Revell Pro-Modeler 1/32 Junkers Ju 88A-1 Bomber- “Build Update #1”
The build began last Monday and the first thing that I did was the ceremonial bathing of the parts, followed by allowing them to air dry:
After the washing, the next thing that I tend to do is to glue together as many of the sub-assemblies as possible to eliminate the large number of sprues piled up on the work-bench. I started off by cutting from the sprues all the halves of the ailerons, flaps, horizontal stabilizers and elevators, then glue those together:
I then got the parts together for assembling the vertical stabilizer, rudder and wing tips and glued them together:
Next, I got together the parts that make up the wings- upper and lower wing halves, the previously assembled wing-tips and the undercarriage mounting structure. I glued, taped and clamped the starboard side first, followed by the portside:
When the upper and lower wings were set, I removed the clamps and the tape, then glued the wing-tips on and the undercarriage mounting structure, I then smoothed down all the seams. The wing-tips didn’t match very well and there were gaps that will require filling at a later stage:
Next, I got the parts together to build up the cockpit rear bulkhead- bulkhead, radio sets, magazine rack and magazines and glued them together:
This was followed by getting together all the parts that make up the starboard side inner wall assembly for the cockpit and then gluing that assembly together:
…and then all the parts for the Portside inner cockpit wall and console assemblies and gluing those together:
I then got the pieces together for the central dividing wall with the bombadiers floor and bomb aiming sight and glued those together:
Next were the parts that assemble to make the cockpit rear floor area, and again, these were glued together to make them ready for priming:
Next, I got all the parts together for the three seat assemblies, one being the pilots seat which was also assembled to the floor beneath his seat that carries the foot-pedals and the steering column:
I then got all the parts for the wheels and undercarriage and assembled those together, leaving the wheels off and putting those onto cocktail sticks ready for priming and painting:
The last of the sub-assemblies was to put the propeller spinners onto cocktail sticks ready for priming, then assemble the spinner back-plates and center hubs for locating the propeller blades onto. The bearing and spindles were also assembled to the back of the spinner back plates:
Next, I prepared all the sub-assemblies and sprues that were to be primed and took them to the spray-booth:
I then airbrushed a black primer onto everything in readiness for painting all internal parts and surfaces:
When the black primer had dried, I then airbrushed RLM 66 Grey onto the cockpit assemblies and internal surfaces that were to be this color. I then added some white to the RLM 66 to tone it down and then airbrushed some highlights on top:
Next, I airbrushed the light olive onto the parts that required this color and again, I added some white to it to tone it down, then added some highlights:
The last items that I painted were the propeller blades and spinner assemblies with silver so that at a later date of this build, I can apply the “Hairspray Chipping” technique to expose some of the silver beneath the top coat colors:
I had now gone as far as I wanted to for this update, and so, I put everything onto my work-bench to check out how much I had got done and took some photos:
Well, that’s it for this update. From hereon, I will detail all of the internal parts, gloss clear coat them, weather them, then finish them with a final matt clear coat. I will then assemble the plane, fill and smooth any gaps, clean the plane, then prime and pre-shade ready for moving onto the painting stage.
In the meantime, if you’d like to watch my YouTube Channel “Build Update #1” video for this report, then here is the link for that:
https://youtu.be/-z3OV-9Bicc
Thanks in advance for looking at this thread, leaving any comments and for watching my video should you decide to do so 
Until my next update, happy modeling and have fun!
Tally Ho and Chocks away!
Cheers,
Martin
