1/32 Revell Junkers JU88 A-1 Dio with Drum & Oil Cart

[panzer948]

I finally finished my first diorama after returning to the hobby after a very long 30 year hiatus.  Have to say I really enjoyed this build. The excellent and detailed Revell kit and the additional supporting diorama elements completed my goal of gaining back some of my techniques while learning a few new ones. Choosing these various elements allowed me to try PE and full resin kits for the first time, new weathering techniques like the hair spray method, and products to simulate the tarmac. 

 

If anyone was at the recent 2016 IPMS National Conference in Columbia, SC you may recognize it.  There were some great models and dioramas there. I am looking forward to the next one. 

 

The following are the specs of the build.

 

Aircraft:

1/32nd Scale Revell Junkers JU88 A-1.

• CMK Resin Cockpit Seats (Part No. CMQ32105).
• Eduard PE interior and exterior parts set for 1/32 Revell JU88A-1.
• Master Models machine brass turned MG barrels and etched sights (top guns only) (Part No. MASAM32013).
• Camo painted with Tamiya Acrylics & weathered with Mig Ammo Enamels, W&N Oils, Pastels, & Silver Pensicolor Pencil. Testors Dullcoat for final seal.
• Ladder Entering Plane: Scratch Built using Plastruct and Spare PE Parts (based on photos).
• Antenna: EZ Line with Model Master Clear Parts Cement for Capacitors (painted white).

Support Vehicles:

1/32nd Scale Verlinden Resin Drum Cart

1/32nd Scale Signifier Resin Oil Cart

• Both resin kits painted with Automotive Rust Colored Primer, AK Interactive Chipping Fluid then Tamiya Base Paints (used Hairspray Method).
• Above was followed by Rust Colored Mig Pigments & W&N Oils.
• Fresh Oil Stains were created using a mixture of Tamiya Smoke & Clear Blue.
• Metallic surfaces is AK Interactive True Metal-Silver.

Figures and Accessories:

Pilot & Lead Groundcrew Member (with arms crossed): Wings Cockpit Resin Figures (highly recommended with excellent detail).

Kneeling Groundcrew Member: Verlinden Luftwaffe Repair Station (Part No. 2774).  This kit also supplied

Accessories: The above kit contained many of the used accessories, along with spare PE Parts, Plastruct Ladder, & Parts Bin

 

Figures were painted using Vallejo Acrylics for Base Coat & Blended with W&N Oils. Accessories were painted using a mixture of MM Enamels and Tamiya Airbrushing.  5 Gallon Cans were painted similar to the drum and oil carts using the hairspray method.  55-Gallon Drums used a mixture of Tamiya paints with sponges to dab on random patterns.

Base:

• Plywood and Picture Frame Built up with Styrofoam followed by Foam Board for Taxiway Area. Elevated areas were boxed in with thin basswood. 
• Taxiway Area created by spreading out Woodland Scenic Smooth It and painting it with Tamiya Diorama Texture Paint and Airbrushing various shades of Tamiya grays to browns to simulate weathered concrete.
• Concrete stains created using combination of acrylic, enamel and oil washes.
• Ground covered areas are celluclay mixed with various grades of sand and static grass. Area was then painted using both Tamiya Acrylics and MM Enamel Paints. 
• Static Grass dry-brushed with various shades of MM Enamel Green to yellow. Additional vegetation added from Scenic Factory.

 

If curious, I did a Work in Progress thread over at FSM: http://cs.finescale.com/fsm/modeling_subjects/f/2/t/168402.aspx?page=1

 

Feel free to leave feedback, etc. on any future suggestions.  As I said above, this was a catalyst to get me back in.  Obviously I would love to know if I am on the right track but of course there is always room to for improvement and learning others ways to create similar effects.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[panzer948]

Below are a couple of detailed shots of the 1/32nd Scale Resin kits - Verlinden Drum Cart and Signifier Oil Cart. Both of them gave me some new opportunities to use new methods like the hairspray method, pigments, and a mixture of old and new oil stains.

 

I could have also purchased the oil cart made by Verlinden. However, while researching these kits and what to use, I came across a small company from France called Signifier that also makes a 1/32^nd scale version of the oil cart.  I liked this kit a lot better than the pics I saw of the Verlinden version since it seemed to have more detail in the parts and the hose is so much more realistic.  For the latter, it actually has a metal/brass rod through the center so you can bend it to shape. Like the Verlinden, this kit took longer to clean up the parts than actual glueing. But that extra work in part preparation really pays off for a nice build.  See this review of it for more info:  http://aeroscale.kitmaker.net/modules.php?op=modload&name=Reviews&file=index&req=showcontent&id=1282

 

The Signifier kit is highly recommended.

 

 

 

[Kagemusha]

Wow, that's mighty impressive.

[panzer948]

Wow, that's mighty impressive.

Thanks!

 

I meant to add a link for all the photos.  The gallery includes all the WIP stuff too.  Probably a lot of similar pics are included which is why I pulled out a few key photos in the above post.

http://mtnislandphotography.zenfolio.com/p919964727

[monthebiff]

Wow.......stunning work, I love all your elements of your diorama.

 

Regards. Andy

[ClumsyDude]

Brilliant, brilliant diorama. That figure painting is superb, I'd love to see a step by step.

 

Jim

[ironman1945]

Looks great!

 

Dave/Ironman1945

[LSP_Ray]

That is really impressive! Your figures look great!

   

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[Palm-tree]

Absolute beauty!

 

Very impressive build and diorama. Only suggestion would be to flatten the tyres a bit where they contact the surface.

[MikeMaben]

If this is what you can do after 30 years off,

I can only imagine what you could do 30 years ago

 

Must be like riding a bike to some people.

Very nice work !!

[francky]

Greta work,everything is perfect!!...superb skills...well done!!

Cheers Franck.

[joe]

Very impressive work mate and the presentation looks top shelf.