This guy was put away almost two years ago due to bad decals and the beginning of an extensive 1/1 Vintage motorcycle project. Finally that project is finally done and I’m back to another scale namely 1/48. I’m also starting a totally new model also posted being the A-37 Firefly WIP. The Stuka needed attention and it wasn’t far from finished so I’ve been working on it for the last few days. The aged decals were silvery and unacceptable and had already been clear coated. Advice from the Forum, (I can’t remember who to thank), was to stab a series of small holes in the decals with an Exacto knife and flood the decals with Future which saved the day or at least made them acceptable. Still a few small details to do but it was well enough along for photography and a report prior to going to the Museum. Here it is!
Max
PS-my first attempt at homemade seat belts. A bit fat and crude but a start, not too bad at viewing distance but I’ll do better next time.
I built a Trumpeter 1/32 Stuka last year with the help of Bish. It had the same color markings. This is another fantastic example that’s going to be added into your ever growing museum! Thanks for sharing!
Thanks Gang! A little story on the greenhouse. The painting lines were really shallow on the canopies. I struggled through the windshield with my fine brush and sharpend toothpick tools but I just couldn’t pull the long lines on the big pieces. I finally went back to my other method of cutting fine strips of thin stripeing tape and applying them. I’m still messing with it but it’s working. You can also pre-paint them before application. Not perfect but better than my old method in this case.
Did anyone notice that I actually started the engine and fired the guns a few times so it wouldn’t look totally new before taxiing to the museum? Where’s my wax and cleaners?
We all have our reasons for building a certain model. There’s more than one reason on this Stuka that always leads to a story one of which was told before under a different post. My uncle Don was in north Africa during WWII serving in the !st Armor and was a tank commander. He told me as a kid about a daily many Stuka attack on their position always at noon. The British were contacted and waited with Spitfires high above the next day. “What happend?” I asked. My uncle just smiled and replied “They got 'em all.”
The second story was told by two lovely older British sisters visiting us and when seeing an Aircraft of WWII poster in my office told several stories about several of the aircraft depicted and what they sounded like. They both looked at the Stuka and in harmony told of a Stuka attack coming home from school where the both had to jump in a muddy water filled ditch with their good school clothes on. Mom was not happy when they arrived home they said and giggled together.
Anyway my Stuka has sirens, a terrifing sound according to the British ladies and my uncle. Good and scary stories by all witnesses!
Hey, thanks for the comments Gang! And if it hadn’t been for all the nice people and their advice on the Forum I may never have saved my silvery decals! Thanks all! [:)]
Beautiful. The museum should be proud to have it. Cool story on your inspiration, as I’m often inspired by stories as well. Good choice on the Jericho Trumpet, I threw one on my Stuka too…
A little revamping of the Museum’s 1/48 section for the Stuka and she seems to be at home next to the Me-262 and Kettenkraftrad! Back to the A-37 Dragonfly that I keep getting sidetracked on. [:)]
Good question on the tape. I’ve had this stuff for years. I think it is automotive. The trick is to find the thinnest possible. I’ll look at the auto stores and see if I can find something comparable and report.
Finally in answer to your question, the striping tape can be purchased or ordered through Auto Supply stores. This one has two different widths and a clear handling strip. Of course it be cut to any width.
