everything is OOB so no seat belts and all that jazz. :)

You can see the subtle effects of complementary pre-shading method, but I wish it was a bit more pronounced. Next time I will try to go lighter with the base coat. Some of it gets lost in weathering and washes.

Most of this won’t be seen anyway so it was more of a practice. :)

Thanks for looking!

Best,

Nikola

Thats coming on nicely, i think the effects have come out well, not over done.

Looking great Nikola!

Thanks Bish. Appreciated!

Glad you like it so far.

Best,

Nikola

Thank you very much Chad! Glad you like it!

Best,

Nikola