1/32 Hasegawa Ju87D-8(N) Night Stuka 1./NSGr.9 Florence, Italy 1944

[IainM]

Greetings all

Here is my latest offering of a Ju87D-8(N) E8+HH that was operated by 1./NSGr.9 during the second quarter of 1944 near Florence, Italy. It was lost in action on 7th July 1944.
The final camo pattern and colours are a bit of a departure from the kit call-outs, but the rationale behind the decisions because of actual photographic evidence can be found on the build article.

1/32 Hasegawa JU87D-8 kit
Aires cockpit
AIMS AB500 bomblet containers plus some flash hiders I poached from one of my AIMS Bf110 detail sets and an antenna isolator
HGW seatbelts
SB cannon barrels and pitot tube
Quickboost Type A exhausts
Quickboost Spinner and VDM blades
Profimodeller detail set for airbrake hinges and underside bomb release
Master Mg81Z barrels for the observer position

Nice build overall, great having a big Stuka in the collection now!!











Real bird is the 2nd aircraft of the image underneath...

Edited May 25 by IainM

[Grunticus]

Great result Lain, that is a very pretty looking Stuka!

[MikeMaben]

Fine work Iain. 

[Rod Bettencourt]

Very cool build!! Thanks for sharing.

 

Rod

[Zola25]

Great looking Stuka

[Alex]

Fantastic result!  I’ve always found those “scribble” camo patterns to be very intimidating.  You did an amazing job painting it (I assume all freehand?).

[JayW]

A totally bada_s build Iain!  Paint job is just marvelous.  Congratulations.

[Martinnfb]

Exceptional attention to detail, Bravo!

Cheers 

 

Martin

[Cicciuzzo]

fantastica realizzazione della mimetica

[Modelboy]

Very nice,excellent all around. 

[Cheetah11]

 

 

Very nice Iain, looks magnificent.

[FW190A-5]

Have followed this excellent build and am inspired to build my own Stuka now. 

 Thank you Iain, John 

[Michael931080]

Nice work!  

[IainM]

Thank you all for the kind words, much appreciated. As I was finishing up the build I managed to knock off the prop assembly (held on by a magnet) and it landed on one of the blade tips, snapping it off...luckily after some detective work on my hands and knees I managed to find the broken part. CA/Talcum powder and a complete respray of the blade (about an hours work) managed to avert a disaster

 

[IainM]

On 5/26/2025 at 4:05 AM, Alex said:

Fantastic result!  I’ve always found those “scribble” camo patterns to be very intimidating.  You did an amazing job painting it (I assume all freehand?).

It was intimidating, first one I've ever done! In the end I think I was a bit too over-cautious though, if I did that again I would break out my Micron and really get in super-tight.
Biggest challenge though was trying to get the paint/thinner mix correct