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BIG Stuka - Airfix 1/24 finished


Gisbod

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Thanks Erwin, Mark & Peter ^_^

 

 

7 hours ago, airscale said:

you make old crap look amazing...

 

any chance of popping round and helping out Mrs airscale?

 

great job

 

Peter

 

 

Bit harsh on the old girl (the kit, not your wife!) :D

 

Closed up & wings on now... pics to follow 

 

Guy

 

 

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Just love a plan come together this just gets more interesting as you go I do love these old kits just something about them.

Really looking forward to more updates mate keep going your on a roll

 

Guy

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On ‎3‎/‎14‎/‎2019 at 3:36 PM, Gisbod said:

 

 

Yes, good point. Although I have seen a period photo with cushions in...

 

 

 

Thanks Alain. Still undecided! 

 

I’ve just about finished the cockpit. A couple of odds and bobs to add. The HGW seat belts really bring it up a notch. Apart from that, I really haven’t added that much which I think is testament to the kit. Hair spray for the wear and tear. Generic placards from Airscale.

 

FBB74549-A01-C-42-C7-AB97-35-CE146-EC84-

 

 

B4-F3-B932-EE17-4-D0-F-9084-B1-CE9-DCAB9

 

 

76-C0811-B-D500-4-C08-91-AD-C99801-F8939

 

 

E6-D21347-B301-440-F-B9-D3-952-C21582851

 

 

3-F8-E5-B42-986-A-4230-9855-8-BD36776-FF

 

 

C3-B65570-90-DB-4629-9386-6-FF7939-EEC3-

 

 

Guy

 

Damn Guy, just fabulous, you are the master.

Makes me want one!

Ryan

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9 hours ago, Ryan said:

 

Damn Guy, just fabulous, you are the master.

Makes me want one!

Ryan

 

 

Firstly, you’ve obviously misplaced yr glasses Ryan, secondly I think you’ve got enough toys to play with already! 

 

Guy

 

ps says the the man who went to a model show yesterday and came away with three more kits :wacko:

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4 hours ago, Gisbod said:

 

 

Firstly, you’ve obviously misplaced yr glasses Ryan, secondly I think you’ve got enough toys to play with already! 

 

Guy

 

ps says the the man who went to a model show yesterday and came away with three more kits :wacko:

 

There are worse things to spend our money on Guy! :)

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Beautiful job Guy!

 

Not wanting to hijack your post but seeing the engine and cockpit photos reminded me that I have pictures taken from an article written by the pattern maker (Pat Tranfield) for this kit. These first two show the patterns built at 1/12 scale:

PT%20Article%2002.jpg

 

PT%20Article%2003.jpg

 

And this last one is Pat's own final kit build.

 

PT%20Article%2004.jpg

 

His son still has this actual built kit.

 

If you're interested, the full article is here: https://www.largescaleplanes.com/articles/article.php?aid=3276

 

Cheers

Paul

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34 minutes ago, Sir Spendalot said:

Beautiful job Guy!

 

Not wanting to hijack your post but seeing the engine and cockpit photos reminded me that I have pictures taken from an article written by the pattern maker (Pat Tranfield) for this kit. These first two show the patterns built at 1/12 scale:

PT%20Article%2002.jpg

 

PT%20Article%2003.jpg

 

And this last one is Pat's own final kit build.

 

PT%20Article%2004.jpg

 

His son still has this actual built kit.

 

If you're interested, the full article is here: https://www.largescaleplanes.com/articles/article.php?aid=3276

 

Cheers

Paul

Very interesting photos! I first thought the top one was a Junkers full scale mock-up such as we often see from period photos.

And the time  when masters were hand made now seems such a long time ago.

 

Alain

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Wow,

 

That’s great Paul, it must have been such a skill to make one of these from scratch :blink:. Really interesting. 

 

1 hour ago, Ryan said:

 

There are worse things to spend our money on Guy! :)

 

 

My wife says why can’t I spend it on beer & loose women like normal men do? 

 

Guy

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Well, she’s beginning to look like a Stuka now and totally awkward to handle on the bench! 

 

I’ve has to use a fair bit of filler, not sure how much of this was me, the kit or just the age of the old girl. I think I the fuselage would have been a click fit, but something was restricting it closing on the bottom of the fuselage around the cockpit. Try as I might I couldn’t find the gremlin so had about a 1mm gap along the bottom. The tail plane fairings caused an issue too - my fault again, I was test fitting them and pushed them too hard and they wedged tight with another gap, stuck fast and I couldn’t get them off again :blink:. All ok now though. Can’t wait to get some paint on! 

 

 

Teaser shot:

 

 

08-A2-E127-3-FFC-4845-94-FB-98-E6-E84-B5

 

 

Guy

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