Ju-52 See Conversion WIP

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OK, I am going to try to do a WIP. This will be a conversion of the Monogram Ju-52 into the float equipped version. I decided to start with the floats, because if these came out looking like crap I wouldn’t have wasted the rest of the airframe. Once I gathered enough reference material, I made a set of drawings of the floats then enlarged them to 1/48 scale.

Bulkheads cut out from sheet styrene:

Spacers made from spare sprue and the bulkheads aligned in my high-tech cardboard jig:

The 2 floats frames removed from the jig:

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Bronto, that is going to be an epic conversion.

Just in case you weren’t aware MDC do a float plane conversion for the Ju 52.

Best of luck.

Karl

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You have made a good start on quite a project. Good luck and keep us posted on your progress.

Darwin, O.F. [aln]

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Yeah, I know MDC do a conversion, but I dont want to spend the $$ for it (which is more than the cost of the kit) when I think I am capable of doing the conversion. (maybe I have been reading too many of Hans “frugal” posts?)

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I’m looking forward to this!!! Great so far!!!

Hans is a good guy, puts out the challenge to DIY without actually challenging you!!! It has made me a better builder!!!

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Interesting challenge. Keep us Posted.

Regards, Rick

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That’s good, nothing worse than starting on a major conversion only to find out some already does it in resin, or worse still releases it as you finish yours.

Been there, done that.

Karl

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Looking forward to updates on this one!

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Thanks for the encouragement guys! One of the floats is starting to take shape. Hopefully today will give me enough time to get the basics of both done.

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Had more time to work on this, the floats just need some details added to them, and I have assembled / painted the interior parts. Tomorrow I should have have enough time to get the main airframe together.