Italeri Junkers Ju-87 Stuka

[19kilo]

Finished this one Sunday afternoon. It’s 1/48 scale and I must say it was a fun build. I painted it as axStuka that was transferred to North Africa from Europe. If you look at the camouflage pattern you’ll see it’s the standard early war Luftwaffe angular two-two green pattern that was common in 1939-1942. But over that I added desert yellow. I found this pattern via a Google search of North African Stukas. Everything was brush painted with Tamiya acrylics. Weathering was via sponge method using Tamiya flat metal paint, Tamiya black panel accent, and Flory Grime wash, followed by a light cleaning with a dampened q-tip.

[406 Silverado]

If there's one thing that I can appreciate, it's a well built Stuka and buddy......this one is just that!! From the paint and camo pattern work to the weathering to the details, you've got it all covered. Beautiful work and a masterpiece of a Stuka.

[19kilo]

May 3, 2023 21:45:31 GMT -5 406 Silverado said:

If there's one thing that I can appreciate, it's a well built Stuka and buddy......this one is just that!! From the paint and camo pattern work to the weathering to the details, you've got it all covered. Beautiful work and a masterpiece of a Stuka.

Thanks! I’m glad you like it.

[406 Silverado]

May 3, 2023 22:04:44 GMT -5 19kilo said:

May 3, 2023 21:45:31 GMT -5 406 Silverado said:

If there's one thing that I can appreciate, it's a well built Stuka and buddy......this one is just that!! From the paint and camo pattern work to the weathering to the details, you've got it all covered. Beautiful work and a masterpiece of a Stuka.

Thanks! I’m glad you like it.

Keep on bringin 'em bud. If it's one thing that we like it's well built models.

[keavdog]

That's a beauty. I've seen that camo done once before in a step by step and the guy had the perfect splinter camo done and I'm like 'stop!' but he dove in and put the desert camo over it and it turned out great like yours did. Gotta be bold! I have the Hasegawa G2 in the stash - hope she comes out half as nice

[stikpusher]

Great looking Stuka 19K. I love the desert camo over the Continental scheme. 👍🏼

[garydavis]

Great job on that paint scheme...very cool looking Stuka.

[Leon]

Very nicely done!

[chromdome35]

Another beautiful build! Your ability to obtain beautiful results brush painting Tamiya is really something. Ask 100 modelers what paint you should use for brush painting and I bet 95 of them won’t say Tamiya. Would you be willing to describe your technique, especially what thinner you use and at what ratio?

[Tojo72]

Agree with all,a great all around job.

[19kilo]

May 4, 2023 7:07:36 GMT -5 chromdome35 said:

Another beautiful build! Your ability to obtain beautiful results brush painting Tamiya is really something. Ask 100 modelers what paint you should use for brush painting and I bet 95 of them won’t say Tamiya. Would you be willing to describe your technique, especially what thinner you use and at what ratio?

Thanks. Really, what I do is about as simple as you can get. I don’t really have a ratio on thinning. I just sorta eyeball it. I can feel how it’s going on with the brush to tell if it’s thin enough or too much. When I paint, I use thin, even layers, usually two or three.

What’s funny is I use to be an airbrush guy. But I missed the time it took to brush paint. As crazy as it sounds, I genuinely enjoy taking my time on building and painting my kits. So I like the extra time it takes to brush paint.

[stikpusher]

Between mixing and thinning the paint for airbrushing, setting up the compressor and airbrush, and the clean up of the airbrush afterwards, I don’t think that much, if any, time is saved by airbrushing. At least on the majority of airbrush applications.

[m1keh]

From one brush painter to another Great job!

[adt70hk]

That's really rather good and a camo background I'd not heard of.

Very well done.

Andrew

[Joe Rix]

Absolutely stellar brush work. That is amazingly sharp looking Stuka. Excellent amount of weathering done there. The time you take pays off in spades.

[transammike]

Very good work, you got the camo on there nicely!!

[robbo]

Nice camo, pulled it off very nicely

[moparmadness]

Man, that things brush painted? Great job! I’ve wanted one of these in the stash. How did it go together?

[TJ]

These non standard schemes are so cool. And brush painted. Too cool

[handiabled]

Brush painted??? Outstanding! Camo and weathering look perfect!

[Steve Zuleski]

That's a beauty, love the camo work!