oyoy5 Posted March 11, 2018 Share Posted March 11, 2018 Spats and the front fuselage and spinner look very inaccurate, is there anyway to correct these issues without using aftermarket. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeMaben Posted March 11, 2018 Share Posted March 11, 2018 Uuuuh , I think they call it scratch building ? Or something like that . DesTROYer, kalashnikov-47 and Shawn M 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Artful69 Posted March 11, 2018 Share Posted March 11, 2018 Uuuuh , I think they call it scratch building ? Or something like that . That's affirmative! ... Three options ... * Use with the Fawcett correction * Scratch build the corrections * Build OOB Rog Shawn M 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nmayhew Posted March 11, 2018 Share Posted March 11, 2018 what the others have said there is no 'easy fix' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest The Southern Bandit Posted March 11, 2018 Share Posted March 11, 2018 Rog as always offers excellent and best advise ... Oyoy, was recently in same position as you in wanting a BoB Stuka B and it was the Trumpeter one I bought ... the only obvious answer, the ACTUAL only realistic answer was the Trumpy B kit ... it has nose shape problems and the best answer I got here was to buy the Fawcett correction .... But!But, in doing my own research the Fawcett correction parts (whilst excellent mouldings) only highlight the incorrect other further aft nose shape of the kit itself and would need quite some work to mate with the doner kit ...and still look wrong to me IMHO.Its a shame Trumpeter consistently get things wrong, but for me personally its going to be an OOB build ... I really do think ... after research that the Fawcett correction nose would be very hard work and beyond my skills ... and also looking at examples of finished work with this correction ... only highlight further correction needed on the Trumpeter Stuka B's aft nose parts .... and I really do not want to go that route.I'm not aware of the Trumpy B's inaccurate wheel spat problems at this point and nor do I want to look, it would mean further expense ... My Stuka will look like one to me and thats all that matters, this may seem like a cop out to some, but I'd never get anything done if I were to chase the accuracy god all the time At this point in life just now I would never get anything built if I were to seek perfection, but mine will be OOB, just Eduard canopy framing to save time at the spray booth.Enjoy your build though mate and glad to see I'm not the only one who wants a Stuka B. Gazzas 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wegener Posted March 11, 2018 Share Posted March 11, 2018 Is the 21C Ju 87B worthy of consideration as regards shape? Obviously the details are a bit rough (particularly the pilot's seat) but those might be adaptable from Trumpeter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Artful69 Posted March 11, 2018 Share Posted March 11, 2018 Is the 21C Ju 87B worthy of consideration as regards shape? Obviously the details are a bit rough (particularly the pilot's seat) but those might be adaptable from Trumpeter. The kit, while basic and lacking in bells-and-whistles details, is actually quite close to accurate in outline ... so yes! Rog Big Texan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oyoy5 Posted March 12, 2018 Author Share Posted March 12, 2018 Amazing why I buy anymore kits from Trumpeter kits ever. I guess the 1 to 5 ratio of 1 good kit to 5 inaccurate kit works for them. I have a Swordfish and a Me 262 and a Wildcat. The me 262 is good can't understand why they can't get things right just like the Ju 87. How can the 21st century 10 dollar kit be more accurate but why should I be surprised the Corsair is a ton better than the Trumpeter one. Oh well anyone need a Trumpeter Ju 87B? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncarina Posted March 12, 2018 Share Posted March 12, 2018 (edited) I have the Revell kit, was planning to use the nose and landing gear with the Trumpeter kit. Cheers, Tom Edited March 12, 2018 by Uncarina Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fightersweep Posted March 12, 2018 Share Posted March 12, 2018 Could be wrong, but I thought that the Revell nose was just as undersized as the Trumpeter kit. Sure I read that somewhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thierry laurent Posted March 12, 2018 Share Posted March 12, 2018 Sorry to disappoint you but the nose of the Revell kit is not a solution and even if better the 21st century kit one is not accurate either. I compared the three kits, the resin nose, pics and plans and, very frankly, for the Trumpeter kit either you fight with the resin kit, either you scratchbuild yourself a new nose, either you build the kit OOB. No other valid option to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b757captain Posted March 12, 2018 Share Posted March 12, 2018 Or, how about plastering a great big snake down the side to draw your eye away from the shape inaccuracies: Cheers, Mark Uncarina, Rick Griewski, Darren Howie and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thierry laurent Posted March 12, 2018 Share Posted March 12, 2018 Indeed! Very, very nice snake! I love it. However, I have yet to understand why for some years various researchers (this started in Germany) killed the red snake option and all kit or decal producers followed the same path?!? A very close examination of all known pictures and stills from movies clearly show that the snake cannot have sand patches of the same color than the camo. Nobody knows for sure the actual color but there is a clear hue difference. On some the movie stills, it looks darker (e.g. T6-DP) whereas on pictures it looks lighter (e.g. T6-AN). It is linked to the difference of film or it is even possible different colors were used on various planes: A brown? A green? A red? Who knows? In any case, mine will have red patches and this will not really be artistic license! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fightersweep Posted March 12, 2018 Share Posted March 12, 2018 Hi Thierry; I've often wondered myself where the shift to the "sand" coloured snake had come from, but it seems to have been universally accepted as gospel now. Personally, I much prefer the look of the red, and if I decide to model either T6-DP or T6-AN, I'll be doing it red! Revell seemed to think the snake was red all those years ago (was it 1969?) I wonder where their information came from? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thierry laurent Posted March 12, 2018 Share Posted March 12, 2018 I believe the shift to the white and sand snake initially came from an article in the Luftwaffe in focus magazine. Thierry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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