Thomas Lund Posted June 1, 2017 Share Posted June 1, 2017 (edited) Bought this Ju88A-1 when it first came out - embarrassingly many years ago - and found that the A-1 really didn't do it for me. So I decided to get some bits from AIMS to covert it to a C-6, the 'famous' one with fake glass nose r So... that was allright but I seriously underestimated the challenge of changing the A-1 flat one gun rear canopy to a A-4 type bulged two gun canopy and so it stalled. Some years back I got my hands on a L'Arsenal conversion to the canopy but it really didn't make it take off. I hope it will now... Here is how it looks today Edited July 1, 2017 by Thomas Lund Rick Griewski, monthebiff, Alain Gadbois and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BradG Posted June 1, 2017 Share Posted June 1, 2017 Looks like you got a fair way into it too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Lund Posted June 1, 2017 Author Share Posted June 1, 2017 Looks like you got a fair way into it too. All the easy bits Brad BradG 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Lund Posted June 1, 2017 Author Share Posted June 1, 2017 (edited) By the way - the wing on the left shows that this kit was extremely close to dying the airbrush test target death... Edited June 1, 2017 by Thomas Lund Alain Gadbois 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bdthoresen Posted June 1, 2017 Share Posted June 1, 2017 Glad to see she did not meet that fate Thomas! Love the C-series 88's, and I am looking forward to see you save her. This group build is an awesome topic, and I just went looking through the stash to see what has been stalled......yikes.Looks like I am going to need to make a list...... Looking forward to your next update!THOR Thomas Lund 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn M Posted June 1, 2017 Share Posted June 1, 2017 love that pic of the gun nose over painted with faux glazing Thomas Lund and Alain Gadbois 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Griewski Posted June 4, 2017 Share Posted June 4, 2017 It looks to me that you are nicely into the build. The Ju-88 is one of my favorites. I will be watching your build vicariously as this is one of the variants I actually decided not to build. Hmmm. Maybe I should drag out my "A-4 Torp build. I will have to train my airbrush to do the wavy camouflage. Rick Thomas Lund 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeanKB Posted June 4, 2017 Share Posted June 4, 2017 (edited) Those AIMS kits really need a whole lot of work & determination, worth it in the end though. Edited June 4, 2017 by DeanKB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Lund Posted July 27, 2017 Author Share Posted July 27, 2017 Irritated about the ailerons on my Ki-45 I decided to do something to my Ju88 Since I started from an A-1 I created some problems for myself - the canopy and engine nacelles, which I have stolen from an A-4 kit I bought for later conversion into a Ju88G og a Ju188. But one thing was not so simple. On the back of later models Ju88's there is the embedded direction finder antenna which was not on the A-1. I couldn't steal that from the A-4 kit since it would be needed, so I cast a copy - here seen with guide flaps for alignment in the fuselage A great big hole was cut And it was dropped in Gaps filled with chunks of styrene and superglue and then sanded flush And then a layer of Tamiya surface primer to check for flaws - still a few to fix but overall ok BradG and Dany Boy 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted July 27, 2017 Share Posted July 27, 2017 Good to see this one back, Thomas! Kev Thomas Lund 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hartmann52 Posted July 27, 2017 Share Posted July 27, 2017 Wow, interesting work will be! I'll watch. At the moment, in the work itself, an alteration from the original analogous set Thomas Lund 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imatt88 Posted August 6, 2017 Share Posted August 6, 2017 Thomas, How do you plan reproducing the fake nose glass? Cheers, Ian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Lund Posted August 7, 2017 Author Share Posted August 7, 2017 It was simply painted on the original, so I plan to do the same. Light blue 'glass' and white frames Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Create an account or sign in to comment
You need to be a member in order to leave a comment
Create an account
Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!
Register a new accountSign in
Already have an account? Sign in here.
Sign In Now