Finally finished the 1/48 Monogram ProModeler Ju88…here she is:
Excellent build!
I love the finish.
What’s the story behind that bird?
Brilliant paint scheme! A really good build and great finish. Thanks for sharing!
Was there an actual Ju-88 that was painted in these colors? That’s not something you see everyday - even in the 1940s! [:)] Great model!!
nice build.
joe
Great build, especially the panel lines and the weathering. That is also a really great finish… I’d also like to know the story behind that one. I love the a/c in captured colors.
That is awesome!!! It’s amazing how different a plane can look in a different counties markings!!! That would be kind of cool to do a “fictional captured planes Group Build”!!!
Hmmmm…now there’s an idea…[;)][:P]
To quote Peter Evans, moderator of the Luftwaffe Expertem Message Board:
"Junkers Ju88D-1/trop
W.Nr.430650
This Ju88 belonged to the Rumanian Air Force - serving with the 2nd (Rumanian) Long-Range Reconnassiance Squadron based at Mariupol. In July 1943 the pilot defected and landed in Limassol, Cyprus. Alocated RAF serial HK959 and later handed over the USAAF intelligance in Cario. Transferred to Wright Field and alocated serial FE-1598. Test flown for a total of 36 hours."
The RAF did the camo scheme, then we plastered Old Glory all over her in a subtle attempt to stay airborne, presumably in transit, if encountered by some Little Friends! The actual aircraft is on display at Wright-Patterson AFB in Ohio, albeit in it’s original Rumanian colors.
And thanks for the kind words!!!
JK
Simply awesome! Great job.
Why fictional? There was a great volume of captured enemy A/C on both sides of the struggle. I have my sights set on building a German marked P-38. They painted the planes they captured with brilliant yellow to distinguish them from enemy combatant planes - very striking. I have also seen a pic of a yellow marked B-17.
I just thought that with “fictional A/C”, you could do like say an A-10 in Japanese colors, or a B-51 in German colors…you know just to kinda mix it up…maybe it’s too silly, but It sounded nice in my head[:D][;)]
Great job and a very unique model. A Luftwaffe AC in RAF camo and US markings, and historically correct, MAHVOLES DAHLING! Really like it, congratulations on a fine build.
Scale Aviation Modeller this month ran an article on the P47, which as well as some excellent drawings also included schemes for two captured examples with German markings, one of which was later recaptured, along with schemes for Russian, Nationalist Chinese, Brazilian, Bolivian, French, British…plus I suppose they had to include a handful of American schemes too !![(-D][:-,]
Very nice build, and I also like the captured camo and U.S. markings.
Regards, Dan
THAT looks super groovy, guy! Dang nice!
Fade to Black…
Junkers Ju 88
This German two/five-seat bomber, close-support aircraft, nightfighter, torpedo launcher and reconnaissance aircraft was in service from 1939 to 1945. With the British Mosquito the Ju 88 ranks as the most versatile combat machine of all time. It was originally designed by a small group led by two Americans experienced in modern all-metal “stressed skin” construction. The first prototype flew in December 1936. It won speed records but the design had to be greatly altered before the Ju 88A-1 entered service with the Luftwaffe in late 1939. It was easily the fastest of the three chief types of German medium bombers (Heinkel 111, Ju 88 and Dornier Do 17), having a speed close to 480km/h when not loaded. The bomb load was large, 1,800kg being carried in an internal bay and on four inner-wing racks. The engines were two 1,200hp Jumo 211B’s, and the crew of three or four sat close together in the efficient forward fuselage with perfect all-round view and the usual armament of three hand-aimed machine guns. The 88, called “the Three-Fingered 88” because of its long engine cowlings (which looked like radials because of the circular cooling radiators), was extremely strong and very maneuverable, but in the Battle of Britain it was shot down as easily as the other day bombers. Desparate defensive measures included four separate MG 15 machine guns all aimed by one man.
Large numbers of Ju 88A-4 were built with longer wings to carry loads up to 2,500 or 3,000kg. Despite this the 88 continued to operate from rough sod airstrips, especially on the Russian front, its big mainwheels riding over the squashy surface and then turning through 90o to lie flat in the rear of the nacelles. Dive brakes under the wings were seldom used, since most missions were level bombing at high or very low altitudes. Versions were produced for torpedo launching, nightfighting, training and various special duties, while the 88D series were tailored to long-range reconnaissance. The last of the bomber and reconnaissance versions was the slim streamlined Ju 88S, usually with 1,700hp BMW 801G radials, 1,810hp 801TJ or 1,750hp Jumo 213E. Altogether 10,774 of all these versions were built.
Very nice build. I’m fond of seeing a/c in captured livery. Really nice camo job as well.
I am working on a JU-87 and was wondering what and how you simulated the wire looking line that runs from the antena back to the vertical tail stabilizer. The same thing is found on the JU-87 so any tips you have would be wonderful!
Very sharp build! I used to go to Wright-Patterson alot when I was a kid. This JU-88 was displayed out in the annex hanger. I was there one day with my buds, and the JU’s hatch was open, and no-one but us was around, so…of course I climbed in. Pretty cramped bird. I didn’t stay in it long, just long enough to get the bragging rights.
Steve
WOW!!~ Talk about a once in a lifetime experience!! I am envious of you sir!! Again, thanks one and all for the positive feedback, I really appreciate it! As for the “antennae” wire, it’s plain ole’ fishin’ line…4 pound. After it’s applied with a tiny drop of cyano (drill a tiny placement hole with your pin vise) I light a match, then blow it out, hold the still-hot tip close to the line, and the rising heat causes it to pull taunt.
Excellent looking JU-88. Now I cant wait to go to Wright Patterson in March for my birthday. Hmmmm wonder if I am going to have enough film and if my girlfriend is going to have enough patience.[:D][:D][:D][:D]